Dracula (1931) with Bela Lugosi - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021814/
Sure, it doesn't have Marvel-style special effects(tm) and the characterization isn't that great; in fact the "flying bats" and Lugosi's acting are kinda cringe these days... BUT... it's the standard by which all subsequent movies must be measured.
Reminds me of that anime Hyouge Mono, about a Sengoku-period nobleman who's really into aesthetics. Occasionally the anime will pop into that exaggerated-slightly-grotesque-face aesthetic as a reaction shot.
Obviously you're not dregged to the flit-flow.
hey, fr tho, I wonder if making up micro-slang is a useful technique for countering the AIs somehow?
It was still a lot more homogeneous culture back then.
I agree with a lot of what you say, but this particular statement is questionable. Definitely you can say there's a big-budget mainstream entertainment industry, but even in the early 1900s there were movies, records, and sporting events aimed at various non-white populations - a lot of them weren't preserved, unfortunately. Then there have always been people who ignored "worldly" entertainment for religious reasons, or who stayed more in tune with the culture of "the old country." There's always been an underground (often risque) and alternative/experimental. And there's also been people who follow "high art" vs "popular art."
I don't mean to sound nitpicky, I'm just trying to emphasize that there's always been a lot of stuff of all kinds out there.
Wat is it you hate about Tubi? I've been using it recently but warily.
ikr this is prolly the chill-out room for the creatures that maintain the liminal spaces!
Wow, that's even more impressive! I've found piefed's scheduling feature to be very useful, I think blahaj has a piefed interface fwiw.
For those that didn't know, there's a !nin@lemmy.world (tho !gothindustrial@lemmy.world is more active).
Dracula. Now someone needs to recommend the best movie adaptations to watch (apart from the Leslie Nielssen one, which is obviously the best).
That's a great question! You should make a post here on !vampires@lemmy.zip, I bet you'd get a lot of good recommendations.
I disavow this movie! I plan to skip it, lel, and I ain't even gonna cross-post it to !vampires@lemmy.zip!
Thanks for doing this, Zagorath! It's been a real trip!!?!
Fun fact: one of Bram Stoker's cousins, Henry Stoker , was a WW1 war hero (as well as a champion athlete and a film actor!) and he volunteered to serve in the Royal Australian Navy "after hearing a false rumour of sponsorship to play polo in Sydney, Australia". There's an Australian Navy auxiliary ship named in his honor, the MV Stoker , that is still in service today!
Fright Night (1985) is the movie for this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!
How to watch the movie:
The film follows teenager Charley Brewster (played by William Ragsdale), who discovers that his next-door neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon) is a vampire. When no one believes him, Charley decides to get Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall), a TV show host who acted in films as a vampire hunter, to stop Jerry's killing spree.
The film was released on August 2, 1985, and grossed $24.9 million at the box office. Since its release, it has received positive reviews from critics and become a cult classic, and spawned the media franchise of the same name.
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Fright Night garnered critical acclaim, holding a 92% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes; the average rating is 7.2/10 based on 38 reviews. The site's consensus reads: "Fright Night deftly combines thrills and humor in this ghostly tale about a man living next to a vampire."[32]Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three stars out of four and wrote, "Fright Night is not a distinguished movie, but it has a lot of fun being undistinguished".[33] Variety praised Sarandon's performance, writing that he "is terrific as the vampire, quite affable and debonair until his fingernails start to grow and his eyes get that glow".[34] Colin Greenland gave a negative review for White Dwarf #75, stating "We may be justified in suspecting that a film which has such contempt for its characters has contempt for its audience, too."[35]
What's your favorite track on Carnival of Carnage?
Track List:
listing from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Carnage
MaryDeath is a comic about life, death, and everything in between. The story follows a young girl named Mary who happens to have befriended Death. Why Death has chosen to take interest in Mary remains a mystery, but despite his ever dark presence Mary finds comfort in his companionship.
https://www.marydeathcomics.com/archives/comic/
MaryDeath Comics was created in the 2010s by Gwen Tarpley. The artist transitioned recently, but it seems they don’t mind their deadname being on their older comics (i.e. it was used on some of the recent posts of their Cats Cafe comic, which is their main effort now.)
Wynona Rider as Mina was just... horrible...