Suitable Flesh
- 2023
- 1h 40m
A psychiatrist becomes obsessed with one of her young patients, who she later discovers is linked to an ancient curse.A psychiatrist becomes obsessed with one of her young patients, who she later discovers is linked to an ancient curse.A psychiatrist becomes obsessed with one of her young patients, who she later discovers is linked to an ancient curse.
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- 1 nomination
Jonah Ray
- Dave the Orderly
- (as Jonah Ray Rodrigues)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaScreenwriter Dennis Paoli previously adapted H.P. Lovecraft stories for the 1980s films "Re-Animator" and "From Beyond," which both starred Barbara Crampton.
- GoofsHeather Graham witnesses someone being beheaded and gets sprayed with blood. She runs out of the house and there is not a spot of blood on her anywhere.
- Quotes
Dr. Elizabeth Derby: No, wait. I was in your body.
Asa Waite: I was in yours.
Dr. Elizabeth Derby: No, no, I don't mean it like that. I mean, my, my mind was in your body.
Asa Waite: Well, I guess then, if anybody ever tells you to go fuck yourself. You tell them you have.
- Crazy creditsOne of the credits is, "Filmed In Cthulhuscope." While the viewer might consider this a special film process, like CinemaScope, this is actually a portmanteau of Cthulhu and CinemaScope. Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by H. P. Lovecraft, used in various ways in many of his stories.
- SoundtracksI Need You Like a Donut Needs a Hole
Written by Barry Louis Polisar
Performed by Barry Louis Polisar
Courtesy of Rainbow Morning Music c/o Bodega Sync
Featured review
So, that was.. not good?
I came into this picture blind; I actually had hoped (just from the movie poster/streaming service bumper) that this was some kind of re-visiting of Heather Graham's Grindhouse character, though that notion was quickly dispelled. But I stuck around when the Miskatonic references arrived.
Exorcising/exercising her inner Nicolas Cage, she genuinely seems to be having fun during parts of this film, but that's really not enough to save it from itself. With several plot-holes and what IMDB labels 'goofs' (from emergency services procedure to simple continuity errors), I couldn't really commit to deciding whether the movie was 'so bad it's good', or just 'so very bad'.
Again, there are some truly fun things happening here that I hadn't seen before (if you stick around for the back-up camera scene, you'll see what I mean), but when combined with tropes that are so old they're new again, it's just unbalanced in places, unhinged in others.
This was no Mandy, but it wasn't Color Out of Space either. And even now, seeing that statement in black and white, I'm not certain which I'm condemning.
If you like Lovecraft and don't mind feeling a little ashamed of admitting to having seen this movie, tuck in. If nothing else, it was a pleasure, still, watching Heather Graham in anything.
Exorcising/exercising her inner Nicolas Cage, she genuinely seems to be having fun during parts of this film, but that's really not enough to save it from itself. With several plot-holes and what IMDB labels 'goofs' (from emergency services procedure to simple continuity errors), I couldn't really commit to deciding whether the movie was 'so bad it's good', or just 'so very bad'.
Again, there are some truly fun things happening here that I hadn't seen before (if you stick around for the back-up camera scene, you'll see what I mean), but when combined with tropes that are so old they're new again, it's just unbalanced in places, unhinged in others.
This was no Mandy, but it wasn't Color Out of Space either. And even now, seeing that statement in black and white, I'm not certain which I'm condemning.
If you like Lovecraft and don't mind feeling a little ashamed of admitting to having seen this movie, tuck in. If nothing else, it was a pleasure, still, watching Heather Graham in anything.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $18,447
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,093
- Oct 29, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $22,751
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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