Nosferatu 2024 Based on Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horror by Henrick Galeen and Dracula by Bram Stoker, screenplay and direction by Robert Eggers. It's his fourth movie, I've only seen his first movie, The Witch and I didn't like that much. I compared it to eating a worm. I've not watched his two other movies, The Lighthouse or The Northman, not wanting to eat another worm. I was interested in Nosferatu despite the mixed comments on the IMDb.
Ellen Hutter is the wife of Thomas Hutter, she's got a bit of a fatal supernatural attraction. She was lonely as a child and a supernatural being contacted her mentally and made her his eternal slave. The being is Count Orlok and he's a despicable creature who sucks the blood out of people's chests. He never called again but he's always kept Ellen in his cold black heart until she married in 1838. Ellen is still bothered by disturbing dreams, ones she's had since her first contact with the supernatural beast. Orlok contacts an estate agent and has them send Thomas to Transylvania with a deed to a ruined manor house in the German town of Wisburg. Thomas travels from Germany to the Carpathian Mountains in Romania by horse, a 6 week journey. Ellen doesn't want him to go but he thinks this will give him a better standing in the firm and put some well needed cash in his pocket.
The Count puts the fear of Orlok in Thomas after he arrives. Thomas attacks the Count and tries to kill him. Orlok is strong and fight back. Thomas escapes the castle by falling into the river, he survives and is befriended by some nuns. After recovering he leaves and heads for home. Orlok in the meantime has taken a ship on a roundabout route to northern German. I suspect it's for the onboard buffet, by horse and carriage would be a more complicated journey. The ship arrives in Wisburg and brings the plague with it. People in the town are dying by the dozens. Orlok starts sucking on Ellen's chest and killing the locals.
Lots of horrible stuff goes on in Wisburg, Thomas returns home to find the plague has killed off many locals. Orlok is taken to the manor house by Thomas's boss. The poor man is nearly insane. Ellen and Dr von Franz figure out a way to kill Orlok. The deed is done at great sacrifice.
I liked the movie more than I did The Witch. It looks great but it's a tad long and could use some noise abatement. Ending a scene with a big rise in volume is something I find more annoying than scary. I'm not sold enough to go buy a copy as I might never get around to it again. It does remind me to avoid marrying a possessed woman. Nothing but trouble.
Crash! 1976 Written by Marc Marais and directed by Charles Band.
Jose Ferrer is married to Sue Lyon, he's a partial invalid and she's much younger. He blames her for his condition and makes her life miserable. He uses occult means to drive her car off the road. She's hurt and unconscious when they police find her. John Ericson is the doctor at the hospital. She wakes but has lost her memory. Before the accident Sue had picked up an odd figure at a flea market. It's got some sort of powers and it later gives Sue the ability to control the car she was driving. It turns into a killing machine, riding around driver-less, forcing people off the road. All the cars seem filled with high octane aviation fuel. They explode with great fireballs. Later she possesses a wheelchair to kill Jose's doberman, the dog had attacked her and caused the accident in which she was hurt. Jose tries to kill her at the hospital, he fails but manages to escape unseen. John gets his nurse to hide her at her house.
There's a lot of running about and car chases mixed with some investigations into the occult. The movie is 84 mins long but it's pretty padded to get to that running time. There's a long sequence near the end where they show all the car crashes in fuzzyvision. The crashes and the explosions are fairly entertaining but the story is kind of weak. The cast is OK but no one stands out. I enjoyed some of it but it's not enough to make me want to buy a copy.