The Wormwood Star

Here is Curtis Harrington’s 1955 film The Wormwood Star featuring occult artist Marjorie Cameron:

Richard Metzger of Dangerous Minds explains why this film is so important:

What you should know as you watch this is that the vast majority of Marjorie Cameron’s paintings were destroyed by her—burned—in an act of ritualized suicide. There are very few pieces by Cameron that have survived—a few paintings and some sketches—and The Wormwood Star is the only record of most of them (outside of the astral plane, natch. What does survive of her estate is represented by longtime New York gallerist Nicole Klagsbrun). Cameron has long been a figure of fascination for many people and I think I can say with confidence that this film meets or even far exceeds any expectations you might have for it.

I find her work as powerful and inspirational as Sorne‘s and that’s saying something, since I consider him a living saint.