Directed by Mary Harron
Rebecca is a young girl who, haunted by her father’s suicide, enrolls in an elite boarding school for girls. Before long, her friendship with the popular Lucy is shattered by the arrival of a dark and mysterious new student named Ernessa, whom Rebecca suspects may be responsible for the rising body count at the school.
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I had a friend who took their own life after struggles with Bipolar Disorder and countless misdiagnosises. I also wonder now if she ever really felt accepted as bisexual which is something I definitely relate to now that I've had more time to think about my own sexuality and feelings. I remember Why Do You Love me by Garbage (the song the girls perform while playing Guitar Hero) was one of her get-in-the-car-and-yell-along favorites the last year of her life and I always think of her whenever I watch that scene.
This is another one I viewed multiple times on Netflix before I started logging movies on this site. I always thought I just needed the general public consensus to…
The cast? Stunning.
The director? Iconic.
The Marina + the Diamonds song at the end? Legendary.
The scene with blood showering on the books? Heartbreaking.
Lily Cole towering over everyone? Relatable.
Therefore? Masterpiece.
numb by marina & the diamonds playing at the end was the cherry on top
Is she a vampire or is she just gay?
I love Gothic horror and boarding schools and casts made up almost entirely of women.
no because when is it my turn to get topped so good i end up in the hospital ?
“some people find great joy in the prospect of death. just thinking about it can be a comfort, like lying in your bed and pulling up the covers.”
fuck you all this is great and gay and has some really beautiful moments and deserves to be appreciated!! like i can get why everyone wouldn’t love it quite as much as i do because horror that deals with things like loss, grief and suicide is a favourite thing of mine and pretty much always gets me and is easy for me to resonate with both as a depressed person and as someone who’s lost someone to suicide but it’s just really not a bad movie at all. also women centric horror is always the best thing <3 i really loved this and feel like i might even end up hyperfixating on it. i love these miserable gay vampiric murderous girls!
I think one reason this film is so maligned may be that many people did not know how to approach it. For instance, Letterboxd has one genre tag for this movie: “horror” — but, in practice, this aligns itself far more with the tradition of gothic romance—and/or also gothic romantic poetry—than that of horror (think Brontë, or even Keats or Byron, as opposed to Stoker, albeit all tied up with our contemporary conventions of “teenage girl” narratives). It is delicate, gentle, and oh so quietly, pensively foreboding with the occasional outburst of passion of course.
Another reason this might be maligned is for the possibly perceived silliness of its seriousness. But teenagers have a lot of confusions and worries and feelings and, yes, sometimes they’re silly, but in the moment they can feel so so important. This movie captures that.
The film starts off a little shaky but once it finds its footing it is excellent. A film that never found its audience sadly, which is surprising considering the director and cast and also the novel being popular. Gothic horror lesbian romantic vampire greatness. It ticks a lot of boxes for me.
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lily coles character walked around like a sims character
When I was 5 films deep into this subgenre marathon and realized I wanted to keep going, I consulted critics lists of the best and most important lesbian vampire subgenre films. Then I cross checked that against LB reviews, and tried to stay with movies that were a 3.0 or higher. The Moth Diaries was the one real exception, with the lowest LB rating in my list even though it was directed by Mary Harron (American Psycho), from a book by a female author - firsts for me in this marathon. Rebecca (Sarah Bolger) attends a private girls boarding school with her best friend Lucy (Sarah Gadon), who helped her survive after her father committed suicide. Rebecca is keeping a daily…
