HORROR BUSINESS Episode 171: DEMONS OF THE MIND & THE EYES OF LAURA MARS

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We’ve got one heck of an episode in store for you guys as we’re talking about 1972’s Demons Of The Mind and 1978’s Eyes Of Laura Mars

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We briefly talk what we’ve doing involving horror recently. Liam talks about revisiting the film Pet Sematary and how he wasn’t as excited about it this time around. We talk about the Amazon Prime series Carrie. Liam talks about seeing the film Never After Dark, and we discuss the recent Resident Evil film. Justin talks about covering the Screamfest film festival and traveling to Bangor, Maine.

Up first is Demons Of The Mind. Justin talks about how the film starts out strong but quickly falls apart. Liam talks about how the film represents the early era of psychology and how there was little distinction between those aspiring to practice science and the dogmatic practices of the church.

We talk about how the is paradoxically deeply horny while being very critical of sexuality. We discuss how a lot of the violence in the film is merely implied instead of explicitly shown.

Justin talks about how the films attempt at sexuality falls woefully flat and comes off more weird than erotic and how the scene in which a doctor massages a patient is deeply uncomfortable.

Liam describes the film as both “snake oily” and “zealotry” and wholly unfocused.

Up next is The Eyes Of Laura Mars. We talk about the film’s impressive technical specs, including the cast and crew. We discuss how the film could be seen as an American giallo and that it’s a “proto erotic thriller”.

We briefly talk about how the film is a fantastic version of a decrepit New York at its height decrepitude. We discuss Raul Julia’s performance and how he’s so awful he’s clearly not the killer but it’s still entertaining, and that the revelation of who the killer is predictable but still very enjoyable.

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