My take on Nosferatu is that the Count is an analogy for depression and loneliness. I do think this is most informed by the part where they discuss that she was successful in fending off the Count as she married Thomas, but that faded quickly, and actually made him a little more tangible. I don't think the sex scene at the end is a matter of consent, rather a symbol of the endless pit that loneliness and depression cause. She is looking for the only way out, and its framed as sacrifice here, but it's really a borderline self-harm decision. She was told, and truly felt, it was the only solution to the problems she was experiencing. As an analogy for depression and loneliness we see much more in the film - the ending of her friends, for instance is representing the way these feelings and conditions take away those that we love from us. Her initial call for him (while also being a parallel to Dracula's famous "come to me" scene in the Bela Version) is desperate hoping for anything to fight what she was dealing with - that much is explicitly stated. She is seeking to cure her depression through *any* means of companionship. Thomas happened to also come along and provided her with hopeful resolution, but we can see from her actions, words and demeanor that it's already cracking and melting. This is just an interpretation - I was diagnosed with depression a long time ago, but haven't returned to that feeling for a long time. But in that era, these feelings of hope in fighting back, only having them crack and fade - it really struck a chord with me, and it seems like a pretty strong takeaway from all the context in the film.
Happy new year! I thoroughly enjoyed Babygirl on Xmas morning and would love to hear all you have to say about it! Also, definitely check out Eyes Wide Shut when you can. Excellent Christmas vibes and another incredible performance by Nicole Kidman.
The Before Triology was a big thing for me thing year. Another content creator recommended it and it was wildly outside my wheelhouse at the time. Fell in love with each movie even if the last one was a more academic appreciation. Made me realise my wheelhouse needed to be reassessed. Also, yeah, spent a lot of time crawling across europe and the uk and I miss having the time and the sheer gall to get off at a random station with a stranger. Happy New Year.
Cheers to Alice Maio Mackay! Even though I'm far past that age now, I'm always excited when younger folks see really big success early on. It makes change seem possible if people don't have to just patiently "wait their turn," if you know what I mean.
Giiiirl your vids have been the movie, shows, trailers that I look forward to (and often really need) that have brought so many thought provoking and entertaining moments to my life. For me, the movie/show etc you are reviewing feels more like you're artfully taking me through an in-depth, visceral experience of each ingredient being added (and why) in the entire process of the recipe right down to the final tasting of the dish. And honestly, it is pure delight (regardless of whether the dish is an overpriced shitheap or an absolute winner of a taco). As I'm writing this I finally worked it out (after years of watching your channel), you are to the social commentary world what Nigella Lawson is to food.. absolutely f*cking talent that places me right there in the moment with you (laughing, crying and getting fired up). It is no surprise to me that you're subscribers are growing because girl you is passion, dedication and inspiration all in one!! Bring on 2025 and more of your creative works 🎉🤩🌈
If you liked "Babygirl" and want something else about female desire that is way darker, I highly recommend "The Piano Teacher" from 2001. Isabelle Huppert's performance in that film is soul-destroying.
Argyle was just camp af and everyone hated it, and I’m like I’m here for the cat. 😂 Fun Fact: the Fright Night remake was shot and filmed in Rio Rancho NM which is about 2hrs or so away from me which is so cool. I love the Fright Night remake tbh.
TW I saw a tiktok saying that nosferatu is an allegory for SA and how the opening scene is Ellen experiencing it and the rest of the movie is the aftermath, for example the shadow of orloks hands constantly over her and how she refers to herself as unclean, I don’t know if I agree with this take but I think it definitely speaks to why so many people including myself felt so uncomfortable with Ellen’s character and found the movie so jarring.
Another great monthly recap and the first video of the new year on the main channel! Lots of great and interesting stuff stuff for December. I also want to say that I always love when you mention watching animated shows or movies and show your appreciation to it. Too many times do I find people crapping on animation as a medium for no reason other than they think it's always for kids but I'm glad you appreciate it for what it is. I gotta check out the John Williams documentary but I do know the Christopher Reeve documentary that I mentioned on patreon was really amazing and got me emotional watching it. But thanks again for another amazing monthly recap! Also I love your New Years look!
