FYC: FEMALES OF THE PSYCHOTIC PERSUASION

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: FEMALES OF THE PSYCHOTIC PERSUASION is a work in progress.

I was ripe for pickin’ this week having witnessed two maniacal women do their thing, in as many films. They would be Robin Wright’s fear and anxieties of post-9/11 America in ‘Sorry, Haters’ and a mature 14 year old Haley Stark confronting a 32 year old alleged pedophile in ‘Hard Candy’. Once I started thinking about the genre (actually a sub-genre of thriller and horror), I found myself smiling at some of the over-the-top scenerios and performances that make this type of film so much fun to watch. Recommendations...