Snobbin: Beautiful Trash in the Pop Culture Gutter

A stylish, erotic vampire thriller that makes up for its lack of plot with good music and interesting performances by Susan Sarandon and David Bowie. Bauhaus's performance was a welcome addition. 

An unconventional vampire love story, focusing more on the sensual than the gory aspects of the vampire mythos. As with many Rollin films, the limited dialogue adds to the ambiguous nature of the vampire protagonists.

Stylish but ultimately a rehash of vampire tropes that felt unfinished. I wanted something more because of the hype. 

Jean Rollin's movies are always beautifully shot and, while generally lacking a traditional narrative, present interesting protagonists and little dialogue. Overall, this is a complex story about friendship in the guise of a vampire movie.

As someone who writes both fiction and nonfiction every day, I often discover snippets of writing in notebooks or in long-forgotten files on my hard drive. Generally, I know what they are. At least, I have some idea of why I wrote them. If they are nonfiction, I sometimes revise them for blog posts. The fiction snippets are more difficult to use. I always tell myself that I will finish the story or find a place to use it in the ever-expanding novel that I secretly contend is narratively daring. This snippet is amusing, if nothing else, so I am sharing it. Perhaps, I want to remind myself at some future date that I will eventually finish each of these brief pieces. Another thing, why did I think I could use goosebump as a verb? For this story, I wonder what was coming next: a scary ghost story, a humorous tale, a novel about Bill and his madcap crew of camp rangers, or the secret life of William Jefferson Clinton. One thing I do know is that I am now hungry for s'mores. Take it ...