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The Red Shoes, 1948

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Ballet in Horror Pt. II: Mirrors, reflections, and doppelgängers

Possession (1981) | Us (2019) | Black Swan (2010) | Perfect Blue (1997) | Suspiria (1977) | The Red Shoes (1948)

Repression, obsession, perfection, abuse, self & identity, gender...

One of the most underrated elements of POSSESSION (1981) is how the use of ballet in the film actually relates to its many themes— which are themes that can be traced across other films that depict ballerinas (or other types of performers in the case of Perfect Blue—it just fit too well to not include)

Read my article Blood-stained Satin: A Reflection on the Aesthetics of Ballet in Horror on Beauty of Horror

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The Red Shoes (1948, Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell)

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Buffy characters + banned tags

(In which Faith is everything tumblr hates)

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HORROR IN FILM PART I — SUSPIRIA

Gary Weinhart – Mr Wonderful Sire, with Rihanna // First Body – Two People // Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing (edited) – William Blake (1786) // Yohji Yamamoto A/W2009 // Accursed Possession – Cultus Profano // Fourth Wall – Brooke Shaden // Unknown // Cosmovitral // Source.

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Outer Range s01e07 | Billy Tillerson & Autumn Rivers (3/4)

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The leftovers (2014–2017)

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Better Call Saul (2013-)/ The Leftovers (2014-2017) / The Americans (2013-2018) / The Sopranos (1999-2007)

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La Notte (1961) dir. Michelangelo Antonioni

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Eclipse Day is here, my North American friends! Be like Sally, the smartest of the Drapers, and don’t stare directly into the sun.

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raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally victimized by elliott smith

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this woman Knows Things

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The Fly (1986), dir. David Cronenberg

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That, I suppose, is how humans beings are made.

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Yukio Mishima

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Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986).