Do I?” Then she lifts up her skirt to just above the knee revealing legs-in-stockings. The manager asks, “Have you got what it takes?” Lucy responds, “I don’t know. She heads on down to the Red Bird Saloon in search of a job. Lucy opens her package which turns out not to be onions at all, but a beautiful red dress. The incubus splooges green cum on Lucy’s nightgown. He should be derided endlessly, not redeemed by groovy costumes. The incubus is a skeez, a lech, a wastrel and low-rent swine. But more than that, Biller doesn’t want us to fall for this obvious predator. But why this departure from reality? Why the obvious humor? Part of me thinks our director wants to poke fun at the limited budget available to an independent film. Stark in contrast to the beautiful period costumes worn by Lucy and Madeline, the incubus is doing everything but wearing socks with sandals, tucking in his Margaritaville t-shirt, and sporting a visor. He is exactly what you’d expect: horns, goatee, imported cloak from Rite Aid. That night the incubus (Sanford) crawls through Lucy’s bedroom window. “Goodbye tender Lucy,” Madeline calls out. But alas, Lucy has to rush off to “buy onions” (a euphemism? Let’s find out). “When he preys upon me,” she says, “I feel as though he will suck out my very innards.” But wait: Madeline also knows about incubi! As Madeline comforts her friend, she gives major Bernadette Peters lip and my one complaint is that we don’t see more of her. Lucy confides in Madeline about her late night visitor. Apparently the Old West is exactly like Lockdown 2020, when baking bread and then carrying it from one part of the house to another part of the house was considered a day well spent. Lucy (Biller) visits her friend Madeline (Schroeder) who makes tea and eats bread. Pretty straightforward: demon rapes sleeping woman. While the name may have struck a bell, I knew nothing of this creature’s mythology. Our story takes place in the Old West.” I loved this introduction because it gives “based on a true story” vibes and does the necessary thing of explaining what an incubus is. The incubus has oppressed women for centuries and continues to be a problem today. The woman is unable to wake, but has a NIGHTMARE. This film runs a commendable twenty-six minutes, which affords you lots of time to make a nice ranch dip between repeat viewings.Ī title set up the film: “An incubus is a horrible demon who has sexual intercourse with sleeping women. The short is written, produced, and directed by Biller, who also masterfully handles costumes, sets, and the musical score. Starring Biller, Jared Sanford ( Viva), and Natalia Schroeder ( Snakeskin). My name is Justin and this week I’m dishing on the horror-western-musical experience A VISIT FROM THE INCUBUS. Hey everyone! Welcome to a new year of Stab Me Gently, where I lend a queer eye (i.e. As we sit today at the corner of Omicron and Apocalypse, I had to ask: would the incubi take over the world or would the world just burst into flames? Biller’s incubus is a stand-in for that slothful cis straight white male who haunts and pervades the world at large, a dome of privilege blurring his vision and bumping and bruising all who cross his path. He avers that a 10% tip is generous, not that he’s paying, because he forgot his wallet back at the lair.

He considers the January 6th insurrection to be an example of harmless civil disobedience and believes servers make too much money. Where vampires are seductive with castles and capes and employees, the incubus is a one man operation: the inhabitant of a basement apartment littered with TV dinners and pink moscato for special occasions. He oozes sleaziness and probably has a crush on Lauren Boebert. He might be a salesman of secondhand Subarus or a recruiter for the next big multi-level marketing scheme. He is intimidating neither as a demon nor a predator, feared by no one and avoided by all. As imagined by the phenomenal Anna Biller ( The Love Witch), the incubus is a lecherous, unromantic rapist lacking the vampire’s charisma. We don’t spend enough time talking about incubi.

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