A Visit from the Incubus (2001)

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I loved Anna Biller's The Love Witch, and A Visit from the Incubus, a 2001 short dressed up as a Technicolor western is certainly of a piece with that film. Vibrant, almost extreme, colors. Retro graphics and frame ratio. It's the presentational acting that gives me the hardest time here even if I accepted it in The Love Witch. There, it had more time to get under my skin, or perhaps it was just better done. Here, it's like people reading their lines and acting woodenly on purpose. I find Biller impressive, a one-woman show writing, directing, acting, singing, building sets and making costumes... She does it all. A Visit from the Incubus is the story of a woman who gets raped by the devil on a nightly basis, and eventually manifests from her dreams, tries to interfere with her new career as a saloon showgirl, and gets blown out of the water by her act. In owning her own sexual power, Biller's Lucy McGee ceases to be a victim and emasculates her would-be harasser, though there are more disturbing conversations to be had about that ownership possibly, but sex positivity for Biller seems to be a change in perspective that makes all the difference. Fun song too. 3 years 9 months ago