And what can we say about Cronenberg using Marilyn Chambers as the vehicle for his body dysmorphing disease in Rabid? Nothing printable here!
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Wasnât my first GIF Videodrome? With the joysticks?
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I donât remember that shot, but maybe?
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Switching gears, the Twilight Zone had its own take on the human body. I feel like the ladies are getting the short end of the stick kaff with Rex here (from âNumber 12 Looks Just Like Youâ):
Though they fare better with âThe Trade-Insâ:
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A man used as a transistor radio to the future. The continued operation of which saps him of his lifeforce.
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Yes, that one did occur to me. Also Mickey Rooney! Sometimes too much of a good thing isâŚwell, it hurts the horseyâs back.
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I canât find a picture of it, but seeing Susan Oliver hunch herself into a grotesque figure in Star Trekâs The Cage/The Menagerie had an effect on me as a child.
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Oh, and this scared the crap out of me-
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This what youâre after?
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Yes, but a fuller body shot, because it was the weird body shape that really got me.
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Or this?
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Back to the positive(-ish) side. Who can forget Perfect (1984)?
Well, you probably already have, and this is the least embarrassing still I can find:
The '60s had more style:
Back in the '50s, Jane Russell had trouble attracting attention. (Honey, I just think youâre shopping at the wrong market!)
Jane was a Hays Code violation just by existing, back in the '40s:
And who could forget the reason for the Hays Code?
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