Original promotional concept sketches created by German artist & production designer Albin Grau for the classic silent horror film, NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR (1922).
My book of illustrated poetry is on sale today for #InternationalFairyDay. Besides being heavily influenced by Keats and the Shelleys (among many others), the darker side of fairies and their enchanting otherworldliness found in literature/poetry have inspired me since childhood—even the title poem is based on the folkloric ideas of Ireland’s “Faery Tree”.
First edition hardcover here: https://t.co/IXskFn2axF
A fine, cool morning teaching Rembrandt connoisseurship at the Wallace Collection. Though it looks like the great man wasn’t that impressed with what I had to say…
#MythologyMonday According to legend, Elizabeth Báthory believed bathing in young women's virginal blood would grant her eternal youth. Báthory’s alleged sadism has inspired films, plays, operas, television shows, even video games. https://t.co/WzwD8IBxPo
Art- Santiago Caruso
DRACULA 1958
Peter Cushing Christopher Lee
Michael Gough Melissa Stribling
John Van Eyssen Carol Marsh
Valerie Gaunt Janine Faye
#TerenceFisher#HammerFilms
Saint Anthony Preaching to the Fish in Rimini, detail, 1518, fresco, anonymous painter from the circle of Gerolamo Tessari, Basilica di Sant’Antonio, Padua
When 'Dracula' 1st released in 1931, it came with an epilogue where Edward Van Sloan (Van Helsing) reassured the audience that vampires exist.They apparently removed it out of fear it’d anger religious groups. After almost a century, it has been restored. https://t.co/TmBJOBvhTD