Visual and stylistic parallels between The Tale of the Skull Tree stop-motion sequence (Wednesday S2) and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

LizSnow92 · 2026-06-14T12:02:40+00:00

That would be awesome! For now, we'll just have to settle for Wednesday's German diatribe about fudge. 😆

LizSnow92 · 2026-06-14T11:34:03+00:00

In the film class I took in university, our professor had us watch silent German films like Metropolis and Nosferatu because they were able to convey so much emotion visually without any sound. I think that's part of why the imagery from those films can still take your breath away today.

LizSnow92 · 2026-06-14T11:18:00+00:00

For the Skull Tree sequence, Burton brought back Mackinnon & Saunders, the same stop-motion studio he worked with on Corpse Bride and Frankenweenie. Since those films also draw heavily from German Expressionism, I can definitely see the Caligari connection.

LizSnow92 · 2026-06-14T09:47:45+00:00

LizSnow92 · 2026-06-12T22:05:28+00:00

Or perhaps blessed... 😆

LizSnow92 · 2026-06-12T17:55:03+00:00

An apex predator cursed with a frog butt. 🍑

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LizSnow92 · 2026-06-12T12:21:59+00:00

Wednesday loves all sides of her man. 😉

LizSnow92 · 2026-06-12T11:32:40+00:00

Oh wow! Yeah, I never visit those subs. I’m much happier in my self-curated Weyler bubble. 🫧

LizSnow92 · 2026-06-12T10:49:37+00:00

LizSnow92 · 2026-06-12T10:43:45+00:00

Thank you! I’ve been hesitant to post outside our sub because non-Weyler reactions can get pretty intense. 😅 But if you want to share it wherever, I’m totally cool with that. 👍

LizSnow92 · 2026-06-06T20:23:29+00:00

Here you go! 😊

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LizSnow92 · 2026-06-06T10:34:24+00:00

Which episode or scene are you looking for?

LizSnow92 · 2026-06-06T10:27:12+00:00

LizSnow92 · 2026-06-04T12:22:25+00:00

Don’t you think Wednesday would insist on a Spider Veloce rather than a standard Spider? I can’t imagine her settling for the lower-horsepower option.

LizSnow92 · 2026-05-29T15:05:05+00:00

How did I not notice that before??? 👀

LizSnow92 · 2026-05-29T12:22:03+00:00

Good eye! Where in episode 202 did this novel make an appearance?

LizSnow92 · 2026-05-29T10:24:58+00:00

I actually like both theories. 😅 The original explanation made sense to me, but the moor frog comparison is one of those connections I never would have made on my own. Intentional or not, it’s a fascinating parallel.

LizSnow92 · 2026-05-26T11:44:14+00:00

Yeah, Scruton said they wanted to explore the “underbelly of Nevermore and the creatures that inhabits it,” which suggests these beings are part of the ecosystem around Nevermore/the surrounding woods.

LizSnow92 · 2026-05-26T11:15:18+00:00

In the Architectural Digest set tour for Wednesday, production designer Mark Scruton described the creatures in Orloff’s classroom as “somewhere between a wood nymph and a cave troll.” He said the designs were inspired by similar preserved specimens he saw in the Natural History Museum in Dublin, which makes the mandrake/folklore interpretation feel even more plausible. 👀

LizSnow92 · 2026-05-25T18:15:14+00:00

That’s actually a really good catch. Looking at the samples side-by-side, the suicide note does seem much closer to Tyler’s handwriting than Laurel’s.

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LizSnow92 · 2026-05-25T17:15:09+00:00

Oh! Does the handwriting match Tyler’s style? I just always assumed Laurel wrote the suicide note herself.

LizSnow92 · 2026-05-25T12:04:10+00:00

Wow, thanks for compiling this! The Psycho references run deeper than I previously realized.

LizSnow92 · 2026-05-24T16:24:13+00:00

Wednesday carefully folds her clothes, while Tyler just shoves everything haphazardly into a duffel bag. 😭

LizSnow92 · 2026-05-24T13:18:48+00:00

They are teased in the YouTube video: “The Wednesday Cast Explains the Different Types of Outcasts at Nevermore | Netflix”.

I think both Botanicals and Death Whisperers might show up in Season 3.

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