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12/02/02
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
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
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 CriticThe movie challenges us with images and emotions that have hardly ever been seen before.
01/01/00
The father of the vampire movies. Despite the black & white is very frightening.
02/08/03
No review available.
10/13/02
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
No review available.
07/29/02
A serious-minded, true-in-spirit redux.
10/09/08
...a respectful remake...it is moody, mesmeric, and entrancing.
05/07/01
No review available.
06/19/05
A competent, atmospheric remake, but, considering the quality of Murnau's masterwork, is it necessary?
09/21/07
Sometimes dismissed for being too slowly paced and too slavish to its source, it is in fact superior to the original.
11/25/08
Replaces unnerving gore with an eerie, erotic beauty.
09/25/09
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
Kinski and Herzog frighten Nosferatu.
05/31/04
Herzog's reimagining can't match the original, but still gives it a unique, intensely creepy spin.
12/04/02
No review available.
01/01/01
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
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