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[tense music]
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male narrator: What's the most disturbing genre in movies?
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[shrieking]
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[metal and teeth scraping]
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♪
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For many,
the answer is body horror.
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♪
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- [screams]
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- Sort of queasy to think
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we're walking packages
of flesh
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just waiting for a virus
to corrupt us.
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[screaming]
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- When the body is the host
of something from within,
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how horrifying is that?
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[growling and screaming]
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- All these deep,
repressed things that people
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don't wanna think about,
and what if they all came out?
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♪
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- [whimpering]
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- We'll tear your soul apart.
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- Oh,
"Hellraiser"'s incredible.
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[bestial snarl]
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It's sort
of wonderfully delicious.
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[dramatic musical sting]
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- It is all about the terror
of being alive,
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and the terror
of having a body,
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and the terror
of other people,
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and the terror of the natural
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and supernatural world.
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♪
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- I am a human being!
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[monkey snarls]
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- That is at the core
of body horror--
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what makes the human being
a human being?
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- [screams]
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- Is it this
or is it something else?
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♪
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[explosion]
- [screaming]
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[eerie music]
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♪
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- [screams]
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narrator: We all have bodies.
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Some are young and strong.
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[artery hisses]
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Others are crumbling prisons.
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It doesn't take much to go
from one state to the other.
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♪
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A little time...
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- [groans]
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narrator:
Disease...
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- [screams]
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narrator:
And misfortune...
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- [screaming]
[boiling water hissing]
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narrator: And you could be
living body horror.
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- [moaning growl]
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narrator: But for some people, there is a special thrill
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in exploring the terrors
of the flesh
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and the extremes of sensation.
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People like Clive Barker,
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writer-director
of the ground-breaking
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psychosexual horror classic,
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"Hellraiser."
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[eerie dissonance]
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- We have such sights
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to show you.
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- [gasps]
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narrator:
"Hellraiser" begins
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as thrill-seeking bad boy
Frank opens up a portal
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to a dimension
of pleasure and pain.
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[eerie dramatic music]
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♪
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After Frank's apparent death,
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his brother Larry,
edgy second wife Julia,
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and Larry's daughter Kirsty
move into the family home.
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♪
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But bits of Frank
are still in the floorboards.
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A dash of blood gives him
a way
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to escape the hell dimension.
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[dramatic music]
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♪
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- One of the things I love
about that film,
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the transformation
from nothingness
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to this man forming.
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♪
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Little by little, you start
to see more of the body,
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and initially
it's some really wonderful
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sort of puppetry work.
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And then it turns
into a real actor
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with this sort of
sinewy, bloody muscles.
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- [yelps]
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♪
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[yelps]
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- Julia?
- [gasps]
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narrator: Frank's return
reanimates
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his secret affair with Julia.
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- You'll do it?
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- Yes.
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I will.
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narrator: She begins
luring men into the attic...
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- [grunts]
[bone crunches]
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narrator:
To feed Frank their flesh.
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[dark music]
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- The wonderful thing about
"Hellraiser" is that in fact,
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though it's a horror film,
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it's really
a very sick love story.
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Julia is so in love
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with Frank,
but she can't leave him.
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We know what that's like.
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You get in a relationship
with someone,
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you know it's unhealthy,
but you just can't get out.
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You won't leave.
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[blow lands]
She is so addicted
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to this diseased love affair
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that she would be willing
to go out and kill people
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to help bring him back
to life.
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- I'm going to live and
you're going to help me, yes?
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- Yes.
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♪
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narrator: In the ultimate case of identity theft,
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Frank kills his brother
and puts on his skin.
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[dramatic musical sting]
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But his plans are disrupted
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by his resourceful
young niece.
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- Give me that.
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♪
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- I think Kirsty
is a very normal girl
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and doesn't expect that
the trajectory of her life
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will end up having
to negotiate
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with demons from hell
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for her own soul.
[chuckles]
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narrator: Kirsty
opens Frank's puzzle box...
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[box zaps]
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Accidentally summoning
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Hellraiser's breakout stars,
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the Cenobites,
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transdimensional lords
of pleasure and pain.
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- They are
the perfect combination
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of carnal
and something otherworldly
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that is literally stitched
together.
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♪
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[teeth chattering]
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- There's a great image
from "Hellraiser"
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that it's always just stuck
with me,
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which is the Chatterer,
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and he's sticking his fingers
down Kirsty's throat.
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- [screams]
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- And that, to me,
just sums up "Hellraiser."
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It's invasive.
It just pushes the limits.
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- [yelping]
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narrator: "Hellraiser"'s
sadomasochistic imagery
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was highly unusual
for its time.
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The unique look
of the Cenobites,
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tight, black leather and
extreme body modifications,
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was inspired
by the S&M culture.
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Clive Barker took
their darkly erotic style
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into the mainstream.
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- Clive Barker is
kind of the master
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of sexuality in horror.
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[dissonant notes]
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Clive is, quite famously, gay, and, you know,
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a lot of his material comes
from that perspective,
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but it's not about
a sexual preference,
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it's about gender issues,
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it's about the threat of what
one's gender represents.
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[dramatic music]
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- He's showing us
parts of ourselves
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that we didn't even know
existed,
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and because he doesn't make
moral judgement,
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everything is fair game.
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[tense music]
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narrator: With the help
of the Cenobites,
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Kirsty has her bloody revenge
on Frank.
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- [screams]
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- The Cenobites are impartial.
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I don't think Clive wrote them
as bad or evil.
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They give people
what they ask for.
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- [whimpering]
- Explorers
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in the further regions
of experience,
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demons to some,
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angels to others.
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- So in "Hellraiser,"
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what is the monster?
What is the menace?
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I think that the menace
is really obsession,
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you know,
much more than the demons.
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♪
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You go with the demons
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when you can't rise
above your own obsessions,
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your own fixation
on the puzzle box,
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when you've turned away
from your life
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and into
that unhealthy fixation.
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- [rasping] Not leaving us
so soon, are you?
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[hook screeching]
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narrator:
Clive Barker blazed the trail
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for sexually transgressive
monsters.
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[women screaming]
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But when it comes
to body horror--
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[guttural sputtering]
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One name stands
above them all:
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- [screams]
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narrator:
Cronenberg.
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[bone snaps]
- [screams]
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[dramatic music]
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- [breathing heavily, snarling]
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[tense music]
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narrator: Say the words
"body horror" and odds are
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you'll immediately think
of a film
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by David Cronenberg.
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[yelling, screaming]
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[pulsating music]
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- [screams]
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narrator: The films
Cronenberg made in Canada
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in the 1970s and '80s probed
our deepest anxieties
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about the fragility
of human bodies
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and human minds.
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[glass shatters]
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[water splashing]
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[tense music]
- [gasps]
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narrator: Cronenberg was never solely out to shock.
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- [gasping]
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narrator: His early films
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were pointed commentaries
on society,
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never sharper than
in his film, "Videodrome."
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- [gasps]
[static hisses]
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- You wanna try a few things?
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narrator: James Woods
and Debbie Harry
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play Max and Nicki,
amoral hedonists
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who become victims
of their dark desires.
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♪
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- The plot of "Videodrome,"
a TV station programmer
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wants something
with a little more pizazz
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and finds this bizarre show
that shows torture.
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[eerie music]
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- There's no plot.
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It just goes on like that
for an hour.
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Torture, murder, mutilation.
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- For perverts only.
- It's absolutely brilliant.
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I mean, look, there's almost
no production cost.
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You can't take
your eyes off it.
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It's incredibly realistic.
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Where do they get actors
that can do this?
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[dramatic musical sting]
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- He's fascinated with it
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and he starts trying
to track it down.
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Where are these videotapes
coming from?
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[ominous music]
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narrator: Max learns
that "Videodrome" tapes
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contain a hidden signal
that triggers
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vivid hallucinations.
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♪
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It's all part
of a right-wing conspiracy
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to clamp down on lax morality.
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- Please.
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- You're getting fed
this message
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through watching videos
that are broadcast
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from a secret place
somewhere on Earth.
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- Murder.
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- [whimpering]
[static buzzing]
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- We've all kind of
have a thing
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of watching something that--
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that we probably
shouldn't be watching,
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and we're kind of tantalized
by it in some way,
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but we don't know why, or--
we shouldn't be watching this.
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- [screaming]
[flail snapping]
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- God, I can't believe it.
- I'll turn it off.
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- No, no, no, it's okay.
I can take it.
266
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[ominous notes]
267
00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,900
- It definitely starts
a disintegration of the mind
268
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as well as the body.
