Eyes Without a Face is a necessary watch for anyone interested in classic horror, as well as waifish sad girls. The film plays with the fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast by crossing it with Frankenstein. Génessier as he attempts to reconstruct his daughter Christiane’s face using skin from unwilling women in and around Paris. Perhaps the most conventional film on this list, and certainly the most straightforward, Eyes Without a Face is a classic French horror film that follows plastic surgeon Dr. Come for the late 90s gun-kata, and stay for a film that deserves just as much of a spot in the trans film canon as The Matrix (which came out only one year later.) The film follows hotshot FBI agent Sean Archer as he agrees to swap faces with terrorist supervillain and rival Castor Troy in a film that’s equal parts Freaky Friday and The Killer. It is a film about shame and regret and living a life that isn’t really yours. Surprisingly, however, Face/Off is more than just a film where Nicolas Cage and John Travolta try to outact each other. I chose this film initially for the meme of it.

If you’re looking for something to watch in those few weeks after getting off the operating table, check out some of these body horror films. My own instinct is to find ways to laugh or at least acknowledge that pain, in the hopes that its damage might be mitigated. Trans women know what violence is, both externally and internally. I am a big believer in the power of cathartic cinema, and this list is no exception. FFS: Three simple letters that represent so much about what it means to pass, what it means to be beautiful, and what it means to take power back from the clutches of dysphoria.

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