‘Nosferatu’ Director Robert Eggers Thanks ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ for Teaching Kids About Classic Horror
Sooner or later, folk horror master Robert Eggers will just have to make a movie about the most frightening figure from ancient legend — look out for The Hash Slinging Slasher next summer.
During the Golden Age of animated comedy, writers on cartoon shows aimed at children seized the opportunity to teach impressionable minds about the beauty of history, literature and classic folktales while telling fart jokes that made parents turn up their noses. Just as all the Harvard nerds of The Simpsons’ writers’ room filled each episode featuring Mr. Burns with cultural tidbits from bygone eras, kids’ shows like SpongeBob SquarePants and Muppet Babies made sure that new generations of elementary school students wouldn’t graduate second grade without at least a cursory knowledge of German Expressionist silent films.
As such, when Eggers’ remake of the 102-year-old Gothic horror film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror premieres this Christmas, many of...
During the Golden Age of animated comedy, writers on cartoon shows aimed at children seized the opportunity to teach impressionable minds about the beauty of history, literature and classic folktales while telling fart jokes that made parents turn up their noses. Just as all the Harvard nerds of The Simpsons’ writers’ room filled each episode featuring Mr. Burns with cultural tidbits from bygone eras, kids’ shows like SpongeBob SquarePants and Muppet Babies made sure that new generations of elementary school students wouldn’t graduate second grade without at least a cursory knowledge of German Expressionist silent films.
As such, when Eggers’ remake of the 102-year-old Gothic horror film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror premieres this Christmas, many of...
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