269
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♪
270
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- The TV starts, like,
reaching into him,
271
00:10:46,558 --> 00:10:48,648
and he's got a--
I mean, let's call it.
272
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It's a chest vagina.
273
00:10:49,736 --> 00:10:52,521
♪
274
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The videotape goes into him
275
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or it goes into the TV--
there's a lot of both.
276
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- Oh, my God!
[gasps]
277
00:10:58,962 --> 00:11:02,357
- It all feels very personal,
you know?
278
00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,707
James Woods pulling the gun,
279
00:11:04,751 --> 00:11:08,363
that image of him just pulling
the gun out of his stomach.
280
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♪
281
00:11:10,278 --> 00:11:13,455
[gunfire and screaming]
282
00:11:13,498 --> 00:11:16,893
- Yes, you shoot flesh pellets from a flesh gun
283
00:11:16,937 --> 00:11:18,416
that's attached to the end
of your arm,
284
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but is that really happening
285
00:11:20,375 --> 00:11:23,421
or is that because
of what you've been fed
286
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through watching television?
287
00:11:25,554 --> 00:11:28,339
- Death to "Videodrome"!
Long live the new flesh!
288
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[feedback screeches]
289
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[tense music]
290
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♪
291
00:11:33,693 --> 00:11:35,651
- What are you waiting for,
lover?
292
00:11:35,695 --> 00:11:38,175
- It's got all these crazy
metaphors in it about, like,
293
00:11:38,219 --> 00:11:40,612
intimacy,
and sexual weirdness,
294
00:11:40,656 --> 00:11:42,049
and exposing that part
of yourself to other people,
295
00:11:42,092 --> 00:11:44,747
and also how you're influenced
by the media
296
00:11:44,791 --> 00:11:46,357
and, like,
what have you decided
297
00:11:46,401 --> 00:11:48,664
and what has the media decided
for you,
298
00:11:48,708 --> 00:11:51,319
which I still think is stuff
that's if not as relevant,
299
00:11:51,362 --> 00:11:53,625
more relevant now.
300
00:11:53,669 --> 00:11:55,366
- Long live the new flesh.
301
00:11:55,410 --> 00:11:56,977
[explosion]
302
00:11:57,020 --> 00:11:59,414
- My films tend to be
very body-conscious,
303
00:11:59,457 --> 00:12:04,158
and the body, and what is,
and what it does,
304
00:12:04,201 --> 00:12:06,551
and what it can do tends to be
very central in my films.
305
00:12:06,595 --> 00:12:08,292
To a certain extent,
306
00:12:08,336 --> 00:12:10,381
it's your own body
that's the monster.
307
00:12:10,425 --> 00:12:12,644
[tense musical sting]
308
00:12:12,688 --> 00:12:15,735
- He had lost his mother
to cancer
309
00:12:15,778 --> 00:12:18,476
and was experienced
310
00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,915
with seeing the decline of the human body from within,
311
00:12:21,958 --> 00:12:23,655
a revolt from within,
312
00:12:23,699 --> 00:12:27,355
and so much of his work
is about a body in revolt,
313
00:12:27,398 --> 00:12:30,445
and changing,
and turning septic,
314
00:12:30,488 --> 00:12:32,229
and almost evil.
315
00:12:32,273 --> 00:12:34,405
[ominous music]
316
00:12:34,449 --> 00:12:37,191
narrator: Cronenberg's
first American studio film
317
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was his acclaimed remake
of "The Fly."
318
00:12:39,933 --> 00:12:42,065
[dissonant music]
319
00:12:42,109 --> 00:12:45,068
- I'm working on something
that'll change the world
320
00:12:45,112 --> 00:12:46,983
and human life as we know it.
321
00:12:47,027 --> 00:12:48,898
narrator: Seth Brundle,
322
00:12:48,942 --> 00:12:51,335
memorably played
by Jeff Goldblum,
323
00:12:51,379 --> 00:12:55,209
has invented
a teleportation device.
324
00:12:55,252 --> 00:12:58,473
Unfortunately,
when Seth tests it out,
325
00:12:58,516 --> 00:13:01,432
his genetic pattern mixes
with the DNA of a housefly.
326
00:13:01,476 --> 00:13:03,695
[ominous music]
327
00:13:03,739 --> 00:13:05,480
♪
328
00:13:05,523 --> 00:13:06,829
[guttural sputtering]
329
00:13:06,873 --> 00:13:07,787
♪
330
00:13:07,830 --> 00:13:09,789
- [screams]
331
00:13:09,832 --> 00:13:11,181
narrator:
Seth slowly transforms
332
00:13:11,225 --> 00:13:13,531
into a hybrid
of man and insect,
333
00:13:13,575 --> 00:13:15,359
much to the horror
of his lover,
334
00:13:15,403 --> 00:13:17,579
played by Geena Davis.
335
00:13:17,622 --> 00:13:21,452
- He's turning into a fly,
she loves him madly,
336
00:13:21,496 --> 00:13:24,629
is seeing this change,
can do nothing to stop it,
337
00:13:24,673 --> 00:13:26,762
and neither can he.
He doesn't want to stop it.
338
00:13:26,806 --> 00:13:30,984
He thinks he's being enhanced, and in the beginning, he is.
339
00:13:31,027 --> 00:13:32,594
- It's purified me,
it's cleansed me,
340
00:13:32,637 --> 00:13:33,987
and I'll tell you,
I think it's gonna allow me
341
00:13:34,030 --> 00:13:36,641
to realize
the personal potential
342
00:13:36,685 --> 00:13:38,600
I've been neglecting
all these years.
343
00:13:38,643 --> 00:13:41,124
[bone snaps]
- [screams]
344
00:13:41,168 --> 00:13:43,126
[dramatic notes]
345
00:13:43,170 --> 00:13:46,260
- But then he's being
destroyed from within,
346
00:13:46,303 --> 00:13:50,438
and their love has to pass
this metamorphosis,
347
00:13:50,481 --> 00:13:52,135
and it's not possible.
348
00:13:52,179 --> 00:13:54,007
- What will happen?
- [panting]
349
00:13:54,050 --> 00:13:55,225
Well, I think
it's showing itself
350
00:13:55,269 --> 00:13:56,966
as a bizarre form of cancer.
351
00:13:57,010 --> 00:13:59,490
- The film was always looked
upon as an AIDS metaphor.
352
00:13:59,534 --> 00:14:02,102
It was made during the height
of the AIDS epidemic,
353
00:14:02,145 --> 00:14:05,670
but Cronenberg himself said
he sort of saw it more
354
00:14:05,714 --> 00:14:08,760
as a metaphor
for the aging process
355
00:14:08,804 --> 00:14:11,024
and how that gets
fast-forwarded
356
00:14:11,067 --> 00:14:12,895
in this character.
357
00:14:12,939 --> 00:14:15,593
[soft dramatic music]
358
00:14:15,637 --> 00:14:18,118
- Body horror is a meditation
359
00:14:18,161 --> 00:14:22,122
on the transitory nature
of the human form,
360
00:14:22,165 --> 00:14:25,386
and, you know,
we all get old, we all decay.
361
00:14:25,429 --> 00:14:28,955
That's true horror to people.
362
00:14:28,998 --> 00:14:34,264
[both screaming]
363
00:14:34,308 --> 00:14:36,527
- Geena Davis' character isreally what that movie's about.
364
00:14:36,571 --> 00:14:38,921
She was trying
to stay in there with him
365
00:14:38,965 --> 00:14:40,923
as long as she possibly could.
366
00:14:40,967 --> 00:14:42,969
- [whimpering]
367
00:14:43,012 --> 00:14:46,059
God, no, no!
368
00:14:46,102 --> 00:14:47,582
- But ultimately,
369
00:14:47,625 --> 00:14:48,888
she was the one who had
to pull the trigger.
370
00:14:48,931 --> 00:14:51,455
- [breathing heavily]
371
00:14:51,499 --> 00:14:54,676
[wheezing]
372
00:14:54,719 --> 00:15:00,203
- I think that "The Fly" says
as much about love
373
00:15:00,247 --> 00:15:01,901
as any film I've ever seen.
374
00:15:01,944 --> 00:15:04,904
♪
375
00:15:04,947 --> 00:15:06,514
- [cries]
376
00:15:06,557 --> 00:15:08,211
narrator: But there's
even more to body horror
377
00:15:08,255 --> 00:15:10,387
than decaying flesh
and physical abnormality.
