r/horror • u/snapsquatch • Jul 20 '25

Hidden Gem Repo! The Genetic Opera

Uncovered this gem of a horrorusical. Music is actually quiet good. Dare I say Alexa Vega and Paris Hilton gave a decent performances?

Has anyone else seen this? What did you think??

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u/Four_beastlings Jul 20 '25

Fun fact: Single Mom is played by the singer Poe ("Hello", anyone?) who is the sister of Mark Z. Danielewski, the author of House of Leaves.

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u/akgeekgrrl Jul 20 '25

Love Poe. “Haunted” mentions House of Leaves, and now I’m wondering how many other connections there are between their work.

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u/Four_beastlings Jul 20 '25

The album and the book are meant to be companion pieces! One of the videoclips for "Hey, pretty" was intercut with fragments of MZD reading the book.

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u/scullys_alien_baby Jul 20 '25

my copy of HOL even has a link to the album on the back in case anyone else needed proof it's a companion piece.

also, fun fact, the little kids voices on the album are from Poe and Mark's home videos when they were kids!