Regrettably, it’s difficult to consistently say the same of Skarsgård’s Orlok, who provides significant frights but feels almost too conventionally scary for a film so keen on being its own creation.

He invited me over to his apartment to discuss it, and we talked about stage fright.

And across 180 minutes against Finland - and 90 against the Irish - Scotland seemed to take fright at the sight of goal.

“They don’t remember how paralyzed with fright the nation was the week after Three Mile Island. ... They don’t recall the shock of Chernobyl less than seven years later.”

And lots of fright fans don’t limit their horror entertainment to spooky season, gorging horror movies, shows and books all year long.