@@HauntedHippie I think the animation is alright. Wouldn't say it's my favorite when compared to other Disney animated projects and just other animated projects I've seen in general
8:48 😂 yeah I’ve got the humor of a middle schooler sometimes. Queer was too slow for my tastes, that last act was so bizarre. The film did pick up for me at that point
Ah yes, Sadness the Madness. The effects team did a great job with the practical gore. The ending kinda reminded me of the Dawn of the Dead remake: You have a sad moment. It cuts to a character's face (this time it's the infected one), you hear a gunshot and then bam! You get rock music. Plus you have a zombie baby as well. Unbreakable is my favourite M Night movie. I'm planning to watch Y2K now, but I'm a bit worried because of the negative reviews I've seen so far. Yeah, I know the whole thing with Rachel Zegler's Snow White but that's an entirely different thing.
the director of christmas bloody christmas is a pretty rotten guy, a makeup artist reporter being assaultedby an actor on the set of his movie VFW and he kept the actor on and fired the victim
Afternoon Satan and Happy New Year! You look Book of Mormons today. My December, after a Die Hard 1 and 2 re-watch, I saw part of Spirited on Apple+ a musical comedy based on A Christmas Carol with Ryan Reynolds. During midway, the movie dragged in nutty dialogue exchange. Switched to a campy 60s Christmas cult classic, Santa Clause Conquers the Martians and Anna and the Apocalypse zombie musical on tubi. Then on MAX, The Wizard of Oz and Krampus. But on the horror side, my sis and saw Eli Roth’s Horror Sequels and Outbreaks episodes. My sis mentioned an interesting outbreak film on Eli’s docuseries, Pontypool, a radio dj cast and crew broadcasting during a zombie outbreak in their radio station. I’ve yet to see Heretic and Egger’s Nosferatu. On New Year’s Day, my sis, mom and I saw Wicked. It might be another alternate reality of The Wizard of Oz after The Wiz, Tin Man series and The Witches of Oz. I looked up author, L. Frank Baum, in his Wizard of Oz book series, there is a Glinda novel I might deep dive research into to see if the Wicked novels series coincides with L. Frank Baum’s.
Happy new year haunted hippie! Nice recap! Hope you get back to ash vs evil dead soon! I really enjoyed the first half of the creep tapes but admit I haven’t finished it yet so I need to get onto that lol I enjoy that duplass was able to re-invent the concept from the og movie. I loved the og jungle book as a kid! It was on repeat all the time! I would’ve thought that the disclaimer was in reference to baloo dressing up in the skirt and wig during the king Louie scene just cuz I’ve heard complaints from people about it but I could be wrong. I’m so glad you finally broke into the before trilogy I got you! This year is the 30th anniversary of that first film so great timing! I can’t wait til you finish the trilogy. It’s my dream to have a romance like that and linklater said it was all based on a real experience he had with a woman he met and just walked around talking. I’m just glad that, with your ranking of silent night deadly night, you put part 2 as the best! Garbage day! Hahahaha my horror friends and I quote that moment all the time! It’s featured in tons of bad acting compilations on TH-cam and it’s worth the hype despite being a re-edit of the first movie essentially lol Ooo I’m curious to hear your thoughts on eyes wide shut but it’s more from Tom cruise’s perspective and delves into weird sex cult stuff lol but Nicole has a great moment in the beginning that I know you’ll be into, also both movies take place during Christmas lol Also I hope you check out the original fright night! It’s one of my favorite vampire movies and I like it miles above the remake. Can’t wait to see your top 10 vampire movies even though I already know twilight is gonna reign supreme. I also agree that nosferatu wasn’t all that lol Thank you again my dark mistress for keeping your subject fed! Love the new year look and look forward to what you have in store for us this year! Also love that Tiffany is wearing the Jason mask hahah yahoo Doray!
Nosferatu was a surprise hit it is definitely in my top 3 of last year 13/10 it really earns those extra 3 points the crow is my first movie best movie last year hands down then ghost right here right now and 3 is nosferatu it was a year of insanely good movies
My reading of Nosferatu was that it wasn't about pleasure at all but sexual violence and the guilt, shame, and trauma that comes along with it. The ending to me felt like Ellen finally taking back her agency in a world that was actively refusing to listen to her about her own trauma.
