I think it's easy to dismiss a message when it's hidden under the sensationalist bits. Not everyone will want to wade through the buckets of pig blood to get to it, and that's okay. That doesn't mean the message isn't there.
I was about twelve, so it would have been the early 40s. It's about a woman who's afraid to consummate her marriage because she thinks she's been cursed to turn into a panther if her passions run too high. And there's the question the whole time of whether she's crazy or she really is cursed. So that's about the fear of sexuality too, always being lonely because you don't think you can love the right way, without ruining everything. Knowing you can never have a normal life, because of something wrong inside you that you can't control. It's not as violent or over the top as Carrie, but you might like it.
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I was about twelve, so it would have been the early 40s. It's about a woman who's afraid to consummate her marriage because she thinks she's been cursed to turn into a panther if her passions run too high. And there's the question the whole time of whether she's crazy or she really is cursed. So that's about the fear of sexuality too, always being lonely because you don't think you can love the right way, without ruining everything. Knowing you can never have a normal life, because of something wrong inside you that you can't control. It's not as violent or over the top as Carrie, but you might like it.
No murder in the church, please :)