Someone’s Cunting Daughter: Porn stars and their favorite horror movies

Trapped inside the Demon in 1973’s “The Exorcist,” Burke Dennings says, “Do you know what she did? Your cunting daughter?”

Now, since every female porn star, we are reminded, is someone‘s daughter, I return for a second installment of Gaping with Fear.

Q. Grams, why did you wait until three days after Halloween and two days after Dia de Los Muertos to publish this list?
A. I was at the Hollywood DMV. Isn’t that horrifying?

• April O’Neil reminds us that the Sandra Bullock rehab movie “28 Days” is not the movie she’s talking about.

“28 Days Later” is the scariest movie because it could actually happen.

I loved that movie. Aside from the zombies and the totallitarian rule, though, I just liked the idea of most of the rest of the population being dead. I’m romantic that way.

• The unearthly Dylan Ryan leaves it up to you to discover why she is so frightened by

“The Shining“

We know Jack is bad news pretty early, but for me it was when he said, “It’s OK, Wendy; he saw it on the television.”

“Poltergeist”

I dearly wish Craig T. Nelson would discover an Indian burial ground under the home he and his whole insufferable extended family share in “Parenthood.”

“Saw 2”

I only “Saw 1” of these movies, and that was enough!!!

“The Exorcist”

For years, I looked for another movie that could chill me as thoroughly as “The Exorcist,” and I despaired until I found

“The Ring”

…which was just so scary and bleak that I never made fun of Shonen Knife again.

“Seven”

and

“Scream”

I haven’t seen this, but I’m solidly behind everything else Dy to the Ry has listed. Also, you probably want to have sex with her, so why not take her word for it?

• Bobbi Starr, who could probably out-Charlotte Gainesbourg Charlotte Gainesbourg, suggests
  

Lars von Trier’s “AntiChrist.”

She’s right. This is a horrifying movie not for the faint of heart. I mean, any movie that begins with a dead baby isn’t going to squander all that goodwill by ending up cheerful.

• Kayden Kross doesn’t have to leave the confines of this world to be scared shitless, as she is all about acting locally.

“The Corporation” And “The 11th hour.” That shit makes me leave my lights on at night.

That is why it’s good Ms. Kross works for Digital Playground, as all of its movies are produced by Mom & Dad.

I’m especially grateful to our last two contributors, both of whom explained in detail why certain movies got under their skin.

• Hollie Stevens knows what it’s like to be scared. Why? Because she’s from Kansas City.

“Children of the Corn.” This movie is a favorite of mine because it’s children killing adults, children killing children, the holy roller aspect, the main female character is Sarah Connor in “The Terminator,” and there’s lots and lots of corn.

My favorite blood bath movie is a French film called “Inside,” aka “l’intérieur.” It is directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, starring Alysson Paradis and Béatrice Dalle. It concerns the attack and home-invasion of a young pregnant woman by a mysterious stranger who seeks to take her unborn baby. This mysterious stranger is hot, yet really fucking scary. She’s the French version of Angelina Jolie who should be institutionalized. This film is so gory that I’ve only seen it once, told myself I’d never watch it again and then bought a copy because I’m that intrigued.

This sounds terrifying.

“Rosemary’s Baby” is a classic! Really an all time favorite of mine across the board, as far as any movie genre goes. For one, it’s directed by Roman Polanski, who’s creepy in his own way. There’s human sacrifices, satanic rituals AND a wife getting preggors by Satan. All in the name of launching her husband’s acting career! I used to dream about living in a high rise apartment in the big city run by a cult as a kid (I know I’m odd). Then I moved to the 23rd floor of the Fox Plaza high rise in San Fran and what do ya know? I find out it’s cursed by Anton LaVey! You can read about the buildings cursed history here

As a Beatles fan, I always pay more attention to “Rosemary’s Baby” because the Dakota Building, where much of it was shot, is where John and Yoko lived (and where Yoko still lives, presumably crafting tannis root teaballs).

• Being a dominatrix, January Seraph can rent horror movies and then write them off on her taxes as research material:

I’m generally not a fan of scary movies, I find the real world news scary enough.

However, while I actually can’t endure a scary movie on the big screen, I do delight in the “Saw” movies (All of them). I am a fan of twisted predicament bondage where the “victim” is forced between two terrible, horrifying choices which are both physical and psychological in nature. I watch them at home, skim through the plot so as not to get too immersed in the story, and then break down the predicament bondage scenarios element by element, and evaluate ways to modify and incorporate these scenes into real world consensual BDSM play, with the outcome being either pleasure, pain, or humiliation/degradation.

I’m still stuck on the imagery of the naked woman, tied with her hands straight up towards the ceiling, on tip toes, getting misted gradually in the commercial walk in freezer. The icicles on her eyelashes were beautiful as she froze into an ice sculpture of herself…

But I’ve yet to figure out a way to manifest that in a form that won’t cause permanent damage to my submissive play partner or hired performer. Nor would I even ask for someone’s consent.

It is, after all, just Hollywood Movie Magic.

• Gram Ponante

“The Exorcist” continues to be one of my favorite movies. It takes its time and is so full of darkness and regret that its lighter moments really stand out. This is before the scary things start happening. While I value the thrill of something jumping out at you, “The Exorcist” achieves its goal by presenting a story of flawed, sad people fighting against something bigger than themselves. And there’s a lot of great drinking and smoking, too. Avoid all the sequels and prequels other than “Exorcist III,” which was written and directed by William Peter Blatty and is a true (if weaker) sequel to the first one.

“The Ring” introduced me to the idea of the vengeful Japanese spirit. The American adaptation of the Japanese “Ringu” movies, “The Ring” is set in the ultra-creepy Pacific Northwest, where you can imagine scary shit happens all the time. I like the American version better because it economically cuts a lot of (in my opinion) unnecessary contributing factors. There are some scenes in this movie that will make you crawl into the couch and shit your pants.

“The Human Centipede” is a shocking movie that everyone knows about. What can’t be included on a movie poster is how autumnal and despairing it is. It is a genuinely cruel movie with a lot of sobbing. I’m hoping to meet a lot of fun girls at CentipedeCon.

“Paranormal Activity” 1 and 2 perfected what similar low budget, low tech “documentary”-style movies like “The Blair Witch Project” originated: a genuine sense of growing dread. I can imagine that watching them in a movie theatre had its own charm, but I watched them on a TV from my couch (on Netflix!) and was utterly chilled. As in “The Exorcist,” the source of the evil isn’t human, and it can’t be negotiated with or charmed. To their credit, the two movies (there is now a third, a lesser-lauded prequel) also have a lot of natural humor before the darkness edges out everything.

Finally, here’s something that Anjanette Astoria sent over that pretty much covers everything:

Previously on Porn Valley Observed: Preventing “This Ain’t AntiChrist XXX”; Much too vulgar a display—Dana DeArmond and “The Exorcist”; Sucking cocks in Hell—Porn stars discuss horror movies; It’s a “Black Devil Doll” thing, Bitch!