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Shirley

A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

Director

Josephine Decker

Year

Genre

biography, drama, mystery

Box Office

N/A

Production

Killer Films,Los Angeles Media Fund

Awards

4 wins & 25 nominations

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Shirley Jackson

Rose Nemser

Stanley Hyman

Michael Stuhlbarg

Fred Nemser

Katherine

Victoria Pedretti

Randy Fisher

Dean

Caroline

Peggy

Bisserat Tseggai

Norman

Allen McCullough

Drunken Fellow

Faculty Wife

Ralph Ellison

Edward O'Blenis

Drunk Cad

Grad Student

Vincent McCauley

Prissy College Student

Nurse

Paula

Alexandria Sherman

Margarita Allen

College Student

Taxi Driver

Older Man

Warren Ray Davis

Party Goer

Paula Double

Faculty Wife

Rosemary Howard

Rose's Friend

Party Guest

Party Guest

Henry

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Shirley Jackson Stanley Hyman Rose Nemser

So I sat down at my desk,
and two hours later, - Shirley

So I sat down at my desk, and two hours later,

I read it as an
anti-Semitic parable - Shirley

I read it as an anti-Semitic parable

Calling my wife
an anti-Semite, are we? - Shirley

Calling my wife an anti-Semite, are we?

Well, to be fair, she
never hated a single Jew - Shirley

Well, to be fair, she never hated a single Jew

We had a wonderful courtship. - Shirley

We had a wonderful courtship.

Next thing I know, he's
ripping apart a story of mine. - Shirley

Next thing I know, he's ripping apart a story of mine.

Then he has the gall to tell
me that he has lost his wallet. - Shirley

Then he has the gall to tell me that he has lost his wallet.

Now, mind you, that story
was the most remarkable story - Shirley

Now, mind you, that story was the most remarkable story

I knew I was going to marry
the woman who wrote it. - Shirley

I knew I was going to marry the woman who wrote it.

To our suffering, my dear. - Shirley

To our suffering, my dear.

A little novella
I'm calling, "None - Shirley

A little novella I'm calling, "None

Betty, Debbie, Kathy...
you're all the same to me. - Shirley

Betty, Debbie, Kathy... you're all the same to me.

We were invited to stay
here for a few days, - Shirley

We were invited to stay here for a few days,

"The Lottery." - Shirley

This is Myth and Folklore. - Shirley

This is Myth and Folklore.

I am Professor Stanley
Hyman, your fearless leader - Shirley

I am Professor Stanley Hyman, your fearless leader

As we ascend to the heights
of the gods and stoop - Shirley

As we ascend to the heights of the gods and stoop

I wish my Chaucer
class that I'm auditing - Shirley

I wish my Chaucer class that I'm auditing

Oh, well, there'll
be other semesters. - Shirley

Oh, well, there'll be other semesters.

Shirley has these
bouts and just can't... - Shirley

Shirley has these bouts and just can't...

Can't keep up with the
household, shopping, - Shirley

Can't keep up with the household, shopping,

But it would be
such a titanic help - Shirley

But it would be such a titanic help

Well, perhaps I could help
out in between classes? - Shirley

Well, perhaps I could help out in between classes?

Just until we're...
settled in, hmm? - Shirley

Just until we're... settled in, hmm?

Your simple ways. - Shirley

Your simple ways.

A million things about
you, honey, I could trade. - Shirley

A million things about you, honey, I could trade.

A 'Cause everything about you - Shirley

A 'Cause everything about you

A clean house is
evidence of mental inferiority. - Shirley

A clean house is evidence of mental inferiority.

Take some of the pressure off
so you can get your work done. - Shirley

Take some of the pressure off so you can get your work done.

I don't want strangers here. - Shirley

I don't want strangers here.

Fred's going to lighten
my class load so that I - Shirley

Fred's going to lighten my class load so that I

You can't expect
me to indulge this, can you? - Shirley

You can't expect me to indulge this, can you?

You are putting on clean
clothes and sitting - Shirley

You are putting on clean clothes and sitting

Besides, it's cocktail hour. - Shirley

Besides, it's cocktail hour.

I've often thought
about participating - Shirley

I've often thought about participating

But then I learned you have
to crawl through a dirt tunnel - Shirley

But then I learned you have to crawl through a dirt tunnel

So when's the baby due? - Shirley

So when's the baby due?

You should have
told me that, dear. - Shirley

You should have told me that, dear.

I fear, my love,
stories of copulations - Shirley

I fear, my love, stories of copulations

But that one does have a
sixth sense about babies. - Shirley

But that one does have a sixth sense about babies.

So, Rose, you were telling us
about your shotgun wedding. - Shirley

So, Rose, you were telling us about your shotgun wedding.

