submitted by CommunistCuddlefish to blorp 11 points | 1 comments

Two movies tonight! Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), which was WRITTEN but not directed by John Carpenter, and Big Trouble in Little China by John Carpenter feat. Kurt Russell. Eyes of Laura Mars looks like it could be very interesting or very terrible with no in between, and all I’ve heard about BTiLC is that it is fun and entertaining so it should at least make for a good chaser if the first movie sucks. We will will start P R O M P T L Y at 4:30PM Eastern US time and have only a 5 minute intermission, which will barely get us done by the regular nighttime movie slot.

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Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

It follows a New York City fashion photographer who suddenly develops the clairvoyant ability to witness disturbing serial murders from the point of view of the killer. Some critics and film scholars have noted Eyes of Laura Mars as an American version of the Italian giallo with elements of the slasher film. 1h44m long

Content Warnings for Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) *

Violence and gore: moderate

• Domestic violence mentioned. - Murders depicted.

Sexual violence: moderate

• Child abuse mentioned. - Someone is repeatedly coerced into saying “yes” against their “no”s for sex.

Other:

• Drug use depicted - copaganda - shit depictions of mentally ill people - suicide - sad ending

Doesthedogdie: www.doesthedogdie.com/media/113094

UnconsentingMedia: No entry

IMDB Parental Guide: www.imdb.com/title/tt0077530/parentalguide/

TankieTube link to movie: tankie.tube/w/kX45ezyFqy1wSqBif5QcDP

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

A departure from Carpenter’s usual horror fare, this is an action comedy. The film tells the story of truck driver Jack Burton (Russell), who helps his friend Wang Chi (Dun) rescue Wang’s green-eyed fiancée from bandits in San Francisco’s Chinatown. They go into the mysterious underworld beneath Chinatown, where they face an ancient sorcerer named David Lo Pan (Hong), who requires a woman with green eyes to marry him in order to be released from a centuries-old curse. 1h39m long.

Content Warnings for Big Trouble in Little China (1986) *

Violence and gore: mild

• Slapstick cartoonish 1980’s PG-13 action violence.

Sexual violence: moderate

• “Worthy of note: the plot centres around attempts to rescue a woman who is kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery.” — UnconsentingMedia - SA mentioned or implied, sexual harassment depicted

Other:

Doesthedogdie: www.doesthedogdie.com/media/950045

UnconsentingMedia: www.unconsentingmedia.org/items/1455

IMDB Parental Guide: www.imdb.com/title/tt0090728/parentalguide/

TankieTube link to movie: tankie.tube/w/4YCwNNBamVQvuVNjtwj14q