378
00:15:10,431 --> 00:15:12,955
♪
379
00:15:12,999 --> 00:15:16,002
It also describes the reality
of being dehumanized
380
00:15:16,045 --> 00:15:18,439
because you're desirable.
381
00:15:18,482 --> 00:15:20,223
- [gags]
382
00:15:20,267 --> 00:15:23,618
narrator: Pretty faces, though, can mask deadly minds.
383
00:15:23,661 --> 00:15:25,968
[tense music]
384
00:15:30,886 --> 00:15:33,758
narrator:
When we think of body horror,
385
00:15:33,802 --> 00:15:35,978
we usually think
of disease and deformity.
386
00:15:36,022 --> 00:15:38,415
[tense music]
387
00:15:38,459 --> 00:15:39,982
But being attractive
388
00:15:40,026 --> 00:15:42,680
can also open up a world
of body horror,
389
00:15:42,724 --> 00:15:44,900
especially for women.
390
00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:46,946
- [screams]
- [gagging]
391
00:15:46,989 --> 00:15:49,644
[soft tense music]
392
00:15:49,687 --> 00:15:51,994
- Walking around in
a female body is terrifying.
393
00:15:52,038 --> 00:15:53,865
You're a target,
394
00:15:53,909 --> 00:15:55,737
you're an object,
and I think
395
00:15:55,780 --> 00:15:57,173
that is part of the reason why
396
00:15:57,217 --> 00:15:59,436
we put up all these walls
is to, you know,
397
00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:00,742
obviously, protect that.
398
00:16:00,785 --> 00:16:04,006
- [gasps, screams]
399
00:16:04,050 --> 00:16:06,661
narrator: Beauty can make you
the target of predatory men.
400
00:16:06,704 --> 00:16:08,619
- [gags]
401
00:16:08,663 --> 00:16:10,230
narrator:
Just as a perfect surface
402
00:16:10,273 --> 00:16:14,712
can mask something twisted
underneath.
403
00:16:14,756 --> 00:16:19,979
In horror, both things
can be true at the same time,
404
00:16:20,022 --> 00:16:22,198
as we see
in the films "Audition"...
405
00:16:22,242 --> 00:16:24,287
- [gagging and screaming]
406
00:16:24,331 --> 00:16:25,723
♪
407
00:16:25,767 --> 00:16:27,160
narrator:
And "Under the Skin."
408
00:16:27,203 --> 00:16:30,032
♪
409
00:16:30,076 --> 00:16:32,861
"Under the Skin" follows
an alien succubus
410
00:16:32,904 --> 00:16:36,125
whose mission is to collect
men for use as a food source
411
00:16:36,169 --> 00:16:38,040
for her people.
412
00:16:38,084 --> 00:16:43,872
♪
413
00:16:43,915 --> 00:16:45,221
[mechanical thunk]
414
00:16:45,265 --> 00:16:48,877
♪
415
00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:51,532
The Collector knows humans
are easily manipulated
416
00:16:51,575 --> 00:16:55,188
by appearances,
which mean nothing to it.
417
00:16:55,231 --> 00:16:58,191
- Do you think I'm pretty?- Aye, I think you're gorgeous.
418
00:16:58,234 --> 00:17:00,845
- Do you?
- Aye, definitely.
419
00:17:00,889 --> 00:17:02,891
- Good.
420
00:17:02,934 --> 00:17:04,762
narrator: So when
the Collector picks up a man
421
00:17:04,806 --> 00:17:06,982
suffering
from neurofibromatosis,
422
00:17:07,026 --> 00:17:09,767
the Elephant Man's disease,
423
00:17:09,811 --> 00:17:12,422
she can effortlessly
capture him.
424
00:17:12,466 --> 00:17:19,342
♪
425
00:17:19,386 --> 00:17:21,257
narrator:
But for the first time,
426
00:17:21,301 --> 00:17:23,781
she feels sympathy
for her prey.
427
00:17:23,825 --> 00:17:26,219
- We all love the assassin
428
00:17:26,262 --> 00:17:28,830
who struggles
with carrying out their task
429
00:17:28,873 --> 00:17:30,571
because they've fallen in love
with their target,
430
00:17:30,614 --> 00:17:33,400
and that's essentially
what happens
431
00:17:33,443 --> 00:17:35,097
in "Under the Skin,"
432
00:17:35,141 --> 00:17:39,449
is that she slowly becomes
enamored of humanity
433
00:17:39,493 --> 00:17:41,799
and the complexities
of being human.
434
00:17:41,843 --> 00:17:47,805
♪
435
00:17:47,849 --> 00:17:49,720
One of the most
beautiful moments
436
00:17:49,764 --> 00:17:51,635
in "Under the Skin," for me,
437
00:17:51,679 --> 00:17:54,812
was when
Scarlett Johansson pauses
438
00:17:54,856 --> 00:17:58,860
and stares at the fly
trapped in the spider's web
439
00:17:58,903 --> 00:18:03,560
and then decides
to let one of her victims go.
440
00:18:03,604 --> 00:18:05,475
[door latch clicks]
441
00:18:05,519 --> 00:18:09,218
And that is the cascade
that everything falls apart
442
00:18:09,262 --> 00:18:11,699
and leads to her demise.
443
00:18:11,742 --> 00:18:13,831
narrator: The Collector
abandons her mission
444
00:18:13,875 --> 00:18:16,573
and attempts
to enjoy her human body,
445
00:18:16,617 --> 00:18:18,271
but she's doomed to fail.
446
00:18:18,314 --> 00:18:19,489
- [chokes]
447
00:18:19,533 --> 00:18:21,143
♪
448
00:18:21,187 --> 00:18:24,451
- She tries to engage
in consensual sex,
449
00:18:24,494 --> 00:18:26,627
and it tears her suit.
450
00:18:26,670 --> 00:18:31,197
♪
451
00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:34,156
And the fact that his penis,
his human penis,
452
00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,246
tore her human skin suit
because it's, like--
453
00:18:37,290 --> 00:18:39,901
she's not there
for penetration,
454
00:18:39,944 --> 00:18:43,296
was a fascinating kindof, like, wake-up call for her.
455
00:18:43,339 --> 00:18:49,519
♪
456
00:18:50,868 --> 00:18:52,435
It's not your body,
457
00:18:52,479 --> 00:18:54,220
and you've convinced yourself
that it's your body,
458
00:18:54,263 --> 00:18:57,701
so it absolutely is
Cronenbergian in that aspect.
459
00:18:57,745 --> 00:18:59,355
[tense music]
460
00:18:59,399 --> 00:19:00,443
narrator:
Because the Collector
461
00:19:00,487 --> 00:19:02,053
is in the body of a woman,
462
00:19:02,097 --> 00:19:05,144
she becomes the target
of a violent man
463
00:19:05,187 --> 00:19:09,496
who first wants to rape her
then wants to murder her.
464
00:19:09,539 --> 00:19:11,498
[gasoline splattering]
465
00:19:11,541 --> 00:19:13,978
[tense music]
466
00:19:14,022 --> 00:19:15,502
♪
467
00:19:15,545 --> 00:19:17,243
- We experience through horror
468
00:19:17,286 --> 00:19:21,986
what we tend to gloss over
and pretend isn't there.
469
00:19:22,030 --> 00:19:24,119
The horror
of what our own bodies can do,
470
00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:26,643
the horror
of what other people can do,
471
00:19:26,687 --> 00:19:28,602
the sexism that we deal with
every day
472
00:19:28,645 --> 00:19:30,386
is just what we deal with
every day.
473
00:19:30,430 --> 00:19:31,909
It's how you react to it,
474
00:19:31,953 --> 00:19:33,781
it's whether you
let it bother you or not,
475
00:19:33,824 --> 00:19:36,000
and most of the time, you let it roll off your back,
476
00:19:36,044 --> 00:19:40,309
and we're all very used to
how we're treated in general.
477
00:19:40,353 --> 00:19:43,878
♪
478
00:19:43,921 --> 00:19:45,532
[wet squelching]
479
00:19:45,575 --> 00:19:47,534
narrator: But in some
body horror films...
480
00:19:47,577 --> 00:19:49,231
[loud wet squelching,
piano keys playing]
481
00:19:49,275 --> 00:19:50,754
Women are the punishers.
482
00:19:50,798 --> 00:19:52,843
- [gagging]
483
00:19:52,887 --> 00:19:56,325
narrator: They turn the tables on men who've objectified them
484
00:19:56,369 --> 00:19:58,588
and abused their power
for sex.
