@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

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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

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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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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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

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

This dress look familiar?

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

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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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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

@moira They're making no effort to hide it

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

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

A reluctant Van Helsing. That's new.

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I have to empathize with Nosferatu here. It is hard to get good help these days. #monsterdon

"...I know the reason for this evil!"
"What is it?"
"Fleas. It's fleas"

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The black death / plague is playing a much bigger role in this film.

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I love that annoyed look Dracula has with Renfield! #Monsterdon

The only way to defeat this Dracula is to build a Mechadracula to fight him #monsterdon

lol he just pushes Renfield away in the face

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forgetting the cry of the cock, you say? [taking notes]

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What happened to the kittens? Are those two babies having to deal with hundreds of rats on their own?
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@apLundell Polycule.

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"I wish I could partake in the love between you and your husband..."

So is he angling for a three-way?

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So Nosferatu is a gentleman. Good to know.
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“Will you come to me and be my ally?”

Is “ally” what they’re calling it these days?

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Sooooooo Drac _is_ actually trying to start a polycule with Lucy and Jonathan, is that what this scene is saying here?

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#Monsterdon Whoever called Lucy a goth was 100% spot on. She is really into this whole ‘poetry of death’ dialogue.

This conversation is so stilted
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this is the most herzog dialogue ever

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THAT is how you handle vampires not casting reflections in your vampire movie

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Very nice no-reflection practical effect, there.

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to be fair, she *does* have a lovely throat

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Door opens - squeeeeee
Very scary
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awwww Kinski-Nosferatu just wants to be a normie

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Vampires just can't find moving companies that will do coffins. #monsterdon

#Monsterdon 11,000 rats? Holy Death of Rats, that’s an entire rat civilization.

And a a “rat behavioral biologist” who quit because animal cruelty. And non-union rat wages.

An exceedingly Dutch part of London, not a single Chicken Cottage or Vape Store in sight. what is this?

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Dracula being able to tote the boxes by himself is actually a plot point in the book, although in the book it's something he learns gradually, relying on fewer and fewer people. #Monsterdon

"This place is PERFECT! I love it! I found the best damn realtor, I mean I [cross] NNNNNGUGH okay what house doesn't have a few flaws"

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Did you say plague? #monsterdon

That is ALOT of rats. Omg I hope they all got tiny paychecks and actors guild cards.
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