#christmas movie?

[deuterosapiens]

My mother and I have a tradition of going to the movies on certain Holidays. Namely, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Today's film was the remake of Nosferatu. Picture this: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is out, Moana 2 is still playing, Wicked is still playing, and Mufasa is out. Should be a nice quiet experience. After all, who's going to go watch a remake of a 1922 German Vampire film (that itself was plagiarized from Bram Stoker's Dracula and subsequently sued into oblivion) when there's so many other, more enticing films to take your family to?

It turns out, everyone.

I have been to a theater this crowded once before, and that was for Aquaman 2. It was such a dsmn bizarre experience. I'm talking huge crowded families. I'm smelling pepperoni pizza and dill pickles (I'm from Texas; that's a thing here) while the plague made manifest is endeadening everything with a pulse.

If you have seen any of Eggers' previous films (The Northman, The Lighthouse, The VVitch), you will be prepared for the sort of authentic atmosphere this film provides. In modern vampire films, the vampie (spelled deliberately) is sexy, seductive. The Blood Curse torments you with side effects such as being too damn sexy for sunlight. Nosferatu here remembers that a vampire is virus, an infection. It's not sexy, it's the plague. A thing of death.

Nosferatu obliges your desire to be disgusted and mortified. Most Dracula adaptations do not disturb me. This one, rather thankfully, disturbs me.

I don't know too much about Lily Rose-Depp. I know her by way of her father, and her small role in Tusk. I can't be surprised I liked her here. After all, Robert Eggers doesn't use an actor who can't pull their weight. She's the emotional weight of this film and does a damn good job of it. To be fair, everyone works incredibly well here.

Bill Skarsgård has thrice now taken on a role in a film that's a remake or reimagining of a previous film. He's been Pennywise the Daaaancing Clown, he's been Eric Draven, and now he's Count Orlok. I'm not saying anything, but it's interesting he's done this many remakes. This one, however, is far more uncomfortable than his sanitized Pennywise ever could have been. In IT we've got a glimpse or two of what he can do. Here, he gives so, so much more (if you can ignore the mustache).

Like I always say, not for everyone, but this was certainly for me.

[stardella]

I loved this real scene in the movie

[daily-spooky]

[chloesimaginationthings]

Michael Afton’s happiest day in FNAF

[viviraptor-art]

this year's halloween event single-handedly revived my love for twst. i would die for you skully

bonus doodle:

[thestuffedalligator]

My brother-in-law has a Thing where he gives me increasingly rare copies of The Bee Movie and it’s long since gone from “Goofy running gag” to “I don’t know how much money he’s willing to commit to this bit and it Scares Me.”

Where the fuck can we go from here

[honeypawsart]

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM OLD MAN YAOI!!!

[luxjii]

MERRY XMAS! Gift for my sister, which also comes just in time for the sonic 3 movie 🎄

[aubreyplazawife]

she’s so hot in this movie

[animusrox]

[goryhorroor]

“horror movies of the 1970s reflect some of the grim social developments of the decade. fortunately, when society goes bad, horror films get good. in the 1970s horror makes its way back into the cultural spotlight. horror movies dealing with contemporary social issues and addressing genuine psychological fears were big hits during the decade.”

[nessa007]

hallmark doesn’t even try lmao

[toruandmidori]

[nicostiel]

#2025 please stay away

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF movie Vanessa gets a new family..

[jakeperalta]

★ countdown to christmas (take two) ★ day 14 of 24: while you were sleeping (1995)