485
00:19:58,632 --> 00:20:01,504
[flesh sizzles]
- [screams]
486
00:20:01,548 --> 00:20:03,593
narrator: That's what happens
in Takashi Miike's
487
00:20:03,637 --> 00:20:05,769
profoundly disturbing film...
488
00:20:05,813 --> 00:20:09,382
- [moans]
489
00:20:09,425 --> 00:20:11,427
narrator: "Audition."
490
00:20:11,471 --> 00:20:14,343
- "Audition" is--is horrifying.
491
00:20:14,387 --> 00:20:18,129
♪
492
00:20:18,173 --> 00:20:21,220
It starts out almost
a social comedy
493
00:20:21,263 --> 00:20:23,222
about a lonely guy,
494
00:20:23,265 --> 00:20:26,442
and you're very sympathetic
to the guy.
495
00:20:26,486 --> 00:20:29,445
- This man is a widower
and he is being encouraged
496
00:20:29,489 --> 00:20:31,012
by his son to get back
out there
497
00:20:31,055 --> 00:20:32,753
and give it a go
in the dating field.
498
00:20:32,796 --> 00:20:36,278
- [speaking Japanese]
499
00:20:36,322 --> 00:20:38,672
- And they do
500
00:20:38,715 --> 00:20:41,109
just the absolutely
despicable thing
501
00:20:41,152 --> 00:20:44,373
of auditioning women
to be his girlfriend.
502
00:20:44,417 --> 00:20:46,680
narrator:
With the producer's help,
503
00:20:46,723 --> 00:20:50,858
the widower stages a
fake casting call for a film,
504
00:20:50,901 --> 00:20:53,643
but he's really casting
for his ideal woman:
505
00:20:53,687 --> 00:20:57,256
physically perfect
and perfectly submissive.
506
00:20:57,299 --> 00:21:01,347
He thinks he finds her
in shy, serene Asami.
507
00:21:01,390 --> 00:21:03,827
- And this woman, you know,
becomes enamored of him.
508
00:21:03,871 --> 00:21:05,699
She falls in love with him
509
00:21:05,742 --> 00:21:09,659
and realizes the premise withwhich she has come to know him.
510
00:21:18,929 --> 00:21:21,236
- And being unstable,
as the woman is,
511
00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,717
and being existing within
a horror film,
512
00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,849
her response to that is to
513
00:21:25,893 --> 00:21:30,114
get very specific
and really innovative revenge
514
00:21:30,158 --> 00:21:31,855
on the man who deceived her.
515
00:21:31,899 --> 00:21:37,339
♪
516
00:21:37,383 --> 00:21:39,689
[tense musical sting]
- [groans]
517
00:21:39,733 --> 00:21:41,387
narrator:
Every shot in "Audition"
518
00:21:41,430 --> 00:21:44,520
is meticulously framed
and beautifully lit.
519
00:21:44,564 --> 00:21:49,351
The film's perfection
hypnotizes you,
520
00:21:49,395 --> 00:21:51,440
which makes the moment
Asami goes to work
521
00:21:51,484 --> 00:21:54,443
with her needles and wire
all the more jarring.
522
00:21:54,487 --> 00:21:57,098
- [whimpering softly]
523
00:21:57,141 --> 00:22:00,275
[groaning]
524
00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:03,496
- Suddenly,
this demon is unleashed.
525
00:22:03,539 --> 00:22:06,716
- [speaking Japanese]
526
00:22:08,892 --> 00:22:10,285
[dramatic musical sting]
527
00:22:10,329 --> 00:22:11,982
- The wire cutting
in "Audition" is amazing.
528
00:22:12,026 --> 00:22:15,159
- [groaning and gasping]
529
00:22:15,203 --> 00:22:18,075
[eerie music]
530
00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,077
♪
531
00:22:20,121 --> 00:22:21,905
- What--what is it?
[speaks Japanese]
532
00:22:28,259 --> 00:22:31,088
[tense music]
533
00:22:31,132 --> 00:22:33,482
♪
534
00:22:33,526 --> 00:22:35,745
- That's--that's such
an upsetting film.
535
00:22:35,789 --> 00:22:37,573
[ominous music]
536
00:22:37,617 --> 00:22:39,183
narrator:
The otherwise decent man
537
00:22:39,227 --> 00:22:41,272
abuses his power one time,
538
00:22:41,316 --> 00:22:42,883
but he pays for all the times
539
00:22:42,926 --> 00:22:45,276
it's been done to the woman
in the past.
540
00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:46,539
[clanking]
541
00:22:46,582 --> 00:22:48,845
And that's the point.
542
00:22:48,889 --> 00:22:52,196
You only need to do it once
for it to be wrong.
543
00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,111
- The reaction to this man
doing a bad thing
544
00:22:54,155 --> 00:22:55,417
is disproportionate,
545
00:22:55,461 --> 00:22:57,506
but in the context
of a horror film,
546
00:22:57,550 --> 00:22:59,116
this is exactly what he had
547
00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:00,291
coming to him.
[chuckles]
548
00:23:00,335 --> 00:23:03,556
♪
549
00:23:03,599 --> 00:23:06,602
narrator: Body horror films
tear off our masks
550
00:23:06,646 --> 00:23:09,170
and expose us
for who we really are.
551
00:23:09,213 --> 00:23:10,606
- [screaming]
552
00:23:10,650 --> 00:23:12,739
narrator: And sometimes,
what's inside us
553
00:23:12,782 --> 00:23:14,349
isn't pretty.
554
00:23:19,310 --> 00:23:22,009
[sinister music]
555
00:23:22,052 --> 00:23:24,490
narrator: Body horror movies
have always fascinated me.
556
00:23:24,533 --> 00:23:27,144
[both screaming]
557
00:23:27,188 --> 00:23:29,364
So much so
that my first film deals
558
00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:32,759
with a highly-infectious
skin-eating disease
559
00:23:32,802 --> 00:23:35,414
and how it tears apart
a group of friends.
560
00:23:35,457 --> 00:23:38,155
[ominous music]
- [faintly] Oh, my God.
561
00:23:38,199 --> 00:23:40,680
♪
562
00:23:40,723 --> 00:23:43,465
- I love how "Cabin Fever"
draws inspiration
563
00:23:43,509 --> 00:23:47,861
from a lot of classic horrorand gore films from "Evil Dead"
564
00:23:47,904 --> 00:23:51,342
to the body horror films
of David Cronenberg,
565
00:23:51,386 --> 00:23:54,563
early Wes Craven
and George Romero.
566
00:23:54,607 --> 00:23:57,523
[dramatic music]
567
00:23:57,566 --> 00:23:59,394
- Better close the door,
Marcy.
568
00:23:59,438 --> 00:24:03,137
You don't want
to infect everyone.
569
00:24:03,180 --> 00:24:05,139
♪
570
00:24:05,182 --> 00:24:06,836
The thing about "Cabin Fever"
571
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,143
is we didn't know
what it was gonna be.
572
00:24:09,186 --> 00:24:10,710
I had never read a script
like that.
573
00:24:10,753 --> 00:24:12,320
I think at the time,
574
00:24:12,363 --> 00:24:15,323
the scripts that were going outfor people our age
575
00:24:15,366 --> 00:24:17,499
didn't have that level of gore.
576
00:24:17,543 --> 00:24:19,849
♪
577
00:24:19,893 --> 00:24:22,156
They didn't have
that grittiness
578
00:24:22,199 --> 00:24:24,245
and realness to them,
579
00:24:24,288 --> 00:24:26,552
and they weren't
pushing the envelope so far.
580
00:24:26,595 --> 00:24:29,511
- The guy had bowled
people's organs.
581
00:24:29,555 --> 00:24:31,774
Arms, legs, everything.
582
00:24:31,818 --> 00:24:35,691
- And I thought, "This
is gonna be really incredible
583
00:24:35,735 --> 00:24:37,650
or it's gonna blow up
in our faces."
584
00:24:37,693 --> 00:24:40,522
[tense music]
585
00:24:40,566 --> 00:24:42,089
- [screams]
- Whoo!
586
00:24:42,132 --> 00:24:44,134
No more [no audio] finals!
587
00:24:44,178 --> 00:24:47,311
- "Cabin Fever"
is about five friends
588
00:24:47,355 --> 00:24:52,099
who embark on a vacation
in the woods, in a cabin,
589
00:24:52,142 --> 00:24:56,973
and they each come down
with a flesh-eating bacteria.
590
00:24:57,017 --> 00:24:58,366
[dramatic musical sting]
591
00:24:58,409 --> 00:24:59,933
- [wet coughing]
592
00:24:59,976 --> 00:25:01,500
- Oh, God. Here.
