Kissed –

Kissed is a quiet movie.  It does not show graphic sexual violence.

Instead we get the coming of age story of Sandra Larson.  She likes kissing dead things.  Her obsession takes on a romantic spiritual quality. 

Sandra would never kill for a date, instead she finds a job the Wallis Funeral Home.  She goes to school for embalming.  Matt, a med student, offers her unconditional acceptance.  They begin a touching & awkward courtship.  Matt is jealous that he can’t fulfill her desires.  The results are tragic.

A beautiful adaptation of the short story from the book So Seldom Do We Look on Love by Barbara Gowdy.  This is essentially a love story with horror elements.  Full points for bringing a socially unacceptable topic to mainstream audiences.

Bittersweet & melancholy, this one drips with angst.  Enjoy the full film here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vaz3XCLRXiA#