NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (1979) dir. Werner Herzog

• Where can we find two better hemispheres, without sharp north, without declining west? My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears, and true plain hearts do in thee faces rest. Within twenty-four hours, my work will be finished, and then, my precious jewel, I will join you in your setting. We shall be reunited forever in a secluded corner of the great elysian field of the beautiful beyond! - Dr. Anton Phibes
• Vulnavia, my work is almost complete. Go and destroy all that I have created. - Dr. Anton Phibes
• My love, sweet Queen and noble wife. I alone remain to bring delivery of your pain. Severed my darling, too quickly from this life. Of fires drawn and memories met, I shall hold our two hearts again in single time. Nine killed you. Nine shall die. Nine times, nine! Nine killed you! Nine shall die! Nine eternities in DOOM! - Dr. Anton Phibes

• Joseph Cotten would grumble on the set that he had to remember and deliver lines, while Vincent Price’s were all to be post-dubbed. Price responded, “Yes, but I still know them, Joe.” In fact, Price was well-known in Hollywood for his ability to memorize all of the characters’ lines in a given production, not just his own.
• In order to gain more publicity this film was advertised as Vincent Price’s 100th feature film.
• Originally advertised in the U.S. with the tag line, “Love Means Never Having to Say You’re Ugly,” a parody of a famous line from “Love Story,” out the previous year. However, that was replaced after the first week, as opening box office was disappointing and it turned out audiences had no idea what sort of film this was supposed to be. A new advertising campaign made it clear it was a horror film, and afterwards it became a box-office hit.
• Dr. Phibes murders were inspired by the 10 plagues of Egypt found in the Old Testament: 1. Boils (Prof. Thornton is stung to death by bees; it’s referenced but not shown) 2. Bats (Dr. Dunwoody is mauled to death by bats) 3. Frogs (Dr. Hargreaves’s throat is crushed by a mechanical frog mask) 4. Blood (the blood is drained from Dr. Longstreet’s body) 5. Hail (Dr. Hedgepath is frozen to death by a machine spewing ice) 6. Rats (Dr. Kitaj crashes his plane when he is attacked by rats) 7. Beasts (Dr. Whitcombe is speared by the horn of a brass unicorn head) 8. Locusts (Nurse Allen is eaten by locusts) 9. Death of the first born (Phibes kidnaps and attempts to kill Dr. Vesalius’s son) 10. Darkness - This may refer to a) Phibes drains the blood from his own body while injecting embalming fluid, apparently joining his wife in death or b) the depiction of a solar eclipse at the very end.

A New Hope (1977) dir. George Lucas

ALIEN (1979)

The night He came home!