And learning about how Nosferatu is a 'copy' of Dracula would explain why someone with more western sensibilities would enjoy the Dracula story OVER Nosferatu. We know Dracula as a rich man who steals women's souls. Nosferatu is about beauty taming the beast. It's feminist by default.
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Dracula is a "fight the dragon" story, and when the men are like 'idk what to do', it's annoying.
But both Nosferatu and Midsommar are written by men and are not really writing the films as feminist films.
All of the men in Midsommar are self centered. The men in Nosferatu fail to take things seriously until it's too late.
Compare to The Substance where the men are not innocent, they're more like obstacles, and Elizabeth HAS her own depth of flaws to react to them. She HAS a chance to get out, but still stays in.
Midsommar / Nosferatu / The Substance = She's a victim of society and she gets empowered in the end.
There's more to it than that, sister.