593
00:25:01,543 --> 00:25:04,067
- The paranoia
sort of sets in,
594
00:25:04,111 --> 00:25:06,896
and they start turning
on each other.
595
00:25:06,940 --> 00:25:10,334
- Okay, we can eat alone,
we can sleep alone, whatever.
596
00:25:10,378 --> 00:25:13,729
We have to talk to each other,
we have to work together.
597
00:25:13,773 --> 00:25:19,256
♪
598
00:25:19,300 --> 00:25:22,651
- The tone is just so odd,
and it's mostly, you know,
599
00:25:22,695 --> 00:25:25,785
about the saturation level
of the violence, and the gore,
600
00:25:25,828 --> 00:25:27,395
and the--its intensity,
you know?
601
00:25:27,438 --> 00:25:29,179
Everything is just so intense
that you're, like--
602
00:25:29,223 --> 00:25:31,007
you jump and then you laugh
603
00:25:31,051 --> 00:25:33,053
because it's so ridiculous
that this is happening.
604
00:25:33,096 --> 00:25:36,143
- [screaming]
605
00:25:36,186 --> 00:25:37,448
- This guy's lit on fire,
606
00:25:37,492 --> 00:25:38,972
this dog
is suddenly attacking,
607
00:25:39,015 --> 00:25:39,973
it's, like, it's just,
oh, my God,
608
00:25:40,016 --> 00:25:41,670
it just keeps coming at you
609
00:25:41,714 --> 00:25:44,194
and that's sort of--that's
the fun of watching the movie.
610
00:25:44,238 --> 00:25:46,327
- Paul, that guy asked
for our help.
611
00:25:46,370 --> 00:25:49,460
We lit him on fire.
612
00:25:49,504 --> 00:25:53,987
- My character, Paul,
is a horribly selfish person.
613
00:25:54,030 --> 00:25:56,511
Party's over, Winston.
[thump]
614
00:25:56,555 --> 00:25:58,731
He's just worried about
himself, and that's the karma.
615
00:25:58,774 --> 00:26:00,471
It comes back to bite him
in the ass,
616
00:26:00,515 --> 00:26:02,082
and then to bite them all
in the ass.
617
00:26:02,125 --> 00:26:03,953
[horn blasts]
618
00:26:03,997 --> 00:26:06,521
♪
619
00:26:06,565 --> 00:26:08,567
The makeup effects were done
by KNB,
620
00:26:08,610 --> 00:26:11,134
and they were back in LA,
but the person on set
621
00:26:11,178 --> 00:26:13,310
was this amazing makeup artist named Garrett Immel,
622
00:26:13,354 --> 00:26:16,444
and it was really his ability to improvise with what we had.
623
00:26:16,487 --> 00:26:19,447
[tense music]
624
00:26:19,490 --> 00:26:21,231
And when Garrett did the workon Jordan's face, for instance,
625
00:26:21,275 --> 00:26:24,539
this sort of legendary
skull look, I mean, it was--
626
00:26:24,583 --> 00:26:25,932
it was incredible.
627
00:26:25,975 --> 00:26:27,586
[dramatic musical sting]
628
00:26:27,629 --> 00:26:30,414
- I had never done
prosthetic makeup work before.
629
00:26:30,458 --> 00:26:31,415
[dramatic musical sting]
630
00:26:31,459 --> 00:26:33,896
It's incredible artistry,
631
00:26:33,940 --> 00:26:36,203
so applying it was,
I would say,
632
00:26:36,246 --> 00:26:38,074
two to four hours.
633
00:26:38,118 --> 00:26:40,250
And then it's a slow process
to take off,
634
00:26:40,294 --> 00:26:42,557
because they have
to re-use the appliances,
635
00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:44,515
and if you just tear it
off your face,
636
00:26:44,559 --> 00:26:46,430
you'll tear your skin off,
and then, in fact,
637
00:26:46,474 --> 00:26:50,086
it really--your face would looklike mine did in "Cabin Fever."
638
00:26:50,130 --> 00:26:52,828
But it was devastating
to see myself that way.
639
00:26:52,872 --> 00:26:54,917
- We all had to be
sort of forewarned,
640
00:26:54,961 --> 00:26:58,138
because, you know, we didn't
want Jordan to feel too bad.
641
00:26:58,181 --> 00:26:59,705
You know, how ugly she looked?
642
00:26:59,748 --> 00:27:01,141
'Cause it was like,
your immediate reaction
643
00:27:01,184 --> 00:27:02,272
when she walked out
of the trailer was like,
644
00:27:02,316 --> 00:27:03,273
"Oh, my God!"
645
00:27:03,317 --> 00:27:08,278
♪
646
00:27:08,322 --> 00:27:09,845
[dramatic musical sting]
647
00:27:09,889 --> 00:27:12,413
- You're there
with your best friend,
648
00:27:12,456 --> 00:27:14,633
but then you have
to kill your best friend
649
00:27:14,676 --> 00:27:17,070
because of this thing
that's inside them.
650
00:27:17,113 --> 00:27:20,377
And that's what the disease
became in "Cabin Fever."
651
00:27:20,421 --> 00:27:22,249
You're with your best friend,
652
00:27:22,292 --> 00:27:25,861
but you gotta isolate them,
or you've gotta kill them,
653
00:27:25,905 --> 00:27:28,908
because whatever is inside
them could get inside you.
654
00:27:28,951 --> 00:27:31,737
And suddenly, you're
not seen as human anymore,
655
00:27:31,780 --> 00:27:33,869
and I think that there'ssomething very real about that.
656
00:27:33,913 --> 00:27:36,002
You know,
when lepers have leprosy,
657
00:27:36,045 --> 00:27:38,004
what do we do?
We isolate them.
658
00:27:38,047 --> 00:27:39,919
When SARS happened,
659
00:27:39,962 --> 00:27:41,181
when there's disease
you don't understand,
660
00:27:41,224 --> 00:27:42,791
tent 'em off.
661
00:27:42,835 --> 00:27:44,575
People wanna get out?
Too bad.
662
00:27:44,619 --> 00:27:47,753
Epidemic, population control.
Can't let it get out.
663
00:27:47,796 --> 00:27:51,365
There's something really,
really scary about that.
664
00:27:51,408 --> 00:27:52,845
- Grim?
665
00:27:52,888 --> 00:27:54,803
[ominous music]
666
00:27:54,847 --> 00:27:57,110
- I would say it begins
as a body horror film,
667
00:27:57,153 --> 00:28:00,026
but then the real villain
is people's cruelty, you know?
668
00:28:00,069 --> 00:28:02,724
And people not willing to help
somebody who has a disease.
669
00:28:02,768 --> 00:28:03,899
- [muffled]
Don't [no audio] come near me!
670
00:28:03,943 --> 00:28:05,596
- Jeff!
- Stop, stop!
671
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:06,902
I don't want to get sick!
672
00:28:06,946 --> 00:28:08,295
I don't want any of us
getting sick!
673
00:28:08,338 --> 00:28:10,427
- Horror films usually--
usually leave you
674
00:28:10,471 --> 00:28:12,734
with a sense of dread
about the world,
675
00:28:12,778 --> 00:28:15,694
and that's--I think
that's healthy to explore.
676
00:28:15,737 --> 00:28:17,217
- [gasps]
677
00:28:17,260 --> 00:28:19,567
- The more the movie
can make you feel
678
00:28:19,610 --> 00:28:21,351
that reaction of, like,
679
00:28:21,395 --> 00:28:24,006
"Oh, that's horrible, I don't
want that in my life,"
680
00:28:24,050 --> 00:28:25,616
good because that's what,
681
00:28:25,660 --> 00:28:27,009
you know,we shouldn't want those things.
682
00:28:27,053 --> 00:28:29,359
We shouldn't want--
like, violence is awful,
683
00:28:29,403 --> 00:28:31,710
and if we can confront it
in a way that is, like--
684
00:28:31,753 --> 00:28:34,756
makes you want to look away,
that is healthy, you know?
685
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,715
That's a good exercise
of your imagination.
686
00:28:36,758 --> 00:28:38,542
- [screams]
687
00:28:38,586 --> 00:28:41,067
narrator: Paranoia was the menace of "Cabin Fever"...
688
00:28:41,110 --> 00:28:43,199
- Showtime, Billy!
689
00:28:43,243 --> 00:28:44,548
narrator: But sometimes,
690
00:28:44,592 --> 00:28:46,159
they really are
out to get you.
691
00:28:46,202 --> 00:28:48,727
[cloth ripping]
- What are you doing?
