disease was contracted through super-absorbent tampons that have since been banned by the FDA. So Bissette’s original story, about the revenge exacted upon a corporate executive who manufactured the tampons, has little relevance to today’s audience. It would be like telling a horror story 20 years from now about the dangers of lead paint in Chinese-produced toys.
Beyond that, Garetano’s screenplay is too vague as an adaptation, never finding a clear way to translate the ideas in Bissette’s comic from page to screen. The original story took place at the corporate executive’s bedside, where the spirits of young women who have died of toxic shock syndrome have gathered to stuff used tampons down his throat and sew his lips shut. The only reason I know this is because I’ve seen the Pages: 1 2 3 4