@HauntedHippie yay! Yeah i definitely think it also plays a big part in her and Thomas's relationship. Especially after the return from the castle and his own experience with Orlok. To me, it definitely sank more into the "horror" part of gothic horror with that reading of it lol
Ok, you’re filming on New Year’s Eve. I have to compliment you look. Very nice. Boy so many tv shows to watch. Especially when they release all the episodes at once. I’ll have to recommend Flow to my daughters and granddaughters. Yes a few cat people. I’ve taken a vacation from Disney for a while. I want to see that John Williams Documentary. I was there for all your watch alongs. Thanks. I’ve had fun too watching the Harry Potter movies. Got to catch up on Ethan Hawke movies.👍 Still have not Argylle yet. Sorry I’m sure I’ll like it too. Yes safe space. Glitter in your eye, oh my. 😮 Baby Girl, chick flick. Shhhh, I like chick flicks too. Most of the time when they kick ass. But we do like to see passion too. Ah, finally saw Unbelievable. I hope you remembered my suggestion to pick up on the use of Comic Book colors that M. Knight used. The bright colors and the soft darker background and clothes on other people. Thank for the compliments on M.Knight. I find him always interesting. Yes I always catch all your reviews. Your input is always welcomed. Ok, and your Dads too. Still talking about Nosferatu. Yes there is a lot to unpack from that movie.
Hey Kylie awesome breakdown rundown of the Christmas movies Our little secret, Carry on saw you're take of those on the patreon page. As well as You're thoughts on Babygirl another Drama Romantic film Nicole Kidman as Romy, Young Intern Harris Dickinson, the Great Antonio Banderas Jacob haven't seen it but I've heard so many good things about it. Alongside Heretics that's really cool which your friends were behind the making of it. I'll talk about Nosferatu in your review on it but just to give quick thoughts absolutely loved the movie undoubtedly enthralled and floured by all the performances Robert Eggers delivers a creative, imaginative yet exhilarating experience with his style of filmmaking takes ambitious risks then comes with a reward.
Happy New Year Kylie, You look good Antichrist. This is a nice monthly recap. I know it is funny. All the December movies and shows are last years news. Now more new ones for a new year. I love your videos. Your haunted hippie channel is fantastic. What is wrong? With Disney animation. You learn something new everyday. I am a Twilight fan. Harry Potter is a good choice too. You have a great list. I enjoy dark movies. I still enjoy the Jungle Book too. Animation has changed since The Jungle Book was made. The good old days of Disney company. Great first video of the year. You picked some good ones. Take care now. Have fun with your channel. ❤️🎥😊🐍
holy shit you included my comment (and you got my pronouns right!)! I still stand by my interpretation, but I've also come to understand that it's based on the assumption that her intimacy with Orlok earlier in life was consensual and pleasurable in a way that would be utterly socially taboo. A friend of mine read it as SA (which, if that was the case, it was certainly a CHOICE for the director as it's not in any other version of Nosferatu), and thus the central horror of the movie being Ellen's guilt and shame over sexuality in general. That makes sense to me, but I think the interpretation removes male/patriarchal culpability *as intentionally portrayed in fiction rather than real life* in Ellen's situation. If the central horror the movie is to be her individual, traumatic experience as allegory of the horror of patriarchy, then why were so many of her actions reduced to the men around her and her relationships to them. Where is the feminine interiority? Idk. Might have felt different about it if the final scene had shown the Ellen's death orgasmic/showing her having pleasure beyond "pure sacrifice for others" but who knows. Though the movie took away a lot of the agency Ellen/Lucy (in the 1970s version) had by having Orlok threaten her with the time limit AND Defoe's character tell her the silver bullet, so maybe not... This actually brings me to another aspect of the film that didn't work well for me that I was able to identify after watching Be Kind Rewind's comparison of all three versions of Nosferatu: the complete shift of collective trauma/storytelling to that of the individual. For a movie that happens with a plague, it sure doesn't acknowledge the plague much around how it affects Frederick's business and perfect bourgeois family. This is particularly interesting when comparing it to the original which was also 4 years after a pandemic (Spanish Flu). I have so many thoughts about this and maybe this movie just wasn't for me, and that's fine. Just interesting that the first American rather than German version of this movie made these narrative choices. Sorry for rambling so much, but I really wanted to like this movie more and it's been hard to come across someone who didn't love it.
