Patsy Cline's Credentials as the Darling of Psychological Suspense

Some time ago I wrote a poem entitled An Homage to Patsy Cline the Darling of Psychological Suspense.  While watching the Bates Motel, I felt compelled to check out how many times Ms. Cline's music makes it into thrillers and horror movies.  Consulting IMDb, I found this as filmography.

Blood Simple. (performer: "Sweet Dreams") 1984

Amazing Stories (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) 1986
- Thanksgiving (1986) ... (performer: "Leavin' On Your Mind")

Murder One (performer: "CRAZY") 1986

The Handmaid's Tale (performer: "Crazy") 1990 (dystopian science fiction)

Rush (performer: "I Fall to Pieces")  1991

Reasonable Doubts (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)  1991-1992
- Home Is Where the Heart Is (1992) ... (performer: "I Fall to Pieces" - uncredited)
- Pilot (1991) ... (performer: "Crazy" - uncredited)

Natural Born Killers (performer: "Back in Baby's Arms") 1994

Nell (performer: "CRAZY") 1994

Cybill (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) 1995
- Look Who's Stalking (1995) ... (performer: "Crazy" - uncredited)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) 1997
- Prophecy Girl (1997) ... (performer: "I Fall To Pieces")

U Turn (performer: "Your Cheatin' Heart") 1997

Phantoms (performer: "I FALL TO PIECES")  1998

Dad Savage (performer: "Leavin' On Your Mind") 1998

Best Laid Plans (performer: "Why Can't He Be You") 1999

The Salton Sea (performer: "I Fall To Pieces")  2002

Dahmer (performer: "Just out of Reach") 2002

Sonny (performer: "Sweet Dreams") 2002

Alias (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) 2003
- Reunion (2003) ... (writer: "She's Got You" - uncredited)

The Whole Ten Yards (performer: "I Don't Wanta", "Sweet Dreams")  2004

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Video Game) (performer: "Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray") 2004

Down in the Valley (performer: "Half As Much")  2005

The Sopranos (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) 2006
- Live Free or Die (2006) ... (performer: "Let the Teardrops Fall")

The Departed (performer: "Sweet Dreams" (1956))  2006

The Wire (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) 
- The Dickensian Aspect (2008) ... (performer: "Walkin' After Midnight" - uncredited) 2008

Cold Case (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes) 2004-2008
- Slipping (2008) ... (performer: "Crazy")
- The Boy in the Box (2004) ... (performer: "Walkin' After Midnight" - uncredited)

Lost (TV Series) (2 episodes, 2004 - 2009) (performer - 5 episodes, 2005 - 2009) 
- The Incident: Part 1 (2009) ... (performer: "Three Cigarettes (In An Ashtray) " - uncredited)
- Whatever Happened, Happened (2009) ... ("She's Got You", uncredited)
- Eggtown (2008) ... (performer: "She's Got You" - uncredited)
- Left Behind (2007) ... (performer: "Walking After Midnight")
- Two for the Road (2006) ... (performer: "Walkin' After Midnight" - uncredited)
- What Kate Did (2005) ... (performer: "Walkin' After Midnight" - uncredited)
- Tabula Rasa (2004) ... ("Leavin' On Your Mind")
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Fringe (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)  2010
- The Box (2010) ... (performer: "Crazy" - uncredited)

The Following (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) 2013
- Pilot (2013) ... (performer: "Sweet Dreams" - uncredited)

Fargo (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) 2014
- The Crocodile's Dilemma (2014) ... (performer: "Sweet Dreams" - uncredited) 

Bates Motel (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) 2014
- The Box (2014) ... (performer: "I Fall to Pieces" - uncredited) 

There are several other times that Ms. Cline's music is used in movies and television.  This is just the list from IMDb.

An Homage to Patsy Cline the Darling of Psychological Suspense

No one knew,

who chose to play 

songs C-1 to C-4:

Ms. Cline's best-known hits:

C-1:  Crazy,

C-2:  I Fall to Pieces, 

C-3:  Walking After Midnight, and 

C-4:  Sweet Dreams

C-1

was playing, 

when the man,

who left his beer and burger,

Half-finished at the bar, 

of the sketchy roadhouse,

to go to the men's room.

He thought 

not washing his hands,

made him a wild-man,

but little does he know,

that the little pill slipped

into his drink, 

would leave him, 

fighting for his life.

C-2

Patsy crooned

a bluesy tune,

when the single white female

walked out the door

in the light of the moon,

to her car in the darkest part of the lot,

Naive was she, for she should have known,

that monsters really do,

come out in the full moon.

C-3

Cline continued 

with a more upbeat tune, 

when the cowboy,

with the Stetson, 

stopped his caddy 

for a hitcher.

It didn't matter where

the hiker wanted to go,

he would never see,

another morning.

C-4

Sweet Dreams

describes the sleep of the man,

who can cleanse, not only the blood from his hands,

but also from his heart,

and his soul.

Falling

I'll get the rest, honey.

There are only two trips,

three at most.

Step, step, step-

That's one-

Step, step, step,

That's two.

Dog food in one hand,

a twelve pack of soda,

in the other.

Step,

Step, zip,

Crackle- 

went the bag 

of dog food.

Crash-

went the case 

of soda.

Thud-

went the body,

hitting the steps,

thighs, 

abdomen, 

and arm.

on the steps,

in one second,

a short movement,

a dissonant

cadenza.  

Dropping

Splunk,

Splunk, Splunk. 

Splunk, Splunk, Splunk-

Swish-

The sound of slick 

magazines falling,

followed by papers not yet filed.

Guilty,

I am 

Too busy to file,

but not too busy to 

pick up oddments.

(*Originally posted on the Antiquarian Librarian on January 16, 2015)

Bleached Teeth and Fake Bake

I saw her on the TV

in the waiting room,

looking old and rough as leather,

but thinking she was beautiful,

so young, so blond.

She was talking, talking, talking,

her mouth constantly moving.

                                                Look,

her teeth are too big for her face.

                                                   No my wife said,

It's the bleached teeth

and the unnatural tan.

She kept talking and talking

selling and selling,

but she didn't sell me.

I couldn't hear a word she said.

She was all

bleached teeth and fake baked.

Now there's this guy on my TV at home,

on the Sunday football pregame

Dispensing his wisdom,

Who will win,

Who will lose,

Injury reports,

Behind the scene stories.

He thinks he's the only one on the set,

another set of teeth,

too big, too white,

floating in space,

talking, talking,

selling his expertise,

his new book,

his website,

but he doesn't sell me.

All I can see

is his bleached teeth and fake bake.

Maybe they're married:

the man and the woman,

maybe they're together.

I can just picture it,

though I wish it couldn't:

Two weathered bodies,

pretending to be young,

two empty souls,

two sets of teeth

suspended in space, seemingly,

suspended by two leathery bodies:

hugging, kissing,

caressing, sweating,

biting, screwing.

But they're not trying

to sell me,

to screw me,

with what they are selling,

because I can hear

a word they say.

They're all

bleached teeth and fake bake.

*(Originally posted in the Antiquarian Librarian September 20, 2014)