692
00:28:48,770 --> 00:28:50,293
narrator:
Especially if you're part
693
00:28:50,337 --> 00:28:53,166
of the twisted world
of "Society."
694
00:28:58,649 --> 00:29:01,348
[cheers and applause]
695
00:29:01,391 --> 00:29:03,959
narrator: F. Scott Fitzgerald
once famously said,
696
00:29:04,003 --> 00:29:05,395
"The rich are different."
697
00:29:05,439 --> 00:29:09,051
[excited clamoring]
698
00:29:09,095 --> 00:29:10,792
narrator:
In the film "Society,"
699
00:29:10,836 --> 00:29:14,317
the rich are literally
another species...
700
00:29:14,361 --> 00:29:16,319
- Wanna play?
[cackles]
701
00:29:16,363 --> 00:29:18,887
narrator: Parasitic lifeforms
that feed on the poor.
702
00:29:18,931 --> 00:29:22,064
[evil laughter]
703
00:29:22,108 --> 00:29:24,458
♪
704
00:29:24,501 --> 00:29:27,766
- Brian Yuzna's "Society"
is one of my all-time favorite
705
00:29:27,809 --> 00:29:29,680
body horror movies.
706
00:29:29,724 --> 00:29:32,379
The makeup effects
by Screaming Mad George
707
00:29:32,422 --> 00:29:34,076
in that film are unmatched.
708
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:36,122
[laughter]
- [moans frightfully]
709
00:29:36,165 --> 00:29:37,514
- "Society" is, like,
710
00:29:37,558 --> 00:29:42,171
where '80s teen movie
meets Cronenberg.
711
00:29:42,215 --> 00:29:46,001
You've got a family
with an older sister
712
00:29:46,045 --> 00:29:48,047
who's getting ready to have
her debutante sort of thing,
713
00:29:48,090 --> 00:29:50,484
and the younger brother
who just doesn't feel like
714
00:29:50,527 --> 00:29:51,485
he fits into the family.
715
00:29:51,528 --> 00:29:52,878
Can't figure out why.
716
00:29:52,921 --> 00:29:54,662
- They don't approve
of me, okay?
717
00:29:54,705 --> 00:29:56,838
They don't accept my friends.
718
00:29:56,882 --> 00:29:59,101
[ominous music]
719
00:29:59,145 --> 00:30:01,408
- And then it becomes
more and more clear that
720
00:30:01,451 --> 00:30:03,453
he's not actually
part of the family.
721
00:30:03,497 --> 00:30:05,891
The parents and the sister
are really the family,
722
00:30:05,934 --> 00:30:08,241
and they are part
of this thing called "Society"
723
00:30:08,284 --> 00:30:09,590
that they're always
worried about,
724
00:30:09,633 --> 00:30:11,113
like,
"What will Society think?"
725
00:30:11,157 --> 00:30:13,289
"Bill, be careful,
you have to fit into Society."
726
00:30:13,333 --> 00:30:16,640
- You know, you'll make such a
great contribution to Society.
727
00:30:16,684 --> 00:30:19,252
[soft dramatic music]
728
00:30:19,295 --> 00:30:21,123
- I'd never seen
a horror movie
729
00:30:21,167 --> 00:30:22,908
that had a mythology
730
00:30:22,951 --> 00:30:25,432
that was based on class.
731
00:30:25,475 --> 00:30:27,608
- You're a different race
from us,
732
00:30:27,651 --> 00:30:31,742
a different species,
a different class.
733
00:30:31,786 --> 00:30:36,269
- The idea was how can you havefun with class exploitation?
734
00:30:36,312 --> 00:30:39,315
narrator: The film's
paranoid teen hero, Billy,
735
00:30:39,359 --> 00:30:41,665
learns that he and his friends are pawns
736
00:30:41,709 --> 00:30:43,580
in a sinister conspiracy...
737
00:30:43,624 --> 00:30:45,539
[dramatic musical sting]
738
00:30:45,582 --> 00:30:47,062
narrator: A conspiracy
that the wealthiest people
739
00:30:47,106 --> 00:30:49,412
in Beverly Hills
all seem to be a part of.
740
00:30:49,456 --> 00:30:51,850
[ominous music]
741
00:30:51,893 --> 00:30:55,244
- Definitely has the formatof a high school hijinks movie.
742
00:30:55,288 --> 00:30:59,466
The difference is is it quickly
gets a little disturbing
743
00:30:59,509 --> 00:31:02,077
when Billy listens to the tape
744
00:31:02,121 --> 00:31:06,908
of his parents and sister goingto her coming out party.
745
00:31:06,952 --> 00:31:09,606
- On the schedule, first
we dine, then copulation.
746
00:31:09,650 --> 00:31:11,391
With someone your own age
first,
747
00:31:11,434 --> 00:31:13,219
then with your mother and me.
748
00:31:13,262 --> 00:31:14,655
- All of a sudden, it's taken
749
00:31:14,698 --> 00:31:18,180
the high school hijinks
to another place.
750
00:31:18,224 --> 00:31:20,487
- That thing
what I think it is?
751
00:31:20,530 --> 00:31:21,923
- That's a really
disgusting thing
752
00:31:21,967 --> 00:31:23,185
to bring
into Mom and Dad's bedroom.
753
00:31:23,229 --> 00:31:25,144
- [stutters]
754
00:31:25,187 --> 00:31:28,234
- Generally, it's accepted thathorror movies deal with taboos,
755
00:31:28,277 --> 00:31:31,454
and one of the main taboos
that we have is incest.
756
00:31:31,498 --> 00:31:33,630
♪
757
00:31:33,674 --> 00:31:36,416
It's so pervasive, that taboo,
758
00:31:36,459 --> 00:31:39,071
that we don't hardly
talk about it much.
759
00:31:39,114 --> 00:31:41,551
I think it's the basis
of a lot of horror movies
760
00:31:41,595 --> 00:31:44,076
implicitly, not explicitly.
761
00:31:44,119 --> 00:31:47,949
In "Society,"
we make it more explicit...
762
00:31:47,993 --> 00:31:49,516
- If you have
any edible fantasies
763
00:31:49,559 --> 00:31:52,084
you'd like to indulge in,
Billy, now's the time.
764
00:31:52,127 --> 00:31:53,259
[laughs]
765
00:31:53,302 --> 00:31:57,002
- That discomfort about sex,
766
00:31:57,045 --> 00:32:00,135
which is really important
in horror movies--
767
00:32:00,179 --> 00:32:03,008
I always feel like horror
and sex and death
768
00:32:03,051 --> 00:32:04,966
are just so intertwined.
769
00:32:05,010 --> 00:32:06,011
[dramatic music]
770
00:32:06,054 --> 00:32:08,491
- Mom?
Dad?
771
00:32:08,535 --> 00:32:10,841
I'd like to have
a little chat with you.
772
00:32:10,885 --> 00:32:12,974
♪
773
00:32:13,018 --> 00:32:14,454
narrator: It turns out,
774
00:32:14,497 --> 00:32:16,325
Billy was adopted
for the sole reason
775
00:32:16,369 --> 00:32:18,893
of broadening Society's
inbred gene pool.
776
00:32:18,937 --> 00:32:20,112
[laughter]
777
00:32:20,155 --> 00:32:22,549
- I do love the--[sniffs]
778
00:32:22,592 --> 00:32:25,073
smell of the hunt...
779
00:32:25,117 --> 00:32:28,250
and the taste of the Shunt.
[all cheer]
780
00:32:28,294 --> 00:32:29,643
- Let go of me!
781
00:32:29,686 --> 00:32:31,601
♪
782
00:32:31,645 --> 00:32:35,170
narrator: He'll be sacrificed
at an event called the Shunt,
783
00:32:35,214 --> 00:32:38,173
where Society shows
its true face
784
00:32:38,217 --> 00:32:41,307
and all of its other
body parts.
785
00:32:41,350 --> 00:32:43,526
[all shouting]
786
00:32:43,570 --> 00:32:45,050
[laughter]
787
00:32:45,093 --> 00:32:46,834
narrator:
It's one of the strangest
788
00:32:46,877 --> 00:32:50,664
and most disturbing sequences
ever put on film.
789
00:32:50,707 --> 00:32:53,014
♪
790
00:32:53,058 --> 00:32:56,887
- They get together
and their bodies merge.
791
00:32:56,931 --> 00:32:58,367
Their clothes come off,
792
00:32:58,411 --> 00:33:00,935
they start moving
to this amorphous blob,
793
00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:04,895
and they eat poor people,
and they bathe in their blood,
794
00:33:04,939 --> 00:33:09,335
and you see all of it
in graphic detail.