Really great review and get up! Look a little like chappel roan and olivia rodrigo. BTW I saw Nosferatu on Wednesday. You were right. Don't get me wrong, I thought it was good and entertaining. The beginning was good, and the jump scare was effective. It's a very sexual film. But it started to lose me in the middle. Some things didn't make sense to me, like her being connected to Orlock all this time. But nonetheless was good 7/10. There's gonna be a limited and extended edition that has extended and deleted scenes. Maybe you'll like that version more. I'm glad you'd loved and enjoyed before Sunrise. That's my favorite trilogy from Linklater. I feel like you'll enjoy the rest of the series. I think you'll enjoy Boyhood, which is also directed by Linklater and staring Ethan Hawke. It's nostalgic watching it because you're watching the actors growing up and watching the trends of what was happening back then. Yeah I definitely recommend you'd watch Eyes Wide Shut a very good and interesting movie that deals with sexual politics and mystery thriller. I also recommend you'd watch Almost Famous. It's like Dazed And Confused it's set in the 70s and is considered a hangout movie. Glad you're taking my suggestion for top 10 vampire movies. Also Sinners is coming out in either March or April. Hagazussa also has a scene of SA just to warn you. But like I said is a german austrian of the witch
I sense a M. night deep dive coming out this year ? 😏😏 love your looks girl and this video ! Completely agree with fright Night lol they knew what they were doing while casting those men
Nice recap.. yes John Williams is just different.. all his music in Home Alone especially "Somewhere in My Memory" is my favorite.. and obviously Jurassic Park too.. Yes Before Sunrise is great.. Richard Linklater in the 90s was the one of if not best at writing dialogue and capturing the performances in a way that makes the characters feel like real people having real conversations versus actors acting.. Slacker (1990) was his first film and it set the tone for independent filmmaking in the 90s, even before Tarantino, Gregg Araki, and Kevin Smith.. Linklater truly is a goat.. Can't pretend like I've seen a ton of Nicole Kidman films in my lifetime, but she's always been elite and highly respected, I know she's a method actor or at least used to be.. I'll check this one out!
ok after seeing nosferatu i think, with much respect to you, that you may be looking for something the film was not actually attempting to engage with. I think it has a deeply asexual perspective. ellen, in my opinion, was not desiring pleasure, she was desiring to be understood, and to have her experiences as someone with a strong, intuitive spiritual perspective on the world, validated. Sex in the film is depicted as a really basic mundane thing that can be a means of production and imprisonment (Anna and her children), a weapon and means of control (Orlok), or a flimsy attempt at connection and comfort that ultimately is an estranging, temporary experience ("kiss my heart"). Ellen dosnt desire sexual pleasure because she knows that it's fleeting. She desires eternity, she desires a transcendant comfort that isnt attainable in life. The sex scene was so profoundly sad that i cried at it, and throughout the rest of the movie. I related really strongly with Ellen. dunno. Thats my 8 cents
I'm freshly 40 and still trying to make my first feature so after I learned that Mackay was half my age and had already made 5 movies I'm filled with mixed feelings of "I'm such a failure for not making a movie yet" and "I'm so happy there's such a prolific trans director out there right now". T Blockers is another great one of hers, probably my fave!
My take on Nosferatu is that the Count is an analogy for depression and loneliness. I do think this is most informed by the part where they discuss that she was successful in fending off the Count as she married Thomas, but that faded quickly, and actually made him a little more tangible. I don't think the sex scene at the end is a matter of consent, rather a symbol of the endless pit that loneliness and depression cause. She is looking for the only way out, and its framed as sacrifice here, but it's really a borderline self-harm decision. She was told, and truly felt, it was the only solution to the problems she was experiencing. As an analogy for depression and loneliness we see much more in the film - the ending of her friends, for instance is representing the way these feelings and conditions take away those that we love from us. Her initial call for him (while also being a parallel to Dracula's famous "come to me" scene in the Bela Version) is desperate hoping for anything to fight what she was dealing with - that much is explicitly stated. She is seeking to cure her depression through *any* means of companionship. Thomas happened to also come along and provided her with hopeful resolution, but we can see from her actions, words and demeanor that it's already cracking and melting.
This is just an interpretation - I was diagnosed with depression a long time ago, but haven't returned to that feeling for a long time. But in that era, these feelings of hope in fighting back, only having them crack and fade - it really struck a chord with me, and it seems like a pretty strong takeaway from all the context in the film.
Happy new year! I thoroughly enjoyed Babygirl on Xmas morning and would love to hear all you have to say about it! Also, definitely check out Eyes Wide Shut when you can. Excellent Christmas vibes and another incredible performance by Nicole Kidman.
Ahhh yes I’m so glad you enjoyed babygirl!
