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09/25/09
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
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Reviews for Nosferatu: The Vampyre
Werner Herzog's 1979 homage to F.W. Murnau's 1922 silent film is an appropriately chilling telling of the Gothic tale filled with delightfully scary touches and recreated camera angles from Murnau's original.
04/12/09
Sometimes dismissed for being too slowly paced and too slavish to its source, it is in fact superior to the original.
11/25/08
You can love this movie without having to admit it’s merely an okay version of Dracula.
10/29/08
Between the hordes of stowaway rats that accompany Dracula's arrival, and a town-plaza dance of folly by doomed survivors (a Herzog addition), it's like being present at the birth of a medieval legend.
10/29/08
Top CriticA serious-minded, true-in-spirit redux.
10/09/08
It is a simple and well-known story but sadly this version overcomplicates it to its detriment.
10/07/08
Sumptuous yet earthy, philosophical yet humorous, it's a masterpiece in its own right.
09/21/07
A competent, atmospheric remake, but, considering the quality of Murnau's masterwork, is it necessary?
09/21/07
Herzog and Kinski succeed here because they convey a sense of pity for a creature so visually repulsive it's hard to look at him.
09/21/07
The acting is too eccentric and the narrative drive too weak to satisfy fans of the genre, but Herzog's admirers will find much in the film's animistic landscapes and clusters of visionary imagery.
09/21/07
Top CriticFascinating, but flawed.
01/26/06
No review available.
06/19/05
The film's reason for being (it's a shrine to Herzog's favourite German director) is also the end of the conversation.
05/17/05
It's funny without being silly, eerie without being foolish and uncommonly beautiful in a way that has nothing to do with mere prettiness.
05/09/05
Top CriticNo review available.
02/16/05
No review available.
01/14/05
To be honest, Kinski would scare me if I met him on the street!
01/01/05
As with the film's more naturalistic elements, Herzog's camera hangs back from the action, observing Kinski's slow, spidery movements and terrifying outbursts of bloodlust
11/01/04
Kinski and Herzog frighten Nosferatu.
05/31/04
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