the plague-bearing Count Orlok (Schreck) embodies all the anxieties of a nation that had recently lost millions to indiscriminate, implacable death.
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11/07/07
Nosferatu (1922)
98 %
Reviews Counted: 43 Fresh: 42 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 8.9/10
Consensus:
Nosferatu's gothic feel and creepy vision of Dracula remains influential among vampire films to this day.
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Synopsis: F.W. Murnau's German silent classic is the original--and some say most frightening--DRACULA adaptation, taking Bram Stoker's novel and turning it into a haunting, shadowy dream full of dread. Names had to be changed from the novel when Stoker's wife charged his novel was being filmed... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Max Schreck, Gustave Von Wagenheim, Greta Schroeder, Alexander Granach
Director: F.W. Murnau
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Murnau's classic vampire movie, though not his best film, remains one of the most poetic of all horror films.
08/16/07
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The movie's two main strengths are Max Schreck's compelling performance, as the eerily inhuman vampire, and Murnau's unparallelled ability to blend naturalistic and expressionistic elements.
02/11/02
While it clearly moves at a slower pace than most modern films, it is still one of the most beautiful and atmospheric horror pictures ever made.
01/01/00
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F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror still has the power to chill the viewer, due in no small part to the amazing Max Schreck in the title role.
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05/16/08
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Watching Nosferatu is like standing in the same room as death itself.
11/26/07
It is difficult to watch Nosferatu simply because it is so hard to find a decent copy of the film.
10/26/07
The film shows Murnau's uncanny mixture of expressionism and location shooting at its finest.
09/19/07
A masterpiece of the German silent cinema and easily the most effective version of Dracula on record.
09/19/07
Murnau's horror masterwork features a treasure-trove of silent film techniques, unearthly locations and a truly horrid vampire played by Max Schreck.
09/26/06
It’s a visual marvel and a inventive landmark in filmmaking history, but it’s also a bit too empty.
10/01/05
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