Oh my god it's an actual bat and not bad taxidermy!

Yeah, thanks to previous #Monsterdon weeks the bar is in fucking hell

I don’t want the clock but the wine glass is cool #monsterdon

Looks like he's wearing a black trenchcoat, which makes it even pervier
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#monsterdon omg that skeletal cuckoo clock

Academy Award for best set dressing goes to

@k8eb: "A little on the nose, there... where can I get one"

I want that clock.

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Awesome clock!
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#Monsterdon those fingernails are baller bro! Makes typing on a keyboard a bit of a challenge, right? I half want to see Kinski on Drag Race. Right now. Exactly how he is. Right now. The screams he could get…

#Monsterdon the orchestra found the crystal meth. Now they’re getting into it! Come on boys! Awww… a failed crescendo. It happens to lots of older men. Lots of work up, and then the brass section loses interest and wanders off.

That front doorway is pretty underwhelming but drac is a shocker
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Music has some nice Smetana vibes, though. #monsterdon

#Monsterdon Bit steep. Usually don’t see those sorts of slopes outside of West Virginia. But the long dwelling shots and orchestral tuning makes me twitchy.

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The trail to Transylvania is surprisingly poorly marked after the river crossing.

Shoulda brought a Romani guide.

Seriously though, I do love how Herzog captures the extremes of this planet.....those mountains man....

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TBF those mountains do look intimidating, good choice Werner

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Rosary. Not what he was hoping for from the night maid.

But if you want to avoid the Bogo pass, you must go through Cirith Ungol. And beyond that is the Plateau of Gorgoroth. It is a terrible place.

#monsterdon #mastoween

Just once I want to be the guy who says a completely mundane thing and suddenly someone drops a plate and everyone goes silent. #Monsterdon

"Innkeeper! Quick, my supper. With plenty of salsa made in New York City."

[breaking crockery] NEW YORK CITY?!?!

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Count Dracula #monsterdon

Dracula is the Bermuda Triangle of humans, apparently

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@Louisa that reminds me of how i'd like to see a period piece done in the style of another period doing that period— errr... that is, making a movie now set in the 1800s that looks like it was made in the 70s #monsterdon

If you liked the cats and horses, wait until you get a load of the rats. Thousands and thousands of rats.

This film had such poor animal handling that animal experts quit over Herzog's cruel treatment of them (MANY died). Herzog literally boiled rats to death in this film to get the shots he wanted.

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#Monsterdon Harker, ya horses ass! ;)

that's called generalized anxiety, lucy

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#Monsterdon It’s windy. I can imagine the boom operator had to pick the most fuzzy muppet to stick on the end of the boom mic.

Why is London so Dutch all of sudden? Is this a Alternate History?

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@gnomon BATS AREN'T BUGS!!!!

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It begins very effectively
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oh hey this bat is actually flapping its wings #monsterdon

specifically these are mummies form the Guanajuato museum in Mexico:

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these mummies were the producers of the previous Herzog-Kinski movie

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Whatever happened to her kittens? #Monsterdon

In the last movie, wasn't Mina who was Johnathon's wife, Lucy was Mina's cousin, Lucy got bit? #Monsterdon

there are a bunch of good things about this version but i think the best is that i don't feel like i always knew exactly what was going to happen next and that's pretty hard to do in a dracula film so well done there

#monsterdon #mastoween #nosferatu1979

this was so good tho

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnPL0_eIwMg

@strangefour reminds me of a house party I've been to.... #monsterdon

@YsengrinWolf classic example of the Genre, Herzog making this film according to our rules....what a visionary! #monsterdon

Another great #Monsterdon! I have a feeling I’ll be thinking about this Herzog film for a while.

Thanks, @Taweret and everyone else!

@akamran Yeah I'm confused as well, but I could believe that vampires don't have the ability to love (I mean why not, it makes as much sense as anything else) so Jonathan doesn't care about Lucy anymore

Every vamp for themselves

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I'm going back for the tavern goose.

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#NosferatuTheVampyre

And he fucks off into the sandy beach near the sea.
Fin.
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#monsterdon if you like that one, guys, I highly recommend you check out some of herzog's documentaries. some of them are on youtube

The moral of the story is don't make a movie featuring thousands of live rats without taking a moment to think things through first, for pete's sake #monsterdon

Okay, this is easily one of the best movies I've seen on #Monsterdon. Yes, yes, the bar is in hell, but we *have* seen several actually really good movies!

Thanks @Taweret for hosting, as always!

That was the most Nosferatu-y thing ever. Goodnight, may rats guide the way.