Saw Nosferaru yesterday, and actually enjoyed it, the Gothic atmosphere, and the fact that it was a movie remade the right way.
David Tennant was enough to make me enjoy Fright Night ❤
The Before Triology was a big thing for me thing year. Another content creator recommended it and it was wildly outside my wheelhouse at the time. Fell in love with each movie even if the last one was a more academic appreciation. Made me realise my wheelhouse needed to be reassessed. Also, yeah, spent a lot of time crawling across europe and the uk and I miss having the time and the sheer gall to get off at a random station with a stranger.
Happy New Year.
I found myself in a very similar situation to Before Sunrise a few years ago tbh which is also why it hit so hard haha
Cheers to Alice Maio Mackay! Even though I'm far past that age now, I'm always excited when younger folks see really big success early on. It makes change seem possible if people don't have to just patiently "wait their turn," if you know what I mean.
I haven't seen "Babygirl" yet but your mini review of the movie already made me feel things
2:29 i didn't know severance is getting a second season feels like its been forever since the first one came out
Giiiirl your vids have been the movie, shows, trailers that I look forward to (and often really need) that have brought so many thought provoking and entertaining moments to my life. For me, the movie/show etc you are reviewing feels more like you're artfully taking me through an in-depth, visceral experience of each ingredient being added (and why) in the entire process of the recipe right down to the final tasting of the dish. And honestly, it is pure delight (regardless of whether the dish is an overpriced shitheap or an absolute winner of a taco). As I'm writing this I finally worked it out (after years of watching your channel), you are to the social commentary world what Nigella Lawson is to food.. absolutely f*cking talent that places me right there in the moment with you (laughing, crying and getting fired up). It is no surprise to me that you're subscribers are growing because girl you is passion, dedication and inspiration all in one!! Bring on 2025 and more of your creative works 🎉🤩🌈
How beautifully written!! I’m so glad to have you along for the ride!
Excellent, thanks so much for the awesome new Video Kylie 👍
John Williams can be a tear jerker. 😢 The swell of music at the end of Empire Strikes Back is beautiful.
looove the look today omg
Loved The Devil's Bath ! When I am still thinking about a movie long after seeing it, I know it's truly good.
If you liked "Babygirl" and want something else about female desire that is way darker, I highly recommend "The Piano Teacher" from 2001. Isabelle Huppert's performance in that film is soul-destroying.
Happy New Year Fantastic Video
Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson are also in Die Hard 3. They make a good duo there
Argyle was just camp af and everyone hated it, and I’m like I’m here for the cat. 😂
Fun Fact: the Fright Night remake was shot and filmed in Rio Rancho NM which is about 2hrs or so away from me which is so cool. I love the Fright Night remake tbh.
And yes to more Nosferatu!!
I'm proud of you for getting through The Sadness. I wasn't kidding about the griminess of it lol
No you were not! I remember the warning
TW
I saw a tiktok saying that nosferatu is an allegory for SA and how the opening scene is Ellen experiencing it and the rest of the movie is the aftermath, for example the shadow of orloks hands constantly over her and how she refers to herself as unclean, I don’t know if I agree with this take but I think it definitely speaks to why so many people including myself felt so uncomfortable with Ellen’s character and found the movie so jarring.
Another great monthly recap and the first video of the new year on the main channel! Lots of great and interesting stuff stuff for December. I also want to say that I always love when you mention watching animated shows or movies and show your appreciation to it. Too many times do I find people crapping on animation as a medium for no reason other than they think it's always for kids but I'm glad you appreciate it for what it is. I gotta check out the John Williams documentary but I do know the Christopher Reeve documentary that I mentioned on patreon was really amazing and got me emotional watching it. But thanks again for another amazing monthly recap! Also I love your New Years look!
I know you’re a fellow animation girlie, what are your feelings towards frozen??
@@HauntedHippie I think the animation is alright. Wouldn't say it's my favorite when compared to other Disney animated projects and just other animated projects I've seen in general
That’s funny cuz I felt Babygirl lacked fangs and Nosferatu made up for it with me and my friend. We’re like the opposite in that opinion
8:48 😂 yeah I’ve got the humor of a middle schooler sometimes. Queer was too slow for my tastes, that last act was so bizarre. The film did pick up for me at that point
Ah yes, Sadness the Madness. The effects team did a great job with the practical gore. The ending kinda reminded me of the Dawn of the Dead remake: You have a sad moment. It cuts to a character's face (this time it's the infected one), you hear a gunshot and then bam! You get rock music. Plus you have a zombie baby as well.
