Average Rating: 8.9/10
Reviews Counted: 48
Fresh: 47 | Rotten: 1
One of the silent era's most influential masterpieces, Nosferatu's eerie, gothic feel -- and a chilling performance from Max Shrek as the vampire -- set the template for the horror films that followed.
Average Rating: 8.2/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 0
One of the silent era's most influential masterpieces, Nosferatu's eerie, gothic feel -- and a chilling performance from Max Shrek as the vampire -- set the template for the horror films that followed.
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F. W. Murnau's landmark vampire film Nosferatu isn't merely a variation on Bram Stoker's Dracula: it's a direct steal, so much so that Stoker's widow went to court, demanding in vain that the Murnau film be suppressed and destroyed. The character names have been changed to protect the guilty (in the original German prints, at least), but devotees of Stoker will have little trouble recognizing their Dracula counterparts. The film begins in the Carpathian mountains, where real estate agent Hutter
Unrated, 1 hr. 3 min.
Horror, Art House & International, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Mar 4, 1922 Wide
Oct 22, 1997
Film Arts Guild
All Critics (48) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (53) | Rotten (2) | DVD (27)
Murnau proved his directorial artistry in Sunrise for Fox about three years earlier, but in this picture he's a master artisan demonstrating not only a knowledge of the subtler side of directing but in photography.
The film shows Murnau's uncanny mixture of expressionism and location shooting at its finest.
A masterpiece of the German silent cinema and easily the most effective version of Dracula on record.
As vampire movies go, few are more memorable than Nosferatu, which is not only the first screen version of Dracula, but, in some ways, remains the best.
It doesn't scare us, but it haunts us. It shows not that vampires can jump out of shadows, but that evil can grow there, nourished on death.
'Nosferatu' is worthwhile on two counts: mise-en-scène and the actor who is the title (and sole) vampire.
Most likely the first horror film to express something beyond simple chills and thrills.
Contains some truly iconic moments, but too much of it, i.e. any scene without Orlock, is less than stellar.
A landmark motion picture.
Still quite eerie
The first great vampire film, F.W. Murnau's silent classic... recreates the famous bloodsucker as a feral ghoul...
Before there was Bela Lugosi, there was Max Schreck. Grab this ultimate edition of one of the greatest of all horror films, preferably during daylight hours.
Watching Nosferatu is like standing in the same room as death itself.
After the destruction was ordered of all negatives and prints, the story of Nosferatu's survival beyond death is almost as preternatural as Count Orlok's own shadowy existence.
It is difficult to watch Nosferatu simply because it is so hard to find a decent copy of the film.
A visual and emotional treat.
FW Murnau's expressionist horror - and the world's first vampire film - still casts its long shadow over the history of both Germany and cinema
Murnau's classic vampire movie, though not his best film, remains one of the most poetic of all horror films.
Freaky, lovely and very frightening.
Oft-homaged silent horror film from 1922 Germany is fantastically eerie, relevantly creepy, even in the 21st century. Somewhat based on Bram Stoker's late-19th century literary horror classic Dracula, it tells the story of Thomas Hutter, who travels to Transylvania and is welcomed into Count Orlok's castle. Little
November 14, 2011Super Reviewer
Images from this film will be forever burned into my mind.
October 23, 2011Super Reviewer
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