Английская Википедия:Beneath the Skin (film)
Beneath the Skin is a 1981 short film created by Cecelia Condit. It follows a woman's thoughts and musings towards a recent incident in which she discovered that her boyfriend was hiding the body of his ex-girlfriend in his closet.
Skin is based on a real-life incident that occurred in Condit's life when she dated Ira Einhorn, also known as the Unicorn Killer. Ira had murdered his ex-girlfriend, Holly Maddux, and hidden her corpse in his closet.[1] Condit, who began dating Einhorn, never found Maddux's corpse due to being on medication that hindered her sense of smell.[2]
The film can be found on Condit's personal YouTube channel.
Plot
The movie follows the narration an unnamed woman recounting a series of events surrounding her four-year relationship with an unnamed man, and how the corpse of his ex-girlfriend was discovered in his apartment after other tenants began to complain of a pungent smell.
Reception
The film was noted for its humorous play with the macabre. [3][4][5]Its feminist approach is also commented[6][7][8][9]
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