Unbreakable is my favourite M Night movie.
I'm planning to watch Y2K now, but I'm a bit worried because of the negative reviews I've seen so far. Yeah, I know the whole thing with Rachel Zegler's Snow White but that's an entirely different thing.
Y2K is great 🤷🏽♀️
Just found you and binging your channel! Happy to join the cult. If you ever have merch I think it’ll be the coolest.
@@volladolll that’s a 2025 goal 🙏🏼
the director of christmas bloody christmas is a pretty rotten guy, a makeup artist reporter being assaultedby an actor on the set of his movie VFW and he kept the actor on and fired the victim
Afternoon Satan and Happy New Year! You look Book of Mormons today. My December, after a Die Hard 1 and 2 re-watch, I saw part of Spirited on Apple+ a musical comedy based on A Christmas Carol with Ryan Reynolds. During midway, the movie dragged in nutty dialogue exchange. Switched to a campy 60s Christmas cult classic, Santa Clause Conquers the Martians and Anna and the Apocalypse zombie musical on tubi. Then on MAX, The Wizard of Oz and Krampus. But on the horror side, my sis and saw Eli Roth’s Horror Sequels and Outbreaks episodes. My sis mentioned an interesting outbreak film on Eli’s docuseries, Pontypool, a radio dj cast and crew broadcasting during a zombie outbreak in their radio station. I’ve yet to see Heretic and Egger’s Nosferatu. On New Year’s Day, my sis, mom and I saw Wicked. It might be another alternate reality of The Wizard of Oz after The Wiz, Tin Man series and The Witches of Oz. I looked up author, L. Frank Baum, in his Wizard of Oz book series, there is a Glinda novel I might deep dive research into to see if the Wicked novels series coincides with L. Frank Baum’s.
Happy new year haunted hippie! Nice recap! Hope you get back to ash vs evil dead soon! I really enjoyed the first half of the creep tapes but admit I haven’t finished it yet so I need to get onto that lol I enjoy that duplass was able to re-invent the concept from the og movie.
I loved the og jungle book as a kid! It was on repeat all the time! I would’ve thought that the disclaimer was in reference to baloo dressing up in the skirt and wig during the king Louie scene just cuz I’ve heard complaints from people about it but I could be wrong.
I’m so glad you finally broke into the before trilogy I got you! This year is the 30th anniversary of that first film so great timing! I can’t wait til you finish the trilogy. It’s my dream to have a romance like that and linklater said it was all based on a real experience he had with a woman he met and just walked around talking.
I’m just glad that, with your ranking of silent night deadly night, you put part 2 as the best! Garbage day! Hahahaha my horror friends and I quote that moment all the time! It’s featured in tons of bad acting compilations on TH-cam and it’s worth the hype despite being a re-edit of the first movie essentially lol
Ooo I’m curious to hear your thoughts on eyes wide shut but it’s more from Tom cruise’s perspective and delves into weird sex cult stuff lol but Nicole has a great moment in the beginning that I know you’ll be into, also both movies take place during Christmas lol
Also I hope you check out the original fright night! It’s one of my favorite vampire movies and I like it miles above the remake. Can’t wait to see your top 10 vampire movies even though I already know twilight is gonna reign supreme. I also agree that nosferatu wasn’t all that lol
Thank you again my dark mistress for keeping your subject fed! Love the new year look and look forward to what you have in store for us this year! Also love that Tiffany is wearing the Jason mask hahah yahoo Doray!
Yahoo doray to all truly. Also don’t spoil my vampire ranking hahahah the people don’t need to know that twilight will be #1….. yet
Nosferatu was a surprise hit it is definitely in my top 3 of last year 13/10 it really earns those extra 3 points the crow is my first movie best movie last year hands down then ghost right here right now and 3 is nosferatu it was a year of insanely good movies
My reading of Nosferatu was that it wasn't about pleasure at all but sexual violence and the guilt, shame, and trauma that comes along with it. The ending to me felt like Ellen finally taking back her agency in a world that was actively refusing to listen to her about her own trauma.
