billyc
New Face In Hell
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Post by billyc on Jan 21, 2017 15:19:57 GMT
"It Follows" has a Jamesian feel to it, though MRJ would never have approved of the subject matter, but it has a 'Casting the Runes' feel, only with unwise sexual encounters replacing the runes. And "Drag Me To Hell" and "Ringu" are both modern reworkings of 'Casting the Runes', too. "The Awakening" 9the recent one written by Stephen Volk, not the old 'Jewel of the Seven Stars' adaptation) has some nicely Jamesian moments, too. I can't believe I forgot the great Ringu in this context. I do see your point about It Follows too - as you say, the "unwise sexual encounters" replacing runes wouldn't exactly have appealed to MRJ (though I'm of the opinion that when MRJ says that introducing sex into a story spoils it, he actually meant romance). It Follows is pretty scary anyway. Overall I wouldn't say The Awakening is Jamesian, but you're right that there are Jamesian moments and the dolls' house scenes in particular are eerily clever.
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Post by pbsplatter on Jan 13, 2023 11:41:52 GMT
Possum (by, of all people, Matt Holness!) is very Campbell, I think.
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