All the backlash around this fim was idiotic, with many thinking activism is legit Art analysis but I digress. The backlash around Orlok’s moustache does take the idiocracy trophy, though. I saw countless guys, of all ages, with a moustache on my way to the theater. There were dudes with moustaches on my screening. Moustaches are very popular and almost “national treasure” status on several countries. “Dracula” also has a moustache in the novel, and if you look at 16th century portraits of Eastern European noblemen, they all had moustaches. Also, Orlok looks weird without the moustache:
The moustache backlash is very frustrating but can sort of be chalked up to personal taste, (people just not liking moustaches) and plain ignorance of historical context.
The stupid take that drives me absolutely crazy though is the “Orlok skips leg day” meme that persisted with people laughing about the final shot of the movie.
The number of times I heard “I can’t believe THAT was what he was hiding under his huge coat!” or “how did he walk on those sticks?!” about his legs despite, 1) Orlok’s ENTIRE BODY being skeletal after he died and not just his legs, and 2) we’d seen his perfectly normal (other than the rot!) legs multiple times over the course of the movie including in the VERY SAME SCENE!
Secret order, elitist horde of creeping fire, seizing power Riders of the lupus hour Eye on palm, time is gone Moonlight drawn, fly till dawn Sacrifice to rise beyond Deep inside the violent calm of the coming storm In blood sworn to glorify and for life adorn With all that dies to become unborn
Upon request, I have depicted what I believe our Lord and shared boyfriend, Count Orlok, may have looked like when he was alive. This was such a fun challenge.
As ever, thank you all for all of the love, the feedback, the thirsting, the encouragement, praise, all the reblogs and best of all, unhinged tags, on my previous works!! I appreciate all of you so very much!!
never forget when saruman literally told gandalf “you’ve been smoking too much weed bro”
“You’re smoking too much weed,” says the guy who got addicted to manosphere podcasts on his orb and started a fascist militia with a side hobby of deliberate environmental destruction. Started cutting down trees to own the woke elves.
I often complain about the mainstream marketing campaign around this film, but Bill Skarsgård photoshoots to promote Count Orlok were diabolical. I don’t know whose marketing genius idea was it, but they knew exactly what they were doing.
