Nosferatu the Vampyre
Now that the fear economy is booming, you may be kicking yourself for investing everything in love. But before you dump all those stocks, ask yourself the perennial question: would you rather be loved or feared? You can’t have both, just like you’d never mistake a “follower” for a “friend.” This dilemma is at the heart of Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)…
The Awakening
I recently visited Queen Hatshepsut, the model for the mummy in The Awakening and the novel it’s based on: Bram Stoker’s wild horror/fantasy The Jewel of Seven Stars.
The Lair of the White Worm
Item 1 on my list of demands to be met before returning to regular Mass on Sundays is the canonization of Ken Russell.