RIP Karen Black

[cranefly]

I've been waiting for someone else to ring in on this one.
I grew up on her. I mean, she was a big cinematic idol to me.

Every time I hear her name, I think of Day of the Locust. I saw it at a theater with my best buddy when it came out (1975). It was a real puzzler of a movie. I couldn't figure out if I liked it or not, or whether the performances were brilliant or lame. I just could not fathom it.

And it's lingered in my head ever since.

I read a write-up yesterday that says Karen Black felt her status as an A-list actress ended with Day of the Locust. Now there's a further puzzler.

I desperately need to revisit Day of the Locust. It's at the Mountain View Library, though checked out, and likely to be for a couple weeks. But that's fine. I have a script to finish.

Thank you, Karen Black, for pitching my psyche deeper into the dark fringes.

[Drunk Monk]

...Trilogy of Terror.

[cranefly]

That's another vehicle that comes to mind at mention of her name. Trilogy of Terror was such an odd phenomenon. Once again, I'm not sure how good or bad it was, but it was a huge TV event, heavily promoted, and I was aboard all the way. How could you NOT watch it?

I need to dig that up and see it again as well. It's just been too long.

I hadn't realized until now (checking wikipedia) that all three episodes were based on Matheson stories. Also, it says Karen Black blames Trilogy of Terror for putting her on a path she didn't belong on -- typecasting her in B-grade horror. I don't know. Maybe it was just meant to be.