Ok love this take, will use it to inform my next viewing
@HauntedHippie yay! Yeah i definitely think it also plays a big part in her and Thomas's relationship. Especially after the return from the castle and his own experience with Orlok. To me, it definitely sank more into the "horror" part of gothic horror with that reading of it lol
Ok, you’re filming on New Year’s Eve. I have to compliment you look. Very nice. Boy so many tv shows to watch. Especially when they release all the episodes at once. I’ll have to recommend Flow to my daughters and granddaughters. Yes a few cat people. I’ve taken a vacation from Disney for a while. I want to see that John Williams Documentary. I was there for all your watch alongs. Thanks. I’ve had fun too watching the Harry Potter movies. Got to catch up on Ethan Hawke movies.👍 Still have not Argylle yet. Sorry I’m sure I’ll like it too. Yes safe space. Glitter in your eye, oh my. 😮 Baby Girl, chick flick. Shhhh, I like chick flicks too. Most of the time when they kick ass. But we do like to see passion too. Ah, finally saw Unbelievable. I hope you remembered my suggestion to pick up on the use of Comic Book colors that M. Knight used. The bright colors and the soft darker background and clothes on other people. Thank for the compliments on M.Knight. I find him always interesting. Yes I always catch all your reviews. Your input is always welcomed. Ok, and your Dads too.
Still talking about Nosferatu. Yes there is a lot to unpack from that movie.
Hey Kylie awesome breakdown rundown of the Christmas movies Our little secret, Carry on saw you're take of those on the patreon page. As well as You're thoughts on Babygirl another Drama Romantic film Nicole Kidman as Romy, Young Intern Harris Dickinson, the Great Antonio Banderas Jacob haven't seen it but I've heard so many good things about it. Alongside Heretics that's really cool which your friends were behind the making of it. I'll talk about Nosferatu in your review on it but just to give quick thoughts absolutely loved the movie undoubtedly enthralled and floured by all the performances Robert Eggers delivers a creative, imaginative yet exhilarating experience with his style of filmmaking takes ambitious risks then comes with a reward.
Happy New Year! Let's hope for another great year for horror films.
Fr 2024 was great!!
Jealous you get to watch Ash Evil Dead for the first time..
Happy 2025! 17:17. “When Evil Lurks” is the BETTER version. Watch it. Its phenomenally Bleak and not in the way that’ll put you off completely.
Happy New Year Kylie,
You look good Antichrist. This is a nice monthly recap. I know it is funny. All the December movies and shows are last years news. Now more new ones for a new year. I love your videos. Your haunted hippie channel is fantastic. What is wrong? With Disney animation. You learn something new everyday. I am a Twilight fan. Harry Potter is a good choice too. You have a great list. I enjoy dark movies. I still enjoy the Jungle Book too. Animation has changed since The Jungle Book was made. The good old days of Disney company. Great first video of the year. You picked some good ones. Take care now. Have fun with your channel. ❤️🎥😊🐍
Thank you! It’s so nice to have you along for the ride! 🙏🏼
The crew is on the ship, I am not gay but I loved the 2011 version of fright night, I do hope everyone has a happy and safe weekend 😊❤
Been debating shaving my head for a year now. I am officially committing to the bald life!
holy shit you included my comment (and you got my pronouns right!)! I still stand by my interpretation, but I've also come to understand that it's based on the assumption that her intimacy with Orlok earlier in life was consensual and pleasurable in a way that would be utterly socially taboo. A friend of mine read it as SA (which, if that was the case, it was certainly a CHOICE for the director as it's not in any other version of Nosferatu), and thus the central horror of the movie being Ellen's guilt and shame over sexuality in general. That makes sense to me, but I think the interpretation removes male/patriarchal culpability *as intentionally portrayed in fiction rather than real life* in Ellen's situation. If the central horror the movie is to be her individual, traumatic experience as allegory of the horror of patriarchy, then why were so many of her actions reduced to the men around her and her relationships to them. Where is the feminine interiority? Idk. Might have felt different about it if the final scene had shown the Ellen's death orgasmic/showing her having pleasure beyond "pure sacrifice for others" but who knows. Though the movie took away a lot of the agency Ellen/Lucy (in the 1970s version) had by having Orlok threaten her with the time limit AND Defoe's character tell her the silver bullet, so maybe not...
This actually brings me to another aspect of the film that didn't work well for me that I was able to identify after watching Be Kind Rewind's comparison of all three versions of Nosferatu: the complete shift of collective trauma/storytelling to that of the individual. For a movie that happens with a plague, it sure doesn't acknowledge the plague much around how it affects Frederick's business and perfect bourgeois family. This is particularly interesting when comparing it to the original which was also 4 years after a pandemic (Spanish Flu).
