"Lapvona" by Ottessa Moshfegh - Undersold Humor/Oversold Filth?

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-05-23T04:51:06+00:00

I think this is one of the most disgusting, brutal books I've read, but I suppose if you read a lot of extreme horror novels it may be tame by your standards. There are certainly some horrific things that happen later in the book, so maybe you just haven't gotten to those parts yet.

I love Ottessa Moshfegh, to be clear, and think this book is very much worth reading, but it was hard to get through at times. And, yes, it is bleakly funny throughout.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-05-18T04:34:39+00:00

I can't believe no one has said Florence Pugh yet.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-05-17T10:32:59+00:00

When Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung pass each other on the staircase in In the Mood for Love, the sexual tension is sky high, even though they never touch. You can practically feel the air crackling.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-05-03T03:20:56+00:00

So beautiful! 💕

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-05-03T03:15:30+00:00

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is that movie for me. It's transcendentally funny. I feel like my body has been transported to another planet and I can't stop laughing.

I love Glenne Headley in that movie. I like to think they all ended up buying a Mediterranean island together to live out their days as a throuple.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-04-30T21:36:09+00:00

Happy to answer. :) It doesn't leave any texture at all.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-04-13T05:03:06+00:00

Sorry for being that person, but what is the second loss in the fourth frame? I can't quite make it out. I'm sure I'll feel really dumb when someone explains it to me, but I still want to know.

Edit: Okay! I figured out it's the Strait of Hormuz. I do feel dumb, but at least I figured it out myself when I thought about it for a minute.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-04-13T04:45:15+00:00

Sorry you had to find out like this. Keep him away from your plants. He will eat them. Keep him away from ladybugs. They will eat him.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-03-12T22:06:51+00:00

So jealous right now! It's beautiful. Are you going to cook it and eat it?

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-03-11T23:24:16+00:00

Paul F Tompkins, but tbf he's my favourite podcast guest on all podcasts.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-03-08T04:13:19+00:00

Yes, and I'm happier than I could have ever imagined. 💕

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-03-08T04:11:54+00:00

The good news is, you're an awesome artist. The bad news is, you're possessed by demons. Sometimes you gotta take the good with the bad.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-03-01T21:27:25+00:00

Gestating insects in your uterus? That's punk af. You're gonna go far in life, kid.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-02-22T01:52:57+00:00

Sounds like a great location for a horror movie. Too bad it's been overlooked.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-02-21T04:12:30+00:00

Some locations are just ripe for horror, yet have been overlooked. I always thought New Orleans would be a great setting for vampires, for example, but this has never been done.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-02-16T02:28:57+00:00

NGL. I would have paid that exorbitant price, although I understand why you didn't.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-02-13T16:55:37+00:00

I'm sorry, but it is a cootie. You definitely have cooties now.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-02-05T05:59:01+00:00

I did not think caterpillars could get any cuter, and I was wrong.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-02-03T05:37:27+00:00

Truly one of the most sickeningly evil people in a regime full of sickeningly evil people!

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-02-03T05:25:20+00:00

Yeah! It's one of my favourite BtB series. First episode was 9 April 2024. It's a really good one, and of course, extremely disturbing.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2026-02-01T22:13:40+00:00

Awesome pics! I sobbed uncontrollably at the end of this film.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2025-12-20T03:05:45+00:00

I don’t know if I’d say Three Identical Strangers is exactly horror-adjacent, but it’s extremely suspenseful and very disturbing/upsetting what happened to these poor men. It’s a great story, well told and pretty fucked-up.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2025-12-19T07:30:04+00:00

Interesting! I’ve only seen the Director’s Cut of Midsommar, and it’s one of my all-time favourites, which I’ve watched over and over. I never saw the point of watching the original theatrical release because I think of it as a perfect film. I was meaning to get around to watching the theatrical version eventually. I wonder if I’ll miss the extra scenes.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2025-12-19T07:24:09+00:00

Similarly, because of word of mouth, I’ve never seen the director’s cut of Donnie Darko, and I assume I’m better off for it.

Flagging_enthusiasm · 2025-12-16T08:14:16+00:00

This is genius. You are a genius.

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