Friday Night Movie Club
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What is it about horror movies and mothers?
TheresMother!, Ma, Mama,andGoodnight Mommy.TheresThe BabadookandHereditaryandRosemarys Baby.TheresMommie Dearest,which is absolutely a horror film.
To grownups, theres a cosmic evil here, suggesting identity theft and predatory parenting and generational trauma.
Or when Wybie and Coraline drop the hand down the well.
It wasreal.Tangible knits and fabrics captured in stop-motion photography.
And as much asCoralineis about childhood, its also about the art of animated film itself.
Either way, its fucking scary.
And until my eyes are sewn over with buttons, Ill keep coming back to watch it.
