“Nosferatu” by Robin Carolan

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The main reason why I wanted to have Robert Eggers’ latest work Nosferatu on my blog is the arresting logo design by Teddy Blanks. This US graphic designer, who has previously collaborated with Eggers on his 2019 maritime horror film The Lighthouse, has created a haunting gothic font that I could hardly take my eyes off. It’s so menacing and seductively dark and I feel a whole lot of emotions just by looking at it. But that’s no surprise, as Blanks is a household name in Hollywood with well over a hundred titles under his belt. This guy knows exactly…

“Leave the World Behind” by Mac Quayle

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For quite some time now, it has almost been a kind of weird tradition for Netflix to release a post-apocalyptic end-of-the-world movie around Christmas time. Somehow the executives there have this strange opinion that this particular film genre would be the perfect match for the cozy and cheerful winter holidays. You’d only have to look back over the last few years. In 2018 there was the woefully underwhelming, but very successful horror thriller Bird Box, directed by highly acclaimed Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier. Or the almost single-handedly made – and unfortunately botched – George Clooney flick The Midnight Sky from…

“Waves” by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

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A rather small entry for one of Trent Reznor’s and Atticus Ross’ most abstract and deconstructed works as of late, their score for the 2019 film Waves, directed by Trey Edward Shults, known for his previous work on It Comes at Night. I decided to tackle this score when I found out that on the digital release each track was embedded with unique artwork – a feat that has been pulled off on several of Trent Reznor’s releases, such as the Nine Inch Nails instrumental album Ghosts I-IV, or the debut album Welcome Oblivion of his side project How To Destroy Angels….

“Stranger Things: Season Three & Four” by Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein, Various Artists

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Happy Stranger Things day! Today is November 6th, the day Will Byers went missing in the show’s first season and a good opportunity for me to head back into the upside-down. A few years ago, I had published a really extensive collection of tribute covers for the first two seasons, mainly based on movies from the 80s. After weeks and weeks of creative labor I thought that I was more or less done with Stranger Things. I’ve made just too many covers back then and there were not enough 80s cult hits left for me to tackle. But when I…

“Steve Jobs” by Daniel Pemberton

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There was a time when I considered myself to be one of the people commonly known as Apple fanboys. And this despite the fact that the only products with an Apple logo on the back that I ever owned were exclusively iPods and iPhones. Nevertheless, I’ve held the brand and the lifestyle associated with it in the highest regard. Apple was synonymous for the creatives, for the artists and, above all, for freethinkers. Their products were excitingly different and always light years ahead of everyone else’s. I will probably always remember that sleepless night right before the delivery of my…