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I Can't get the cops. They are dead and gone."
Herzog says ACAB.
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#Monsterdon this is pretty much the equivalent of fucking off into the sea, in grand monsterdon tradition :D

that was a lot of fun -- ponderous, weird, *beautifully* shot and dressed, and very confusing :D

exactly what I want from Werner Herzog

There was some fine acting in that movie. There were also a lot of other characters that weren't Renfield, Dracula, the rear of the horse, the rats, and the guy in the tophat.

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Ooooh, the ol’ switcheroo! Werner, you scamp #Monsterdon

and so harker fucked off on a horse in a really awesome shot actually

ty for joining, everyone!!

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Hellsing is going to try and take credit for all of this now.
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Lawrence of Carpathia

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Another #Monsterdon is in the can!

Thanks to @Taweret for hosting!

Tonight's feature, #NosferatuTheVampyre is from 1979, directed by Werner Herzog, and was the second of this month's #70sDracula jubilee! We had, bats, cats, rats, and,
- Wolves, robbers, and ghosts!
- Truly amazing location shots.
- Best cuckoo clock ever!
- Black coffins!
- Dinner amongst the rats, as one does.
- Easily the best Dracula movie! No question!

I am in awe of that ending

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Oho! The cockcrow!

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Damn Herzog said ACAB #monsterdon

#Monsterdon saved by government incompetence

@allanb oh lol it really is

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That stake is comical #monsterdon

I take it back, I wish I enjoyed anything as much as Klaus Kinski enjoys writhing on the floor in a beam of sun

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Red paint for sure
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Caught him ........ red handed.

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She didn't really have to put much effort into making him forget about sunrise.

She must have an amazing neck.

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That was her death scene?

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lol, unexpected Van Helsing betrayal

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congratulations on making a scene that is certainly sexual and which you might call erotic if it weren't completely repulsive and disgusting #Monsterdon

That's one way to find an answer to your question "Was that the sun?" #monsterdon

He's dying like the beetle that got stuck in my room last week. Legs up on his back and everything. #Monsterdon

These situations are why I don't date anymore. I feel it, Drac. #Monsterdon #NosferatuTheVampyre

This dress look familiar?

This is a painting by William Morris called "La Belle Iseult"

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#70sDraculaSpectacula

#Monsterdon OH SHIT! Titties distracted me and now the sun's out 🌅

Whoops, spent too long with Morticia, didn't ye? #Monsterdon

Every time Nosferatu touches Lucy's breast, a bat gets it wings.
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*wet, nibbling noises

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Lucy: “I know, now, what I have to do.”

Suddenly, Nerf Herder music kicks in, and we get the intro to the new, hit show “Lucy the Vampire Slayer!”

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#monsterdon MONSTER CHOMP

edit: AND ALSO: BAT

20+ years removed from Catholic school and I still feel weird seing the Host crumbled up and scattered on the floor #monsterdon

i too scatter leaves and flower petals on my bed when i sleep. #monsterdon

There's no cowboy in this one either, is there.

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So it wasn't Covid
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"it's our last supper"

"I can tell, you're all eating on one side of the table."

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Did the the filmmakers have, like, any problem gathering up all these plague rats after they shot?

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Let's just have a peaceful banquet here in front of these 11,000 rats, none of whom are going to make any attempt to steal our food while we're eating it

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Rats depicting the downfall of "civilised" society while the nutters sup?? how very apropos.

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@aprilfollies "Fuck off to Riga mate, cheers.."

Harsh

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*Toggles Rat Generator to 'Extreme'

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Nothing like an old-fashioned plague party #Monsterdon #NosferatuTheVampyre

I love post-apocalypse/breakdown of society movie shots that are just the shooting location with some pieces of plywood and crumpled paper thrown around

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apocalyptic #monsterdon

all the furniture out on the lawn is definitely giving post apocalypse vibes, and i am 100% here for it. #monsterdon

@moira They're making no effort to hide it

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Someone get this woman a whip, she's a Belmont now. #Monsterdon

pet the ratties #Monsterdon

I wish I enjoyed anything as much as Klaus Kinski enjoys running around in a flowing black cape

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oh man walking around the rats like that is making me nervous you have got to lift the hems of your clothes they will climb up there they love it #monsterdon

#Monsterdon I think the rats are multiplying. This is the power of love I suppose

Panning down to appreciate small child in a bonnet sneezing. #Monsterdon

Lucy is owning this film all of a sudden #monsterdon

i like how Lucy is driving for dracula's destruction in this one #monsterdon