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