Trinkets usually have some past life or mysterious allure to them, but what makes a trinket a trinket is up in the air. To learn more about how trinkets are classified outside of personal spaces and the value we tie into them, I reached out to Emily Weiss, the owner of the eclectic vintage shop Beyond the Beaten Path in Eastport.

To understand the nuance the film relies on, we must reflect on the gothic genre, where the fictional vampire was born. Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu” is multilayered, and by examining the heroine, Ellen, and her relationship to the characters and world she finds herself in, the gothic medium comes back to life in a tantalizing way.