Yes, that was a blast! I think the biggest turnouts so far have been:
- Frankenstein '31 (with you, Mett, HF, Villain, & my friend Mike)
- American Werewolf in London (four friends at my place plus HF & Mett online)
I think that Sundays are hard with American football and I know that Tuesdays and Thursdays are difficult too - But that's OK! I'm pleased that folks are showing up at all.
SO - I've updated this week's poster...
We started with
Vampyr (1932) and, in short, I need to watch it again.
I decided to rent it streaming from Amazon and it was not a very good version at all (Mett had his webcam on and the version that I could watch on his computer was MUCH BETTER than what I had in my home. I think I'll have to buy the Criterion version because this movie was amazing. The images were striking and quite horrifying - A couple of things stand out to me:
- The coffin POV as his body is being carried (dizzying and horrifying!)
- And Léone's face when she wakes up and stares around the room
- The shadow play throughout
- The Vampyr book itself.
Really really compelling but I was ultimately distracted by the version I was watching (which had odd occasional dubbing) and messaging with Mett & Straker (that's on me; I should hold off on that until the end of the movie).
The POV shot I especially found incredible and ahead of its time.
I'd really love to hear other folk's thoughts - Thoughts on Vampyr... Thoughts on Nosferatu... Thoughts on early vampire flicks -
If you had three vampire movies to watch this week, what would you watch and why?