Longing to fit in at work, awkward Stacey begins to use a popular lotion that causes an alarming reaction, while an unnerving transformation takes shape.Longing to fit in at work, awkward Stacey begins to use a popular lotion that causes an alarming reaction, while an unnerving transformation takes shape.Longing to fit in at work, awkward Stacey begins to use a popular lotion that causes an alarming reaction, while an unnerving transformation takes shape.
Helly Chester
- Older Woman
- (uncredited)
Guillermo del Toro
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- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe cans of beer drank by Keith (Martin Starr) are the same props used in the 1984 film Repo Man.
- GoofsAt approximately 30:20, Stacey is looking in a mirror to apply the lotion. Her image is reversed, as it would be when reflected in a mirror.
- ConnectionsFeatures One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
- SoundtracksOde to Joy
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Arranged by Ben Parry
Performed by The Swingles (as The Swingle Singers)
Featured review
From a different perspective.
Kate Micucci is as wonderful as she ever is but I have to parrot the other reviews in that as a whole, this episode felt off. The editing was a little clunky, the narrative structure felt held together with pva glue and the overall message was...contradictory, I guess?
I do, however want to talk about this from a personal level because of all the episode in this series, this was the only one I had to turn off; NOT because it is average, but because it genuinely scared me. Perhaps this review will be a little tangential and bias in an unusual way but I'm sat here after finally watching the second half and feel compelled to talk about it.
I am a sufferer of what's known as TSW. If you haven't heard of TSW, that's perfectly fine. TSW stands for Topical Steroid Withdrawal and is what happens when one overapplies topical cortical steroids to their skin. It is a jarring, horrific process to undergo and I say this as a man who loathes talking about my struggles. Topical steroids are precribed for dermatitis and eczema and very frequently, they are the go to solution for short term skin problems. For good reason too, they work very effectively. However when overprescribed, or prescribed in too large a dosage, they can lead to a dependency and full frontal physical addiction.
This is what happened to me.
Much like the AloGlo man, I was told this miracle cream would heal me and that it was the answer to my itchy, imperfect skin. I was advised to use it for over a year, starting with weak steroidal creams and slowly ramping up the dosage as my skikn developped a tolerance to the therapy. See, one issue is that when people come off of short term steroid use, the skin can have a mild adverse reaction. With symptoms presenting very similarly to the eczema that caused the prescription in the first place. I saw 4 different doctors and two different private dermatologists and every single conversation left me with the advice that steroids were my cure.
The only way to get off the steroids is cold turkey quitting.
Let me tell you, however bad my eczema felt or however itchy I was DOES NOT COMPARE to the hell that has been the last two years of my life. Just Like Micucci's character in this episode my life was spend with dry, cracked, bloody skin from head to toe. I became unable to work, I feared leaving the house as my appearance became so ghastly i couldn't stand to look at myself.
Micucci's line "If i'm perfect then why do I want to cut my skin off and throw it in the garbage?" was one of the hardest hitting lines of dialogue i've heard in a while. I physically couldn't watch her claw at her skin because this was my life for so long. Scratching myself raw, praying that the burning would stop.
I am fully self aware that this review has become something of a wet sob story but It highlights something about film ideology. Horror is subjective and can absolutely spring from an individual's personal experience. While I dislike the episode as a consumer of Netflix. The impact this episode had on me has shaken me.
If you know anyone suffering from TSW please make sure they are okay. I urge anyne reading this to do a brief google search and learn a small amount about TSW. I don;t advocate for many things, but my current mission is to prevent as much suffering at the hands of steroidal creams as possible.
I do, however want to talk about this from a personal level because of all the episode in this series, this was the only one I had to turn off; NOT because it is average, but because it genuinely scared me. Perhaps this review will be a little tangential and bias in an unusual way but I'm sat here after finally watching the second half and feel compelled to talk about it.
I am a sufferer of what's known as TSW. If you haven't heard of TSW, that's perfectly fine. TSW stands for Topical Steroid Withdrawal and is what happens when one overapplies topical cortical steroids to their skin. It is a jarring, horrific process to undergo and I say this as a man who loathes talking about my struggles. Topical steroids are precribed for dermatitis and eczema and very frequently, they are the go to solution for short term skin problems. For good reason too, they work very effectively. However when overprescribed, or prescribed in too large a dosage, they can lead to a dependency and full frontal physical addiction.
This is what happened to me.
Much like the AloGlo man, I was told this miracle cream would heal me and that it was the answer to my itchy, imperfect skin. I was advised to use it for over a year, starting with weak steroidal creams and slowly ramping up the dosage as my skikn developped a tolerance to the therapy. See, one issue is that when people come off of short term steroid use, the skin can have a mild adverse reaction. With symptoms presenting very similarly to the eczema that caused the prescription in the first place. I saw 4 different doctors and two different private dermatologists and every single conversation left me with the advice that steroids were my cure.
The only way to get off the steroids is cold turkey quitting.
Let me tell you, however bad my eczema felt or however itchy I was DOES NOT COMPARE to the hell that has been the last two years of my life. Just Like Micucci's character in this episode my life was spend with dry, cracked, bloody skin from head to toe. I became unable to work, I feared leaving the house as my appearance became so ghastly i couldn't stand to look at myself.
Micucci's line "If i'm perfect then why do I want to cut my skin off and throw it in the garbage?" was one of the hardest hitting lines of dialogue i've heard in a while. I physically couldn't watch her claw at her skin because this was my life for so long. Scratching myself raw, praying that the burning would stop.
I am fully self aware that this review has become something of a wet sob story but It highlights something about film ideology. Horror is subjective and can absolutely spring from an individual's personal experience. While I dislike the episode as a consumer of Netflix. The impact this episode had on me has shaken me.
If you know anyone suffering from TSW please make sure they are okay. I urge anyne reading this to do a brief google search and learn a small amount about TSW. I don;t advocate for many things, but my current mission is to prevent as much suffering at the hands of steroidal creams as possible.
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- sittingonthecusp
- Oct 30, 2022
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