Nosferatu

First rewatch- it more than holds up. I genuinely cannot get over that whole sequence of Thomas’s journey to the castle, it’s so fucking wonderful and suspenseful. I also love the details on Ellen’s costuming on the third night with Orlok. The fact that she chose to wear her wedding dress rather than a mournful garment- explicitly demonstrating the union between the pair being voluntary on both sides. The choice to wear lilacs in her hair, the scent that Orlok associates her with. These details drive home Ellen’s desire for Orlok (which is very much present despite numerous morons denying that fact). The sound of Orlok draining the blood from his victims is so disgusting and animalistic, and completely unique. I have never watched any other vampire film that has this horrifying slurping of the blood. Eggers intentionally makes his vampire both grotesque and alluring, creating a sick desire in the audience much like Ellen experiences throughout the film. I still hated watching her seizures, but I like the rest of the film too much to be truly bothered by it.