795
00:33:09,378 --> 00:33:14,035
♪
796
00:33:14,079 --> 00:33:17,125
- It's the first time
I had a chance to direct.
797
00:33:17,169 --> 00:33:20,650
I said, "Wow, what haven't
I seen that I'd like to see?"
798
00:33:20,694 --> 00:33:22,522
I imagined a couple people
in a room
799
00:33:22,565 --> 00:33:25,829
and their bodies kind
of melding together.
800
00:33:25,873 --> 00:33:28,528
[laughter, slurping]
801
00:33:28,571 --> 00:33:31,879
The whole idea
of a big orgiastic ending--
802
00:33:31,922 --> 00:33:34,882
I saw "The Ten Commandments"
when I was a kid,
803
00:33:34,925 --> 00:33:37,667
and it really affected me,
804
00:33:37,711 --> 00:33:39,843
because, first of all,
it's very magical.
805
00:33:39,887 --> 00:33:41,584
It's like a horror movie.
806
00:33:41,628 --> 00:33:43,195
[tense music]
807
00:33:43,238 --> 00:33:45,197
The sea turns into blood...
808
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:46,850
[staff clatters]
809
00:33:46,894 --> 00:33:50,115
There's sticks that turn
into serpents,
810
00:33:50,158 --> 00:33:54,032
there's a green mist
that kills kids,
811
00:33:54,075 --> 00:33:56,947
but at the end,
there's this huge orgy
812
00:33:56,991 --> 00:34:01,387
when they're worshipping
the golden calf.
813
00:34:01,430 --> 00:34:03,563
That certainly influenced me.
814
00:34:03,606 --> 00:34:05,173
- The rich have always
sucked off
815
00:34:05,217 --> 00:34:07,175
low-class [no audio] like you.
816
00:34:07,219 --> 00:34:08,872
♪
817
00:34:08,916 --> 00:34:11,049
- Obviously, it's, like,
all a metaphor
818
00:34:11,092 --> 00:34:14,878
about propriety and fitting in
and also capitalism
819
00:34:14,922 --> 00:34:18,056
and having the upper class
act as though
820
00:34:18,099 --> 00:34:21,624
they've got access to much
finer things, when really,
821
00:34:21,668 --> 00:34:25,759
they have access to much more
upsetting and debased things.
822
00:34:25,802 --> 00:34:27,543
♪
823
00:34:27,587 --> 00:34:30,198
narrator: Physical monstrosity is often equated
824
00:34:30,242 --> 00:34:31,286
with moral deformity.
825
00:34:31,330 --> 00:34:32,331
- [screaming]
826
00:34:33,941 --> 00:34:35,421
narrator: But sometimes,
827
00:34:35,464 --> 00:34:38,685
the "normal" people
are the monsters,
828
00:34:38,728 --> 00:34:43,298
and the so-called "freaks"
are too good for this world.
829
00:34:47,389 --> 00:34:49,217
- [whimpering]
830
00:34:49,261 --> 00:34:50,871
narrator:
Body horror films play
831
00:34:50,914 --> 00:34:52,960
on a dark part
of human psychology.
832
00:34:53,003 --> 00:34:55,528
- [frightened yelling]
833
00:34:55,571 --> 00:34:57,443
narrator: Our discomfort
with any physical difference
834
00:34:57,486 --> 00:34:58,748
from the norm.
835
00:34:58,792 --> 00:35:01,316
[ominous music]
836
00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:02,361
narrator:
They have their roots
837
00:35:02,404 --> 00:35:03,927
in the carnival sideshows
838
00:35:03,971 --> 00:35:06,756
of the 19th
and early 20th centuries,
839
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:08,628
where people
with birth defects,
840
00:35:08,671 --> 00:35:11,587
so-called "freaks,"
were put on display
841
00:35:11,631 --> 00:35:15,113
for the general public's
amusement.
842
00:35:15,156 --> 00:35:18,116
Tod Browning,
the director of "Dracula,"
843
00:35:18,159 --> 00:35:21,075
worked those carnivals
as a young man.
844
00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:22,903
[laughter]
845
00:35:22,946 --> 00:35:24,470
narrator:
He turned his fascination
846
00:35:24,513 --> 00:35:26,167
with the performers
into one of the most
847
00:35:26,211 --> 00:35:29,214
infamous horror films
of all time:
848
00:35:29,257 --> 00:35:30,693
"Freaks."
849
00:35:30,737 --> 00:35:33,087
- [chanting]Gooble, gobble, gooble, gobble.
850
00:35:33,131 --> 00:35:35,263
- [chanting]
We accept her, we accept her.
851
00:35:35,307 --> 00:35:37,700
- [chanting]Gooble, gobble, gooble, gobble!
852
00:35:37,744 --> 00:35:40,660
- "Freaks" is a one-of-a-kind. It's a unique movie.
853
00:35:40,703 --> 00:35:43,141
How it got made,
854
00:35:43,184 --> 00:35:46,666
under the aegis of MGM
in the 1930s,
855
00:35:46,709 --> 00:35:48,537
I will never understand.
856
00:35:48,581 --> 00:35:50,409
- Tomorrow night's
the big night, eh, Daisy?
857
00:35:50,452 --> 00:35:52,367
- Yes.
Your sister's getting married.
858
00:35:52,411 --> 00:35:56,850
- Because MGM was the [indistinct] of movie studios,
859
00:35:56,893 --> 00:36:01,681
so for that studio
to turn out this fascinating,
860
00:36:01,724 --> 00:36:04,553
and yet,
sometimes repellant film,
861
00:36:04,597 --> 00:36:06,903
is just a marvel.
862
00:36:08,035 --> 00:36:11,908
- "Freaks" didn't rely on
special effects makeups,
863
00:36:11,952 --> 00:36:15,129
it used disabled
and deformed human beings
864
00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:17,871
from real circuses and
sideshows across the country
865
00:36:17,914 --> 00:36:19,481
to be its main players.
866
00:36:19,525 --> 00:36:21,440
- It reverses the tradition.
867
00:36:21,483 --> 00:36:24,791
It has the freaks,
or the people we care about,
868
00:36:24,834 --> 00:36:27,576
and the beautiful people,
the beautiful trapeze artists,
869
00:36:27,620 --> 00:36:29,926
and the strongmen,
the physical specimens,
870
00:36:29,970 --> 00:36:31,232
are the monsters.
871
00:36:31,276 --> 00:36:34,627
- Well, here's something
for your eye!
872
00:36:34,670 --> 00:36:37,456
- [laughs]
873
00:36:37,499 --> 00:36:39,980
narrator: The film spins
the tale of a trapeze artist
874
00:36:40,023 --> 00:36:42,200
who marries a dwarf
for his money
875
00:36:42,243 --> 00:36:44,332
then plots to murder him.
876
00:36:44,376 --> 00:36:46,726
[dramatic musical sting]
877
00:36:46,769 --> 00:36:48,206
When she's found out,
878
00:36:48,249 --> 00:36:50,120
the freaks take revenge.
879
00:36:50,164 --> 00:36:52,688
♪
880
00:36:52,732 --> 00:36:55,865
- The thing about that movie
that's so difficult
881
00:36:55,909 --> 00:37:01,175
is it generates such sympathy
for the freaks.
882
00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:04,004
And then the movie does
this strange turn...
883
00:37:04,047 --> 00:37:06,180
[shouting]
884
00:37:06,224 --> 00:37:07,790
Which is when they,
all the freaks,
885
00:37:07,834 --> 00:37:09,444
come to mutilate her,
886
00:37:09,488 --> 00:37:11,446
there's images
you don't forget.
887
00:37:11,490 --> 00:37:15,972
♪
888
00:37:16,016 --> 00:37:17,452
- [shouts]
889
00:37:17,496 --> 00:37:18,801
- [screams]
[thunder booms]
890
00:37:18,845 --> 00:37:19,889
- [screams]
891
00:37:19,933 --> 00:37:22,152
[squawking]
892
00:37:22,196 --> 00:37:23,893
narrator: "Freaks"
was attacked by critics
893
00:37:23,937 --> 00:37:25,460
and shunned by audiences.
894
00:37:25,504 --> 00:37:27,114
- [screams]
895
00:37:27,157 --> 00:37:28,463
narrator: For decades,
896
00:37:28,507 --> 00:37:30,291
it was banned
in many countries.
