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A psychopathology didactic taught as a movie club. REDRUM is the Psychopathology course at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School scheduled during our Department of Psychiatry.
PSY-FELD
In the Division of Psychosomatic Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, pre-rounds are called PSY-FELD, where we discuss the psychopathology demonstrated in Larry David’s syndicated situational comedy (not that there’s anything wrong with that).
FIDLER
An innovative 1 hoour elective course, Film Depictions to Learn Mental Disease, teaches med students about mental illness through movies and social media.
In October 2015, the Department of Psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School examined the minds of 31 of the most horrific monsters. Each day of the month, medical students and residents watched a designated film and posted their synopses and insights on REDDIT. The result was a virtual curriculum, 31 Days of Halloween, where we watched 31 movies in 31 days and related them to the field of psychiatry.
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Oct 28: Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Synopsis Following The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), we go back-to-back with Silence of the Lambs, the screen adaptation of the Thomas Harris novel by the same name and sequel to the 1986 film, Manhunter (itself an adaptation of the Harris novel Red Dragon). Both films …
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Oct 26: Thirteen Ghosts (Thir13en Ghosts) (2001)
Synopsis Thirteen Ghosts (Thir13en Ghosts) is a remake of the 1960 horror film, 13 Ghosts, written by Robb White. When the original film premiered, scenes involving ghosts were shown in Illusion-O: audiences received viewers with red and blue cellophane filters, giving them a choice to …
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Oct 25: House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Synopsis: On this date in 1993, we lost arguably the most iconic actor in the world of horror when Vincent Price lost his battle with lung cancer. Price starred in numerous classics including House of Wax, The Mad Magician, The Fly, Return of the Fly, …
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Oct 24: Urban Legend (1998)
Synopsis We go back-to-back with Robert Englund films and analyze Urban Legend (1998), a slasher film that follows a killer at a New England university who murders students in ways similar to those described in various urban legends. The film follows a group of friends …
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Oct 23: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Synopsis A Nightmare on Elm Street is a slasher film set in the fictional town of Springwood, Ohio. The plot revolves around Alice and her teenage friends who are stalked and killed in their dreams by the omnipresent, blade-gloved Freddy Krueger. The reason behind Freddie’s …
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Oct 22: Orphan (2009)
Synopsis Orphan (2009) is a mystery/thriller, horror film featuring Kate and John Coleman who, following the death of their daughter, try to pick up the pieces of their lives and adopt a 9-year- old girl, Esther, from a nearby orphanage. The innocent, sweet, educated, well-spoken …
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Oct 21: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Synopsis Today, October 21, 2015, is Back to the Future Day. It’s also the date we’ll pay homage to another movie about time travel; The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the 1975 film adaptation of the British classic rock musical, The Rocky Horror Show, written …
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Oct 20: Insidious (2013)
Synopsis Two-Sentence Horror Stories have populated the internet. Among the most unsettling include: I always thought my cat had a staring problem – she always seemed fixated on my face. Until one day, when I realized that she was always looking just behind me1. I …
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Oct 19: 30 Days of Night (2007)
Synopsis On this date in 2007, the polar night descended on Barrow, Alaska, the setting for 30 Days of Night, a horror film based on the comic book miniseries of the same name. Barrow, Alaska is preparing for its annual month-long polar night when a …
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Oct 18: The Ring (2002)
Synopsis On this date in 2002, the world was introduced to Samara Morgan, evil incarnate. The Ring is a remake of Ringu, a 1998 Japanese horror film that draws on the folk tale, Banchō Sarayashiki. As legend tells it, there was once a beautiful servant …
Oct 17: V/H/S (2012)
Synopsis V/H/S is an anthology of short films within an overlying story arc depicted by “Tape 56.” On this tape, …
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Oct 16: Candyman (1992)
Synopsis Inspired by Clive Barker’s The Forbidden, Candyman is set in the housing projects of Cabrini Green, Chicago. Helen Lyle …
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Oct 15: Scream (1996)
Synopsis On March 18, 1940, in a small Missouri town, Janette Christman babysat for the Womack family. That night, she …
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Oct 14: The Amityville Horror (1979; 2005)
Synopsis The Amityville Horror is a 2005 remake of the 1979 horror film which itself was based on a novel …
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Oct 13: Friday the 13th (1980)
Synopsis The day of the week didn’t keep faithful, but nobody can argue only one movie could be the topic …
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Oct 12: Final Destination (2000)
SYNOPSIS On this date, October 12, 1997, John Denver was killed when his plane crashed into Monterey Bay near Pacific …
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Oct 11: Paranormal Activity (2007)
SYNOPSIS Paranormal Activity (2007) is the first of a series of films centered on a young couple, Katie and Micah, …
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Oct 10: Event Horizon (1997)
SYNOPSIS Why not start the weekend off with a Sam Neill double feature and have Event Horizon follow In the …
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Oct 9: In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
SYNOPSIS We go back-to-back today with John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness. Considered by Carpenter to be the final …
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Oct 8: The Thing (1982)
SYNOPSIS At the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, most personnel leave by the middle of February, leaving a few dozen “winter-overs” …
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