tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post9170485863826511350..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: Wendigo Meets THE LIVING DEAD GIRL (1982)Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-4480987277234637792010-04-08T17:08:29.001-04:002010-04-08T17:08:29.001-04:00Flawed? Yes. Is she a vampire, ghoul, zombie--I ha...Flawed? Yes. Is she a vampire, ghoul, zombie--I haven't a clue. All I know is I frickin love this movie. The atmosphere, the gore, Françoise Blanchard's naked hotness--it's all good.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02208109184435483950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-87530219231292554392010-04-08T13:20:53.345-04:002010-04-08T13:20:53.345-04:00I go with the Vicar's comments about the movie...I go with the Vicar's comments about the movie being a dark adult fairy tale about loss, mourning, and letting go. I don't think any of Rollin's zombie movies qualify as anything resembling a traditional zombie fim. <br /><br /><em>Night of the Hunted</em> is another Rollin zombie film that is very much about loss, in an even more personal sense.<br /><br />Thee aren't many zombie movies that are emotionally wrenching, but Rollin's are. Very much so.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-86111988755469754792010-04-08T10:48:13.457-04:002010-04-08T10:48:13.457-04:00Excellent consideration, though I fall more on the...Excellent consideration, though I fall more on the "not a vampire" side of this argument. Of course Catherine is not your traditional zombie either--really some sort of revenant, combining the qualities of both aforementioned monsters.<br /><br />For me LIVING DEAD GIRL is a kind of dark adult fairy tale about loss, mourning, and letting go. Because of her guilt over not keeping their pact and her real affection for Catherine's memory (I read this is sisterly rather than romantic), Helene wants to keep Catherine alive no matter what the cost. For me she's the stand-in for the bereaved person who cannot stop mourning the beloved dead, can't let them go, and causes suffering to herself and others because of it. Like the spirits in John Edward's prime-time seances, Catherine actually wants Helene to let her go, to get on with her life, to stop keeping her there with her mourning; the fact that Helene can't do this is what makes the ending so powerful to me, and always leaves me misty.<br /><br />Perhaps because I saw this one first, I much prefer this to FASCINATION--but I accept my minority position there. :)The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.com