It's all fire dicks and armageddon in Wormwood, New Mexico in the mid-1990's. Thank the seven star alignments that we're still here to talk of the tale...
Ashlee couldn't believe she found even more to unpack in the film she's dissected to death, 1995's Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight, a pretty under-discussed and underappreciated (to a degree) horror film that everyone should watch this Halloween season.
Director Ernest Dickerson throws in homages to Alien which, Carolyn loves even more because of the Cleo the cat/Jonesy connection.
Plus! There's a whole lot about this sometimes surpisingly Black feminist work that incorporates a range of characters that are not easy to label, which is the fun of it all, including some cheesy, on-brand humor from a self-aware work both from cast and crew who were just having fun.
We've noted the following for consideration:
The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectators by bell hooks
Subjects of Desire (2021) Official Trailer
Modern Etiquette: The Despicable World of Spitting
What We Not Gon’ Do In 2022 [Master]
What Mama Had Forgot To Mention Was... [Fast Color]
I’m A Peaches Stan [A Low Down Dirty Shame]
We Gotta Fight Literal Monsters Now Too?! [Sweetheart]
"Free Range Children" [Crooklyn]
Love & Bossa Nova [Black Orpheus]
This Ain't About THEM!
Barbecue The Becky [She Never Died]
Hot Men & Terrible Bosses [Little]
When SVU Was Good [Diva]
I'll Write Some Songs About A White Man's Butt [The 40-Year-Old Version]
Brotherly Love in Motor City [KIN]
Feminisms For K-12! [Born In Flames]
The Great Multiplicitous Blackness Caper [Jumpin’ Jack Flash]
We’re Rooting For Everyone Black [Alien vs. Predator]
Honestly, Vaginas [Knives and Skin]
I Love You Black Man, I Love You Black Woman [See You Yesterday]
Selah The Queen Bee, So You Best Take Heed [Selah and the Spades]
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