@socketwench i literally just said that out loud lol #monsterdon

NOOOOO
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#Monsterdon that clock RULES

God in heaven, how does he wipe with those nails? #Monsterdon

OMG I WANT THE SKULL CUCKOO CLOCK #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon This dinner scene is more creepy and awkward than Denethor’s.

Spouse: ”Less singing, too, unless you count the wolves.”

Hm, this time around vampires like wolves.

#monsterdon #mastoween

How many of us want that goth clock now?

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I'm not actually hungry, Mr unheigenic fingernails heavy breather.

This is gonna cost extra.

“It’s nearly midnight, and I partake of nothing at this hour.”

Same. Acid reflux is a bummer.

#Monsterdon

Yes, yes - please stare at me while I eat. Thank you.

#Monsterdon

Today he'd have a Ring camera at the door #monsterdon

I like how Jonathon doesn't comment on the Count's odd looks. He knows that inbreeding is rampant among the aristocracy, and this is par for the course.

#monsterdon #Nosferatu1979

"the children of the night make their music"

*The Cure plays in the background as festive Goths frolic in the graveyard

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this castle is much less cobwebby than last week's

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Kinski really is dream casting here. he's extremely believable as someone not quite human

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If you have enough money, doordash I mean real estate lawyers will meet you anywhere. #Monsterdon

Awkward dinner with Kinski-Nosferatu....

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The music is original (maybe) but good!
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These rocks he’s climbing make for a great #Monsterdon/ #Mosstodon mashup

Mood setting with beautiful haunting foggy scenery and better music is working now.
#Monsterdon #NosferatuTheVampyre

Where tf this guy going? Mordor? #monsterdon

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Herzog...
Clouds...

Oh that's a really cool cave. Just imagine how many exsanguinated bodies the count has dropped in those turbulant waters
#Monsterdon #NosferatuTheVampyre

That really is beautiful countryside.

#monsterdon

Hiking always looks fun and peaceful when you yourself are not hiking. #monsterdon

Now it feels like a barbarian film

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Just an easy stroll from town to the castle.
Impressive though.
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Snark-aside, this *is* nice scenery.

#monsterdon #mastoween

This waterfall is reminding me of the Laibach song Life is Life

#monsterdon #mastoween

#monsterdon The quantum leap in quality from last week, folks

he'll have to walk to the borgor pass

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Hallucinatory horses pulling a hallucinatory wagon then?

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okay sick scenery tho

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I may have to come back later to see tavern goose again.

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I don’t think I’ve ever had turndown service that included a sprinkling of holy water. #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon Oh yay, vampires are helpfully covered in the tourist guide.

Some hardcore gaslighting from the coachman there

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It's important that people read out loud to themselves
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When in doubt about travel plans, go to the gypsies.

#Monsterdon
#NosferatuTheVampyre
#70sDraculaSpectacula

The castle sounds pretty metal ngl #Monsterdon

because this is a Herzog film I half expect one of these Roma to turn to the camera and tell some astonishing and captivating true story about their lives

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#Monsterdon When people in very colorful shirts offer you dire warnings, you should listen. They’ve lived here a long longer than you. Than you will, probably.

There is absolutely no way a shirt that well and heavily embroidered was everyday wear for someone working in food service.

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Innkeepers wife popping in for a quick hand shandy...

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Random tavern goose is SLAYING me!

#Monsterdon
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even the goose was shocked lmao #monsterdon

That guy looks like he's about to hurl on Johnathon. #Monsterdon

In the old days, they didn’t have records and Victrolas to make a proper record scratch, so they had the innkeeper’s wife drop a dish instead. #Monsterdon

They covered it well, but I feel like the locals had a negative reaction when he said he was visiting Dracula’s castle. #Monsterdon

I also like to loom directly over my dinner guests. It is the way of my people. #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon at least they're not zooming in dramatically when he said "count dracula"

#Monsterdon All you kids, get off of everybody’s lawn!

OPA!

#monsterdon #mastoween #nosferatu1979

Innkeeper is waaaayyy too close for comfort.

Think of all that beer and sausage...

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Drop the dish for emphasis

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lol @ Innkeeper's wife dropping something at mention of COUNT DRACULA

Wonder what the other castle is like?

