Why Inceldom Discussion? Because the focus of these horror characters is not just that they're scary, but that they're horrible to look at. These are the incels of the classic horror era.
First, Nosferatu. Count Orlok (the Nosferatu guy) was designed to be deliberately different from Bram Stoker's charming noble. He is a corpse possessed by a demon. He sleeps in plague infected dirt. Rats follow him everywhere. And if that wasn't rotter enough, Orlok invented the trope of being destroyed by sunlight.
Some people argue that Bram Stoker's Dracula never said Dracula was "handsome" like Bela Lugosi and that the films ruined him. But in the books Dracula was at least charismatic and seductive. Orlok is none of these things. Truecel down to his bones.
And then there's The Phantom of the Opera. I don't think he needs much introduction. He's the inkwell who was persecuted for being a subterranean male. But interesting trivia, he's played by Lon Chaney Sr. His son, Lon Chaney Jr., would follow in his father's horror footsteps and be The Wolf Man.
First, Nosferatu. Count Orlok (the Nosferatu guy) was designed to be deliberately different from Bram Stoker's charming noble. He is a corpse possessed by a demon. He sleeps in plague infected dirt. Rats follow him everywhere. And if that wasn't rotter enough, Orlok invented the trope of being destroyed by sunlight.
Some people argue that Bram Stoker's Dracula never said Dracula was "handsome" like Bela Lugosi and that the films ruined him. But in the books Dracula was at least charismatic and seductive. Orlok is none of these things. Truecel down to his bones.
And then there's The Phantom of the Opera. I don't think he needs much introduction. He's the inkwell who was persecuted for being a subterranean male. But interesting trivia, he's played by Lon Chaney Sr. His son, Lon Chaney Jr., would follow in his father's horror footsteps and be The Wolf Man.