I, the Thane of Cawdor,
with a murderous prophecy - Shirley

I, the Thane of Cawdor, with a murderous prophecy

And you, Lady M, on
the verge of madness. - Shirley

And you, Lady M, on the verge of madness.

"Hangsaman." - Shirley

Sounds trite and a bit trashy
but, you know, give it a go. - Shirley

Sounds trite and a bit trashy but, you know, give it a go.

I'll read, of course,
before you wade too far in. - Shirley

I'll read, of course, before you wade too far in.

You're just not up to it. - Shirley

You're just not up to it.

Darling, you haven't been out
of the house in two months. - Shirley

Darling, you haven't been out of the house in two month...

You're barely able to put
on a pair of stockings. - Shirley

You're barely able to put on a pair of stockings.

If that phone rings one
more time during dinner. - Shirley

If that phone rings one more time during dinner.

Stanley, so help me, I'm going
to take care of it myself. - Shirley

Stanley, so help me, I'm going to take care of it mysel...

Our agreement didn't include
sluts interrupting my dinner. - Shirley

Our agreement didn't include sluts interrupting my dinn...

I will talk to her and tell
you everything, as I always do. - Shirley

I will talk to her and tell you everything, as I always do.

Yes I wonder who's
boogiein' my woogie now. - Shirley

Yes I wonder who's boogiein' my woogie now.

I wonder whose
boogiein' my woogie now. - Shirley

I wonder whose boogiein' my woogie now.

Said the little red rooster
to the little white hen, - Shirley

Said the little red rooster to the little white hen,

That's enough time, please. - Shirley

That's enough time, please.

Hey, look at me. - Shirley

Hey, look at me.

Don't upset yourself. - Shirley

Don't upset yourself.

Paula was 17 and
already disappointed - Shirley

Paula was 17 and already disappointed

She was 17, an age that
brought with it the possibility - Shirley

She was 17, an age that brought with it the possibility

That brought with it
the stabbing nervousness - Shirley

That brought with it the stabbing nervousness

Article links the
tonality of the - Shirley

Article links the tonality of the

Yes, that's what I was
cross referencing in chapter - Shirley

Yes, that's what I was cross referencing in chapter

Keep an eye on the missus
for me, won't you dear? - Shirley

Keep an eye on the missus for me, won't you dear?

Of course, professor. - Shirley

Of course, professor.

Stop that this
instant, Mrs. Nemser. - Shirley

Stop that this instant, Mrs. Nemser.

You want to
see what a writer does? - Shirley

You want to see what a writer does?

Look for anything
with fertility, - Shirley

Look for anything with fertility,

All right - Shirley

H-how... how could
you even say that? - Shirley

H-how... how could you even say that?

Paula preferred to keep her
expectations of people meagre - Shirley

Paula preferred to keep her expectations of people meagre

Why should she be
constantly disappointed? - Shirley

Why should she be constantly disappointed?

Yet she couldn't help but
wonder, what was she missing? - Shirley

Yet she couldn't help but wonder, what was she missing?

This... this doubt was
intensified by the girl - Shirley

This... this doubt was intensified by the girl

I thought you were meant to
be advising the Shakespeare - Shirley

I thought you were meant to be advising the Shakespeare

I didn't know they
served booze at that. - Shirley

I didn't know they served booze at that.

I just stopped for a few drinks
at the men's club, that's all. - Shirley

I just stopped for a few drinks at the men's club, that...

Who's that jealous housewife? - Shirley

Who's that jealous housewife?

Mud oozing from the fridge,
big worms coming out of the... - Shirley

Mud oozing from the fridge, big worms coming out of the...

Coming out of the crisper. - Shirley

Coming out of the crisper.

After the baby, Fred says
I can go back to school. - Shirley

After the baby, Fred says I can go back to school.

Was he at the Shakespeare
society tonight? - Shirley

Was he at the Shakespeare society tonight?

And you have to
prove that you're worth it. - Shirley

And you have to prove that you're worth it.

I can't write worth a damn. - Shirley

I can't write worth a damn.

You're a terrific writer,
ev... everyone loves your work. - Shirley

You're a terrific writer, ev... everyone loves your wor...

They talk about me in town. - Shirley

They talk about me in town.

They're afraid to... to
brush up against me. - Shirley

They're afraid to... to brush up against me.

My dark thoughts
are going to inf... - Shirley

My dark thoughts are going to inf...

This book it's...
it might kill me. - Shirley

This book it's... it might kill me.

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A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

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Director: Josephine Decker

Writer: Sarah Gubbins, Susan Scarf Merrell

Production: Killer Films,Los Angeles Media Fund

Genre: biography, drama, mystery

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 76/100

ImdbRating: 6.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 05 Jun 2020

Awards: 4 wins & 25 nominations

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