The plot was stolen (from Stoker) without recompense. Also set lasting standards for horror film and film in general.
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10/20/04
Nosferatu (1922)
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Reviews Counted:46
Fresh:45
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.9/10
Consensus: 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.
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Hutter, a real estate agent, pays a visit to the mysterious Count Orlok, who seeks to relocate from his lair in the Carpathian Mountains and buy a residence in town. The Count becomes infatuated... [More]
Starring: Max Schreck, Gustave Von Wagenheim, Greta Schroeder, Alexander Granach
Director: F.W. Murnau
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Reviews for Nosferatu
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02/13/04
A groundbreaking gothic film whose creative camerawork and dark cinematography is still copied in the movies of today.
01/21/04
Almost unique in imagining a vampire who is not darkly attractive, but corpselike and ghastly… the imagery resists allegorization, remaining simply, unsettlingly, itself.
11/03/03
The best, eeriest, most formally clever retelling of one of cinema's favorite stories.
10/11/03
Essential classic Murnau Dracula film. Still the creepiest version.
08/13/03
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05/30/03
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04/30/03
In the realm of vampire films, this 1922 silent is the original motherlode. No one since has matched vampire Max Schreck's creepy loathsomeness.
03/10/03
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02/09/03
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01/30/03
A silent landmark that forged a genre through basic, often crude techniques of light, shadow, and special effects.
12/08/02
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12/01/02
This classic horror film is like a fine wine that only gets better with age...
10/31/02
Brilliant artistry.
10/22/02
...an achievement that reminds us that the simple, structured approaches towards the legend of Dracula are the ones that really terrify.
06/22/02
Nosferatu stills could easily fill a solid wing at an art gallery—they wouldn’t be out of place at the MOMA right next to its Picassos.
04/12/02
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
Like the message, the acting will strike contemporary audiences as near hysterical, yet the actors’ expressionism is a perfect fit for the expressionism of the filmmaker.
03/22/01
Nosferatu earns its place in the cinematic archives, but its accessibility to modern viewers is surely all but lost.
03/07/01
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