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American Psycho (2000)
September 17, 2021
7:00pm PT
Online: View-your-own.
Unrated • 112 mins • Dir. Mary Harron • 2000
In New York City in 1987, a handsome, young urban professional, Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), lives a second life as a gruesome serial killer by night. The cast is filled by the detective (Willem Dafoe), the fiance (Reese Witherspoon), the mistress (Samantha Mathis), the coworker (Jared Leto), and the secretary (Chloë Sevigny). This is a biting, wry comedy examining the elements that make a man a monster.
MoPOP’s monthly horror watchalong series is back in September and we’ve invited horror author, critic, and game writer Evan J Peterson to pick a film they feel deserves a place on our list of 100+ Horror Films to See Before You Die. Evan chose American Psycho, director Mary Harron’s take on Bret Easton Ellis’ novel of the same name – a skewering satire about masculinity and capitalism given fresh new perspective in its feminist director’s adaptation. You’ll never listen to Huey Lewis and the News the same way again.
Here’s a handful of program elements that you can expect to see:
- Pre-film introduction with MoPOP’s Robert Rutherford and guest Evan J. Peterson
- Cheap-as-heck quarantine cosplay
- Chat with Robert, Evan and other fans during the film
- Post-film discussion and Q&A with Robert and Evan– be a part of the conversation!
If you happen to own American Psycho or are able to rent a physical copy from your local video store, get it queued up at 7:00pm PT on Friday, September 17th! Otherwise, here's where you can find American Psycho online:
More info about our Special Guest Evan J. Peterson:
Evan J. Peterson is the creator of Drag Star! (Choice of Games), the world’s first drag performer RPG (currently featured in MoPOP’s Indie Game Revolution gallery), as well as The PrEP Diaries: A Safe(r) Sex Memoir. An author, critic, game writer, and Clarion West alum, his writing has appeared in Weird Tales, Unspeakable Horror 2, Queers Destroy Horror, Nightmare Magazine, and Best Gay Stories 2015. His serialized novel Better Living Through Alchemy is currently releasing digitally, chapter by chapter, from Broken Eye Books, and his first full-length poetry book, METAFLESH: Poems in the Voice(s) of the Monster, is due this summer from ARUS Entertainment. Evan was the founding producer and host of the SHRIEK: Women of Horror series in Seattle. Evanjpeterson.com can tell you more.
Twitter: @evanjpeterson
Preorder METAFLESH: Poems in the Voices of the Monster
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