Upgraded The Quality On This One, It's Still Stupid But At Least It Looks Better 💯💯💯

ANOK YAI at the 2024 Met Gala (May 6, 2024)

FOUND THE SOURCE holy shit.

them as this:

*paces through the background, judging you*

Graveyard Shift (1990)

Boys with huge tragic eyes 😮‍💨

Brad Dourif, Rami Malek, Buster Keaton, Lakeith Stanfield, Rufus Sewell, Roger Taylor (Queen)

brad dourif: shit's getting real when they pop the headlights

While fawning over BD’s supernaturally gorgeous eyes, I had to pick just a few gifs to illustrate That Thing where directors highlight him from an off-angle so they seem to glow internally. You know something's about to go down when they bust out this trick.

Problem: The X-Files alone is chock-full of this effect, and there are a gajillion more from other media. So: a dedicated post!

Starting with the ole one-eye highlight — they usually pick the right one, which is a little lifted and turned (I'm calling it his cat-eye):

Cue the lightning!!!

Sometimes it makes an iridescent crescent shape. I know it's meant to be scary, but he's such a terribly pretty boy:

Getting creative with some uplighting and a rare left eye (it's nice to see her getting some attention)...

...And some more extreme angles. How does this even work?!

It's just... captivating. I'm gonna go lie down now. (Think I actually stole all the gifs from @exdeputysonso this time. I'm basically a recycler for all their hard work and tbqh I'm fine with that)

Brad Dourif movie bingo! For your thirstwatch Halloween marathon.

Don't remember whether I came up with "Dourisms" or saw it somewhere else, but there are SO MANY and so few squares on a bingo board! Reducing them to tiny phrases is another challenge; I might do some follow-up posts with gifs illustrating each column. (Surely not an excuse to dig through the media pile again...)

What are your favorite little Brad flourishes?

** Updated: Now with more bondage!

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Modern AU Cesare.

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