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Is the prominent horses ass metaphor for leaving against his wifes wishes?
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"If you like pina coladas...
and getting bit on the neck
If you don't like a crucifix
and you don't eat garlic..."
#monsterdon

Magnificent horse butt framing.

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#Monsterdon Do you think Dracula has rabies? I hear that's a concern with bats

Big old horses' ass

Classic Herzog framing

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woves, rubbers and ghosts

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#Monsterdon Lucy: “You’ll be in danger. Don’t go.” Yes, suburbia is a very dangerous and superstitious place.

Lucy already looks like a vampire #monsterdon

Peter Lorre could have done well at this Renfield role. #monsterdon

They got a genetically identical actor to Peter Lorre to play Renfield #monsterdon

I'd ask what's with these vampires and real estate, but then I look at the current situation in the US with aging property-owners...

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I think this Renfield may have already cracked up a bit

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Somebody needs a filing cabinet

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#Monsterdon Wait Renfield is his superior? What a twist.

Maybe it WAS just a nightmare and everything will be fine.

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#Monsterdon #CoffeeWatch WE HAVE COFFEE SIGN! (no, don't tell me that was tea; I shan't believe you!)

The kittens are not Herzog's apology for the corpses in the intro. They're there to set you up even harder for the trauma to come.

Herzog apologizes for nothing.

#monsterdon #Nosferatu1979

this movie is already Extremely Werner Herzog

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Soooooo are the _kittens_ going to make draugr noises and come after me?

Which one of them has the dragon priest mask?

I AM CONFUSED BY THIS MOVIE

#Monsterdon

mew mew mew

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I'm okay with vampire kitties.

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#monsterdon listen, NOTHING better happen to those kittens

KITTENS. WE HAVE KITTENS.

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The very last thing I was expecting was those cute kittens.

Even my cats are interested in their mews! :blobaww:

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Bold move. Starting a vampyre movie with mummies.

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#NosferatuTheVampyre

And now to the jaunty 70s folk music that tells me everything is fine and wholesome...

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#monsterdon Well this one's off to a cheery start

#monsterdon NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE

Pronounced vamp you're

Unlike last week's movie, this one knows what a bat is, so it's got that going for it which is nice

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@moira Those aren’t dolls. #Monsterdon

Lady wakes up with a scream because it's October 2024....

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As a regular player of Skyrim and ESO, I'm just waiting for those mummies to start making draugr noises and come after me.

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#monsterdon Eep, I did not realize that this Blu-Ray version had English and German audio. Going for English but already regretting my decisions.

Pretty sure I saw that collection of dolls on Antiques Road Show.

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#MonsterdonAlert

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GO GO GO!!!

WE GOT CREEPY DOLL SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGN

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Lucy did all the cooking then Hellsing gets the credit when he takes the cookies out of the oven. #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon I hardly dare grade Herzog, so consider these mere suggestions.

Landscapes & scenery: A+ beautiful.
Bizarre & horrifying imagery: A+++ Art.
Harker: D-, No survival instinct. Raised to C for extra credit hat game.
Nosferatu: 15/10 Creepy, melancholic & surprisingly understated Kinski.
Lucy: Fainting C-, Getting bit 38C, Action Lucy B+
World’s worst violin player: 0 /10 no notes. Those were not notes. 🎻
World’s best cuckoo clock: 12:00/10
Renfield: &*$@= 🤪/10
Rats: 11,000/10

Idk what #Monsterdon is and at this point I'm too afraid to ask

@Sorl elevenses and teatime

#monsterdon #mastoween #nosferatu1979

Hm,. Yeah I think I didn't like this one. It's not a bad movie. A few really good bits don't make up for the whole not coming together for me.
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Well, I can't talk shit about @Taweret today, because (1) even when I do I'm only kidding, and (2) This movie was a classic arthouse film, even if a little inexplicable and odd, relying on implications for much of the lore.

So I don't blame @Taweret for tonight's film.

Instead, I remind you that Klaus Kinski is the real monster in all this. A horrible man who was loathed by many, but probably not loathed enough.

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#Monsterdon Well, that was different - certainly artsy. 👍
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