Sentences with phrase «murderous women in film»

The campy opening credits montage depicts murderous women in film, as if Harris were continuing a long - honored tradition of lovers who were wronged taking action against former lovers when they try to get out of the relationship.

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She also wrote and stars in the film as a pregnant woman who acts upon her murderous impulses in a wonderful mix of comedy and horror.

A serious - minded and decidedly adult fairy tale about a virginal young woman who learns from her brother (Malcolm McDowell) that they are descended from a race of human - panther hybrids doomed to revert to their murderous feline state while making love to anyone outside of their own bloodline — a problem as she has just fallen in love with a sweet - natured zookeeper (John Heard) who specializes in big cats — this is a film swimming in sex, violence, poetry, philosophy and swanky visuals in such extremes that it always seems to be on the verge of becoming utterly ridiculous but it somehow never goes over the edge into camp because of Schrader's serious - minded handling of the material; it may be nonsense but he never treats it as such.