897
00:37:30,335 --> 00:37:32,902
Today, it's considered
a significant part
898
00:37:32,946 --> 00:37:34,164
of film history.
899
00:37:34,208 --> 00:37:35,949
[tense musical crescendo]
900
00:37:35,992 --> 00:37:37,777
- [screaming]
901
00:37:37,820 --> 00:37:39,692
- [indistinct]
902
00:37:39,735 --> 00:37:42,303
narrator:
In 1980, producer Mel Brooks
903
00:37:42,347 --> 00:37:45,872
hired the young David Lynch
to direct "The Elephant Man,"
904
00:37:45,915 --> 00:37:48,396
a very different take
on physical deformity.
905
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:51,312
[dramatic carnival music]
906
00:37:51,356 --> 00:37:55,273
[laughter]
907
00:37:55,316 --> 00:37:57,927
Nominated
for eight Academy Awards,
908
00:37:57,971 --> 00:37:59,973
"The Elephant Man" tells
the true story
909
00:38:00,016 --> 00:38:01,235
of John Merrick,
910
00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:03,542
who goes
from carnival exhibition
911
00:38:03,585 --> 00:38:06,153
to friend
of the English aristocracy.
912
00:38:06,196 --> 00:38:08,373
- Because naturally,
913
00:38:08,416 --> 00:38:11,811
some people do find
my appearance disturbing.
914
00:38:11,854 --> 00:38:14,335
- "The Elephant Man"
is probably the antithesis
915
00:38:14,379 --> 00:38:16,206
of Tod Browning's "Freaks"
916
00:38:16,250 --> 00:38:18,513
in that it is so sympathetic
917
00:38:18,557 --> 00:38:21,516
and it's from the point
of view of someone
918
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,040
who was born as a monster,
919
00:38:24,084 --> 00:38:27,217
even though his heart
was that of an angel.
920
00:38:28,523 --> 00:38:31,439
This is a man who's
so deformed, so grotesque,
921
00:38:31,483 --> 00:38:33,049
that he has to wear a mask
922
00:38:33,093 --> 00:38:34,877
so that he doesn't
frighten everybody
923
00:38:34,921 --> 00:38:37,619
he comes
in confrontation with.
924
00:38:37,663 --> 00:38:39,795
[all exclaiming]
925
00:38:39,839 --> 00:38:42,668
And is put on display
in circuses
926
00:38:42,711 --> 00:38:45,192
because he's a freak.
927
00:38:45,235 --> 00:38:48,804
- Elephant...Man.
928
00:38:48,848 --> 00:38:50,676
[audience murmuring]
929
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:53,374
narrator: Lynch employs
a naturalistic style
930
00:38:53,418 --> 00:38:55,681
that reflects
the brutal realities of life
931
00:38:55,724 --> 00:38:57,509
in Victorian England.
932
00:38:57,552 --> 00:38:59,641
[all clamoring]
933
00:38:59,685 --> 00:39:01,730
But combines it
with dreamlike touches
934
00:39:01,774 --> 00:39:03,558
that are uniquely his own.
935
00:39:03,602 --> 00:39:06,518
[distorted howling]
936
00:39:06,561 --> 00:39:09,738
♪
937
00:39:09,782 --> 00:39:11,479
- That film,
in black and white,
938
00:39:11,523 --> 00:39:13,220
just shimmers.
939
00:39:13,263 --> 00:39:17,180
The use of light and dark
chiaroscuro shots--
940
00:39:17,224 --> 00:39:19,400
it's ironic that you can say
it's a thing of beauty,
941
00:39:19,444 --> 00:39:20,793
even though it deals with
942
00:39:20,836 --> 00:39:22,838
someone who is anything
but beautiful.
943
00:39:22,882 --> 00:39:26,755
But the power of that film
is the very deft way
944
00:39:26,799 --> 00:39:31,456
that Lynch first reveals
the look of John Marrick
945
00:39:31,499 --> 00:39:34,502
and then gradually lets you
see him a little longer,
946
00:39:34,546 --> 00:39:37,026
and you begin to understand
947
00:39:37,070 --> 00:39:39,159
that it's not what's
on the outside,
948
00:39:39,202 --> 00:39:41,553
but what's on the inside
that really does count,
949
00:39:41,596 --> 00:39:45,252
corny as that may sound,
but that's the entire premise.
950
00:39:45,295 --> 00:39:49,169
- I am not an animal!
951
00:39:51,214 --> 00:39:56,437
I am a human being!
952
00:39:56,481 --> 00:39:58,570
- The tagline of the movie
on the poster,
953
00:39:58,613 --> 00:40:00,746
"I'm not an animal,
I'm a human being,"
954
00:40:00,789 --> 00:40:02,574
that is at the core
of body horror--
955
00:40:02,617 --> 00:40:05,577
what makes a human being
a human being.
956
00:40:05,620 --> 00:40:07,448
Is it--is it this?
957
00:40:07,492 --> 00:40:10,843
Or is it something else?
Is it something below?
958
00:40:10,886 --> 00:40:15,630
- My life is full
'cause I know that I am loved.
959
00:40:15,674 --> 00:40:17,763
- If you watch that film
on an emotional level,
960
00:40:17,806 --> 00:40:18,938
I want to be John Merrick.
961
00:40:18,981 --> 00:40:21,767
He's a pure goodness,
you know?
962
00:40:21,810 --> 00:40:23,464
He's a loving creature
963
00:40:23,508 --> 00:40:27,033
who's not been destroyed
by all the darkness he's seen.
964
00:40:27,076 --> 00:40:28,774
What more could we wish
for ourselves?
965
00:40:28,817 --> 00:40:30,558
- She's very pretty,
your mother.
966
00:40:30,602 --> 00:40:33,256
- Oh, yes.
967
00:40:33,300 --> 00:40:34,693
- A friend of mine told me
968
00:40:34,736 --> 00:40:36,172
he saw "Elephant Man"
in the theater,
969
00:40:36,216 --> 00:40:37,913
and there was a scene
where the Elephant Man's
970
00:40:37,957 --> 00:40:40,350
talking to the singer woman,
971
00:40:40,394 --> 00:40:42,831
and it's a very sweet,
gentle scene,
972
00:40:42,875 --> 00:40:44,833
and she's kind of looking
at him like he's a human,
973
00:40:44,877 --> 00:40:46,487
and she saying,
"It's so nice to meet you."
974
00:40:46,531 --> 00:40:48,489
And there's this quiet moment.
975
00:40:48,533 --> 00:40:50,230
And a guy in the theater went,
976
00:40:50,273 --> 00:40:53,581
"Kill her, Elephant Man!"
[chuckles]
977
00:40:53,625 --> 00:40:56,062
Like, he's like,
"It's a monster movie, right?
978
00:40:56,105 --> 00:40:58,368
When's Elephant Man gonna startkilling people?"
979
00:40:58,412 --> 00:40:59,631
[laughing]
980
00:40:59,674 --> 00:41:01,067
[tense music]
981
00:41:01,110 --> 00:41:02,503
- [screams]
982
00:41:02,547 --> 00:41:05,201
narrator:
Sometimes disgusting,
983
00:41:05,245 --> 00:41:06,855
often disturbing--
984
00:41:06,899 --> 00:41:08,291
- [whimpers]
985
00:41:08,335 --> 00:41:09,423
narrator:
But always powerful...
986
00:41:09,467 --> 00:41:10,511
- [growling]
[phone rings]
987
00:41:10,555 --> 00:41:12,208
narrator: Body horror films
988
00:41:12,252 --> 00:41:14,036
make us question
our prejudices
989
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:15,777
against physical difference...
990
00:41:15,821 --> 00:41:18,476
- You filth!
991
00:41:18,519 --> 00:41:20,826
narrator: Our attitudes
about sex and gender...
992
00:41:20,869 --> 00:41:23,481
[wire sawing]
993
00:41:23,524 --> 00:41:25,439
[screaming]
994
00:41:25,483 --> 00:41:27,920
narrator: Our fear of
disease and contamination...
995
00:41:27,963 --> 00:41:29,008
- [shouts]
996
00:41:29,051 --> 00:41:30,792
♪
997
00:41:30,836 --> 00:41:31,967
narrator: And how much
our appearance
998
00:41:32,011 --> 00:41:34,187
determines who we are.
999
00:41:34,230 --> 00:41:36,015
- [screaming]
1000
00:41:36,058 --> 00:41:37,973
narrator: They confront us
with the beauty
1001
00:41:38,017 --> 00:41:41,847
and horror of being human.
1002
00:41:41,890 --> 00:41:44,589
- [screaming]
71745
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