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Farewell, sweet Claudia...
'Interview with the Vampire' (1994) dir. Neil Jordan. #DeathByFolklore
In an interesting use of #DeathByFolklore Pearly Gates imagery, St. Peter reminds the Christmas Angels and the Great British Public to "post early for Christmas". 'Christmas is Coming' (1951) dir. Lotte Reiniger - a promotional film commissioned by the General Post Office.
CROSSROADS. English law stated that suicides should be buried in the highway before 1823. Eerie crossroads were chosen and the corpse was often staked. This ritual was to deter others & supports the belief that restless suicides could easily return as #vampires #DeathByFolklore
Taken from a traditional Russian folktale, and full of all manner of Death and devilry - 'The Soldier and Death' (1989) dir. Jim Henson. Taken from Jim Henson's The StoryTeller series - season 1. #DeathByFolklore
Sleep is often used as a metaphor for death/resurrection/salvation in fairytales: 'Sleeping Beauty / Dornröschen' (1943) dir. Ferdinand Diehl. #DeathByFolklore
VAMPYR, 1932, dir Carl Dreyer. In Romanian folklore a vampire is a dead person's shadow. In this film shadows leave their owners, commit murder and dance together; a man witnesses his own funeral from within his casket and the machinations of vampires become real #DeathByFolklore