So... I began this film at 7:30pm in my room (lights off, headphones on) at the insistence of a close friend. I've known about the film since it came out and vaguely knew it was a kinda horror that was a queer and trans allegory but oh. This hit so increadibly hard in a way that I'll struggle to articulate. When the scene that the gif I've used came on I ugly sobbed for a minute and half then sat vacantly watching the last 10 minutes, kinda like how Owen (Justice Smith) watches his TV. Also speaking of the cast Brigette Lundy-Paine with a mullet is something to die for, and now I want a queer mullet. I love the horror genre and this brand of horror was so cool! The visuals, horror or not, were all gorgeous. As was the soundtrack. The first song to open the film hit so hard as someone my age with the films I watched as a preteen. The whole nolstagia over it all was intense (not a 90s kid but the 90s aesthetic was something I was very familiar with, the Buffy font when The Pink Opaque has its opening credits made me so happy) and really added to way the past can be a way to escape or a thing to be escaped from. I need to rewatch it. The film is a very visceral experience that can only be felt first hand. And as a trans person I think its emphasised.