Nosferatu

As an avid reader of gothic literature, this was one of the best adaptations of Bram Stoker's Dracula that I've ever seen. It brilliantly explores one of the most permanent themes in gothic lit; the evil that stems from within us, our brewing passions and desires, our darkest fantasies that reach the point of pervertion and disturbance. It simultaneously showcases the pull and desire Ellen feels towards a manifestation of her deepest, shameful fantasies and her repressed sexuality as well as the inherently predatory and abusive nature of it. In an era of puritanism, conservatism and repression around expressions of sexuality, an immense fear of death and amoralism, gothic horror tales unapologetically depicted sexuality, death and the loss of innocence, relishing in the disturbing, the uncomfortable, the taboo. The film hits the nail on the head when it claims that in order to tame darkness, we must acknowledge the existence of said darkness. It's happening to everybody, it's in all of us after all. I wish for more adaptations of gothic tales in the future.