Wagner's Writings

  Nosferatu (2024) is a remake of the 1922 F.W. Murau’s film of the same name. This time at the helm is Robert Eggers. He’s the director of The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman, and now… The Nosferatu. He typically does folk horror, but with The Northman he branched out to an epic viking saga whilst maintaining this atmosphere of religious superstitions that Nordic people would’ve held. Now he tackles the Germanic interpretation of Dram Stoker’s Dracula in Nosferatu. When asked what the difference between Nosferatu and Dracula is, the answer usually lies in atmosphere. Dracula is usually a more horror approach while Nosferatu is more of a gothic, dreadful take on the same story.  1922’s Nosferatu is by all means a cult classic that practically gave us what horror is today. Max Schreck’s performance and design as Count Orlok is still such a striking presence when watching. The long fingers, how pale he is, the sharp teeth, the wide eyes, the pointed ears, how rigid he is w...

  On January 15th, legendary filmmaker and artist David Lynch had passed away at age 78. Actors, entertainers, and artists alike die everyday, and this is one of those deaths that really set some pain in my heart. I haven’t seen all of his films. I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I must be honest. Haven’t even finished Twin Peaks. I definitely plan to now. The guilt is waaaayyyyy too real.   I was in high school and began to sprout my horizons on film and media in general; going back to classic silent films of the 20’s and 30’s, the more dirty realism of the 70’s, and an overall surrealism and avant garde take on storytelling. And if you ever take a creative route, you will more than likely be recommended David Lynch’s filmography. I read some reviews on Eraserhead and Blue Velvet, but didn’t think I was ready for them when I was a teenager.  When people say Lynchian, they’re usually referring to the surreal, dream-like (or nightmarish) mood with storytelling usually ...

  2025. It'll definitely be a year. Whether or not it’ll be a good one has yet to be seen. Regardless, I’m here and have to keep moving forward. The last few months of 2024 was one of the most challenging and mentally-taxed months of my life and if things went more south, I probably would’ve been a shattered form of myself.  But I’m still here, bitches . Things have gotten better for now, but I have this odd belief that if I celebrate anything big or small, some form of the universe will count that as arrogance and swiftly punish me for such thinking. So there’ll be no celebrating from me. In addition to that, instead of reflecting on the past year, I’ll focus on the present ignoring too what the future holds, because fuck me, does it depress me.  When that over-sized disco ball hit 0 to welcome the new year, I didn’t celebrate. I didn’t even write down any resolutions for 2025. The main goal is survival, me thinks. I got to thinking on that… and I still feel that ...