DAILY CALL SHEET: NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The Return of the Vampire (1943) Smack dab in the middle of WWII, German bombs unearth a vampire who, though he dresses and acts like Universal's Dracula and is played by Bela Lugosi, is definitely not to be confused with Universal's Dracula. He's Armand Tesla. You got that, lawyers? Anyway, Tesla brings his fluffy wolfman servant along with him and generally causes mayhem for the family who staked him the first time around. The movie is missing some of the stylistic touches found in the Universal oeuvre, but has enough of its own quirky charm and atmosphere to carry it along.

TIL: Speaking of people who aren't quite the real thing, in Matthew 4 Jesus warned his followers about future imposters, saying, “See that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many." Not only was he right, but it's getting worse. The Wikipedia list of people who have claimed to be Jesus notes one in the 17th century, two in the 18th, nine in the 19th, and thirty in the 20th century. Heck, we're only 1/4 of the way into the 21st century and there's already twelve. So, what's worse, that we're producing greater numbers of people with delusions of grandeur, or that people keep falling for them?

I HAVE SOME NOTES: More rambling reflections on my Daily Scripture readings.