Thursday, May 15, 2008

Jacques Itch

By surlyh

Hollywood Bureau

It isn't just acting or plot
Suspense is a slow tracking shot
What shadows conceal
the mind will reveal
Fear isn’t what's seen, but what’s not
I walked With A Zombie is great
Jayne Eyre with a trance, undead gait
When stabbed, not a peep
for she's not asleep
Tis Voodoo pulls her to her fate

Cat People are not what they seem
Cute kittens are quite off the beam
And if you arouse one
you won't hear meows, son
as claws cut you up you'll hear scream

The clicks of a girl’s castanet
cut short like a crushed cigarette
In silence of night
a train sound's a fright
The Leopard Man’s good as it gets

A skeptic whose death is foretold
is cursed: in three days he’ll be cold
Old runes from Stonehenge
will have their revenge
as Night Of The Demon unfolds
Dark glimpses through half open door
Tourneur will leave you wanting more
A film universe
hypnotic and terse
A mystery lurks at the core

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