Postmortem Bliss

Horror films dominated the cultural conversation in the year of 2017. From the surprise hit “Get Out” to the movie adaption of “It” to the campy “Happy Death Day,” scary movies had an unusual hold on the collective imagination during that year. Maybe it's because reality was pretty horrifying, too. To punctuate the end of a hair-raising year, The New York Times Magazine asked ten actors who gave the best performances to play a series of eerie roles.

On LA’s iconic Sunset Boulevard and inside the glamorous rooms of ChateauMarmont, Floria Sigismondi shot KennethAngerfor an additional special edition for System Magazine.

Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for the Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the Svengali-like influence of impresario Kim Fowley, the band becomes a huge success.

The New York Times Magazine presents ten famous performers as they create macabre scenes evoking the horror genre. Performances include a vampire, a cannibal, a mannequin, a demon child, a demented clown, a ghost bride, a psycho killer, a macabre dancer, a damned man, and a possessed woman.

A compilation of all of the band's music videos up until 1999. Also featured is exclusive footage cut from "The Dope Show" video and an hour of live and backstage footage from the Rock is Dead tour.

On LA’s iconic Sunset Boulevard and inside the glamorous rooms of ChateauMarmont, Floria Sigismondi shot Kenneth Anger for an additional special edition for System Magazine.

A young woman quits her teaching job to be a private tutor (governess) for a wealthy young heiress who witnessed her parent's tragic death. Shortly after arriving, the girl's degenerate brother is sent home from his boarding school. The tutor has some strange, unexplainable experiences in the house and begins to suspect there is more to their story.

Based on the comic book/graphic novel by Alejandro Jodorowsky.

A collection of Marilyn Manson's music videos.

Sigur Rós have given a dozen film makers the same modest budget and asked them to create whatever comes into their head when they listen to songs from the band's album Valtari. The idea is to bypass the usual artistic approval process and allow people utmost creative freedom. These 16 films are the result. Sad, funny, beautiful and, occasionally, plain bewildering, they represent just some of the available emotional responses to this most contemplative album.