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Study 084 - Nellie Foster (Patreon)

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2024-03-28 18:11:55
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August Derleth redeems himself with the excellent vampire story Nellie Foster!

Special thanks to our lovely reader Heather Klinke!

Check out Vampires and Corpses and Cats—Oh My! from the Cuddlywumps Cat Chronicles.

Next up: an extra credit episode on Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter!

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Mandy Reznor (She/It)

The thing is, Derleth could be a good writer—just not a good *Mythos* writer, generally. And on that note, I'd like to once more recommend a good Lovecraft-themed tale of Derleth's, "The Lamp of Alhazred."

Ann Knight

I remember liking Derleth's story "The Lonesome Place." which I read in an anthology many years ago. Thanks, this was a good one.

Illegal_Structures

Wow, Derleth redemption arc! Did not see that one coming!

Sweatin' to the Great Oldies

This sounded a bit like Old Gods of Appalachia to me. Marginalized folks getting things done while the normies obliviously write off that which could kill them.

REO Jackwagon

This whole episode is simply packed with classic Chris & Chad goodness. Chef kiss! Heather was great, and I was thrilled to hear my fave creepy sound effect from the old days. A personal note about Mako Mori. Despite everything about her, after beating the hero for 3 of 5 in the stick fight, he still has an "apologize to her!" fight with the Aussie. Lame. And every damn time she sees battle, she has a panic attack and the hero has to save her. Double lame. It sucks all the air out of what could have been a great character. But that movie's script was so bad, even Idris Elba couldn't save it.

Jim Cannon

I've said this before - maybe on the old boards or Witchhouse site - but Derleth's cardinal sin was doing pastiche. I really wish he had done Mythos stories set in Wisconsin. He had absolutely no sense for New England, but insisted on aping whatever formula he perceived Lovecraft to be using. While ignoring what Lovecraft actually did: "write what you know." So its nice to have external confirmation that Derleth could do the work when being himself.

Jim Cannon

My recollection re: I am Legend is that the virus originates from a bat or bats from South America. Although Matheson IS cagey about whether those bats flew over an open grave at any time.

Andew

Derleth wrote many fantastic supernatural stories. His collections Lonesome Places, Someone in the Dark and Dwellers in Darkness are all very good.

Steve

As far as High Concept movies go, I'm there for Lady Macbeth Vampire Hunter, with Tilda Swinton.

Anne Ominous

Perkins as coward is perhaps a bit harsh. Stereotypical: yes. She did hand over the crucifix Kraft was a great reluctant and humble hero. I can picture her determined face and fierce digging throughout that storm Derleth just dunked on all of us!

Allison Albright

There are so many horror stories or thrillers where one person knows what's going on and is trying to tell the husband, the parents, the townspeople etc. and is disbelieved and that part is always so stressful to me. On the other hand, if you imagine your friend or your spouse coming to you and saying that there's a vampire attacking the town's children you might be inclined to recommend that they speak to a mental health professional of some kind. Also I am here for Lady MacBeth, Vampire Hunter. Take my money. This story was such a pleasant surprise from Derleth.

Darth Pseudonym

I think the key thing to understand about the Bechdel Test is that it isn't a goal as such -- as originally stated, it was merely meant to point out that even if you set the bar as ridiculously low as "two women don't talk about men", the vast majority of movies still fail. It doesn't make them bad movies, it's just drawing attention to a problem. The ultimate goal is for women to get to be deep and interesting characters as often as men get to be. The point of the "test" is to say "Never mind equality, you aren't even doing the bare minimum yet!"

Alison Scott

I'm reminded of "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspel.

Rick Hound

Bringing forth Dandello and its eerie call to the many quantum vampires that linger on every corner.

Mooncubus

Going off of how the Lovecraft stories he published weren't really Lovecraft, it reminds me of a Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell book I read years ago that turned out to be written by a completely different person. The funny part of that is it was my first introduction to Tom Clancy, and when I sought out another of his books I ended up not liking it nearly as much. So I guess sometimes there are gems hidden in the guise of riding on another author's coattails. Or I'm just weird.

Eldritch Golem (JPM)

As something of an erstwhile Derleth defender - see my essay "The Lurker at the Threshold of Interpretation" in the book Theology and H.P. Lovecraft (2022) - I will also chime in and say that Derleth was a great horror writer and should not be judged solely on his pastiche work, in the same way that L. Sprague de Camp should not be judged solely on the basis of his Robert E. Howard pastiche work. Which is not to say that de Camp did not produce some fine Conan pastiches and Derleth some fine Mythos work. I'm still surprised that Chris and Chad have never covered what is undoubtedly Derleth's best Mythos story: "The Thing That Walked on the Wind." Also since I'm bringing up my academic bonafides here, I'll mention that I know John Edgar Browning. He's a cool guy. If Chris is interested in learning more about "real vampires" I would recommend the book Vampires Today: The Truth about Modern Vampirism (2009) by another friend and colleague Joseph Laycock.

Erik Gordon

Just made a deal with my cat that if I die he will turn me into a vampire. I'm dead! What do I have to loose.

Sweeney in the Trees

"It's not literally blood", well, unless you believe the Catholic teaching on transubstantiation. The wine into blood always confused me during school.

Kyle Griffiths

I stumbled across this quote in David Perkins “a history of modern poetry” volume 1 & had to share: “August William Derleth (1909-1971) also absorbed the poetry of Frost. His region was Wisconsin, and he claimed to be the "most versatile and voluminous writer in quality writing fields" but his poems are better than this boast might suggest. His rural setting is roughly similar to Frost's, and he shared some of Frost's virtues, such as sly humor and reflective point.”

Patrick Ziselberger

Since March is for Draculas, I thought I'd share this summary of the novel that I wrote to the tune of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah: I heard there was an undead guy Who captured Harker for his brides But you don't really Bloofer Lady Do ya? It goes like this: Renfield, the Count A cowboy and a madhouse tout Van Helsing with his stakes; it's all for Mina. All for Mina, All for Mina. By the way, you've been pronouncing my last name correctly. Ziselberger like "Thistle" and "burger". I guess if you can say Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn, my name isn't so hard.