Nosferatu explores the Dracula legend in a way that is both serious and seductive.
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01/27/04
Nosferatu: The Vampyre (1979)
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Reviews Counted:33
Fresh:31
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: Stunning visuals from Werner Herzog and an intense portrayal of the famed bloodsucker from Klaus Kinski make this remake of Nosferatu a horror classic in its own right.
Runtime: 3 hrs 34 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Frequent Werner Herzog collaborator Klaus Kinski portrays Dracula, with Bruno Ganz amd Isabelle Adjani playing as the formerly happy couple who fall prey to Dracula's lust for life and love in this... [More]
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor
Director: Werner Herzog
Reviews for Nosferatu: The Vampyre
The father of the vampire movies. Despite the black & white is very frightening.
02/08/03
Herzog's reimagining can't match the original, but still gives it a unique, intensely creepy spin.
12/04/02
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12/02/02
No review available.
10/13/02
A true modern classic of horror that should be seen by any fan of the genre -- and any fan of cinema, for that matter.
08/26/02
No review available.
07/29/02
Slow, contemplative, and strikingly evocative
07/21/02
...a respectful remake...it is moody, mesmeric, and entrancing.
05/07/01
No review available.
01/01/01
The movie challenges us with images and emotions that have hardly ever been seen before.
01/01/00
Nosferatu the Vampyre may not be scary in a traditional sense, but it is not easily forgotten.
01/01/00
While the film is a color film -- just barely -- and a sound film -- just barely -- it comes off as if Herzog had contritely decided to subject himself to the limitations and constraints of the pre-sound classics.
01/01/00
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