Funny and sad and thrilling and considered and heartbreaking and high energy and insightful and I loved it.
As an aside, this was the last place I expected to hear my Armenian grandfather’s name but shout out to Garnik.
I think I need Robert Eggers to do a “Gothic Literature Adaptation” series because this is proof that he GETS it. Every frame of this movie was stunning. The ATMOSPHERE was insane. The lighting, the shadows, the darkness… wow.
I can’t help but compare it to Dracula and I felt that Thomas lacked some of the agency that Jonathan has. ATJ’s Friedrich was fine (and his staunch cynicism of the occult was an effective grounding perspective) but Ellen really was the…