Thread by @hilatron

ALL RIGHT KITTENS. At the request of literally no one, and as the world burns, I'm going to take a brief respite into trivia and live tweet a viewing of Alice Sweet Alice tonight. Join me in this thread. #slashermovies #gothichorror #HorrorMovies

Screening starts around 8!

Everybody comfy?

Will I be liberally sharing out of focus close-ups of my TV during the next 90 minutes or so? Did you see the size of that martini? #alicesweetalice

Hello Mr. Hardstark!! Also, I wish I could share the sound in this intro with you all. So delightfully creepy. #alicesweetalice #murderino @MyFavMurder

INTERIORS y'all. This movie is all about these claustrophobic domestic spaces, troubled people trapped together.

I don't know if I can keep up with this even though I've seen the movie several times. I just want to share every cameras angle with you. #Alicesweetalice

SPOILERS but when Karen dies during Communion, there's just! So! Much!
-The oppressiveness with which the religious trappings are presented; but
-The hope and trust all the characters put in this ritual; and
-The straight up melodrama of the discovery & reaction to the murder

I can't,,,

I haven't even had a chance to talk about poor weird Alice yet and she's the title! #alicesweetalice

I gotta admit I identify STRONGLY with her jealousy, awkwardness and strange rituals straight from jump. #alicesweetalice

Poor little Alice is taking is so well!! #alicesweetalice

"Well, you die and they put you in the ground. And it's over. Such a shame." -Mr Alphonse, his ghastly undershirt and his cats, creeping it real. #alicesweetalice

I'm super stressed out because I cannot capture the greatness of this movie in my tweets. Every minute is important, also there are simply fantastic accents. #alicesweetalice

I maintain that this movie is not more beloved in the horror cannon because its bones are female-centered domestic melodrama and too many dude critics have been blind to its greatness #alicesweetalice

That fuckin dude is all "hrmmmm is it REALLY EVEN horror idk" #mralphonse #alicesweetalice

WHO AMONG US does not have a secret basement trunk full of masks and artifacts of the dead and remembrances of the lost, I ask you #alicesweetalice

ICONIC #alicesweetalice

Adult sisters Annie (married, trad af) & Kate (separated, knocked up before marriage, adrift); next gen sisters Karen (young one, legitimate, priest's favorite) & Alice (strange one, never happy, troublemaker); the Church looming over all their choices... #alicesweetalice

... Not just the church but all these institutions represented by men (police, school, dads, psychiatry, fucking creepy Mr Alphonse) peering at women's actions and judging the slightest deviance #alicesweetalice

"I'm sorry. I guess I just keep forgetting how old you are." #alicesweetalice

This could be a great double feature with Black Christmas because 1) pre-Halloween slasher, 2) phones play an important role 3) the men are all useless #alicesweetalice

Just thinking about upholding the patriarchy #alicesweetalice

I think I forgot to add the photo to that last one #alicesweetalice

Just bring brought down by that which I found least threatening under patriarchy #alicesweetalice

The DOMESTICNESS did I mention it?? #alicesweetalice

Did I mention the STYLE?? #alicesweetalice

Sight spoilers but the callback from Mrs Tredoni trying to sneak down the stairs past Father what's his name to Karen trying to get past the horrible Mr Alphonse brings up A LOT OF QUESTIONS #Alicesweetalice

I gotta say Detective Hardstark is pretty easy on the eyes #murderino @MyFavMurder #alicesweetalice

And...fin *chef's kiss* #alicesweetalice

No movie can be for everyone. But if you like grimy askew creeps, horror with a side of mystery, some room to critique societal constraints, and VERY SPECIFIC COSTUMING AND INTERIORS then please give this movie some love. THANK YOU & GOODNIGHT. #alicesweetalice

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