I have so many thoughts about this and maybe this movie just wasn't for me, and that's fine. Just interesting that the first American rather than German version of this movie made these narrative choices. Sorry for rambling so much, but I really wanted to like this movie more and it's been hard to come across someone who didn't love it.
Really great review and get up! Look a little like chappel roan and olivia rodrigo. BTW I saw Nosferatu on Wednesday. You were right. Don't get me wrong, I thought it was good and entertaining. The beginning was good, and the jump scare was effective. It's a very sexual film. But it started to lose me in the middle. Some things didn't make sense to me, like her being connected to Orlock all this time. But nonetheless was good 7/10. There's gonna be a limited and extended edition that has extended and deleted scenes. Maybe you'll like that version more. I'm glad you'd loved and enjoyed before Sunrise. That's my favorite trilogy from Linklater. I feel like you'll enjoy the rest of the series. I think you'll enjoy Boyhood, which is also directed by Linklater and staring Ethan Hawke. It's nostalgic watching it because you're watching the actors growing up and watching the trends of what was happening back then. Yeah I definitely recommend you'd watch Eyes Wide Shut a very good and interesting movie that deals with sexual politics and mystery thriller. I also recommend you'd watch Almost Famous. It's like Dazed And Confused it's set in the 70s and is considered a hangout movie. Glad you're taking my suggestion for top 10 vampire movies. Also Sinners is coming out in either March or April. Hagazussa also has a scene of SA just to warn you. But like I said is a german austrian of the witch
Luckily I have all those movies on physical media!! From you or others, so they’re all on the list for 2025
Happy 2025 Great selection of movies you choose to watch for the month of December
I sense a M. night deep dive coming out this year ? 😏😏 love your looks girl and this video ! Completely agree with fright Night lol they knew what they were doing while casting those men
I hope so but god those director deep dives take a LOT out of me haha. See you already knew what I was talking about with fright night 😂
Nice recap.. yes John Williams is just different.. all his music in Home Alone especially "Somewhere in My Memory" is my favorite.. and obviously Jurassic Park too..
Yes Before Sunrise is great.. Richard Linklater in the 90s was the one of if not best at writing dialogue and capturing the performances in a way that makes the characters feel like real people having real conversations versus actors acting.. Slacker (1990) was his first film and it set the tone for independent filmmaking in the 90s, even before Tarantino, Gregg Araki, and Kevin Smith.. Linklater truly is a goat..
Can't pretend like I've seen a ton of Nicole Kidman films in my lifetime, but she's always been elite and highly respected, I know she's a method actor or at least used to be.. I'll check this one out!
I think it’s a career defining performance from what I’ve seen of her!
@@HauntedHippie Nice.. Dogville is a good one!
OK I guess I'll go see Baby Girl tonight
love the earrings! very sue
They were from my Sue costume hehe
@ that’s funny i’m sure you slayed
ok after seeing nosferatu i think, with much respect to you, that you may be looking for something the film was not actually attempting to engage with. I think it has a deeply asexual perspective. ellen, in my opinion, was not desiring pleasure, she was desiring to be understood, and to have her experiences as someone with a strong, intuitive spiritual perspective on the world, validated. Sex in the film is depicted as a really basic mundane thing that can be a means of production and imprisonment (Anna and her children), a weapon and means of control (Orlok), or a flimsy attempt at connection and comfort that ultimately is an estranging, temporary experience ("kiss my heart"). Ellen dosnt desire sexual pleasure because she knows that it's fleeting. She desires eternity, she desires a transcendant comfort that isnt attainable in life. The sex scene was so profoundly sad that i cried at it, and throughout the rest of the movie. I related really strongly with Ellen. dunno. Thats my 8 cents
WHAT COLOR IS THAT ON UR LIPS- gurllllll! It literally made me feel like I was 17 and falling in love! ♥️
That’s so specific! It’s called like Divine Wine or something
@ THANK YOU! ♥️
Yeah 🙌 love me some suggestions
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We made it 2025 is here
I'm freshly 40 and still trying to make my first feature so after I learned that Mackay was half my age and had already made 5 movies I'm filled with mixed feelings of "I'm such a failure for not making a movie yet" and "I'm so happy there's such a prolific trans director out there right now".
T Blockers is another great one of hers, probably my fave!
Right like I gotta figure out where she finds the money! lol