slithery

What better way to convey the ominous ambiance of your production than an image like the Statue of Liberty emitting a slithery tongue?

Then, hop back into the car for a side trip to the Bug and Reptile Museum, a small building with dozens of well-curated slithery things — snakes, insects, lizards and more.

Napoleon’s slithery courtship of Joséphine and ensuing battle of domestic wits call to mind the firelit power plays of “The Last Duel,” the director’s superior recent foray into French history.

The slithery fish began to evolve into proficient hunters, and the new fossils hint that today’s bloodsucking species evolved from flesh-eating ancestors.

Rounding out the slipcased set is a 38-page, full-color booklet offering mainly three essays — “Medium Cruel: Reflections on Videodrome,” by critic Tim Lucas; “That Slithery Sense of Unreality,” by historian Gary Indiana; and “Make Mine Cronenberg,” from a 1983 article in “The Village Voice” by Carrie Rickey.