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      Nosferatu

      1922, Horror/Fantasy, 1h 5m

      73 Reviews 25,000+ Ratings

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      One of the silent era's most influential masterpieces, Nosferatu's eerie, gothic feel -- and a chilling performance from Max Schreck as the vampire -- set the template for the horror films that followed. Read critic reviews

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      In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok (Max Schreck) summons Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen (Greta Schroeder). After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok's servant, Knock (Alexander Granach), prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.

      • Genre: Horror, Fantasy

      • Original Language: German

      • Director: F.W. Murnau

      • Producer: Enrico Dieckmann, Albin Grau

      • Writer: Henrik Galeen, Bram Stoker

      • Release Date (Theaters):  original

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      • Distributor: Sinister Cinema, Hollywood's Attic, Republic Pictures, Kino Video, Grapevine Video, BijouFlix Releasing, Reel Media International [us], GoodTimes Home Video [us], Image Entertainment Inc., Video Yesteryear

      • Production Co: Jofa-Atelier Berlin-Johannisthal

      • Aspect Ratio: 35mm, Academy (1.33:1)

      Cast & Crew

      Max Schreck
      Greta Schroeder
      Ruth Landshoff
      John Gottowt
      Gustav Botz
      Max Nemetz
      Wolfgang Heinz
      Hardy von Francois
      Henrik Galeen
      Günther Krampf
      Fritz Arno Wagner
      Albin Grau
      Albin Grau

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      • Oct 26, 2017
        Did I kill one of your people, Murnau? I can't remember.
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      • Aug 28, 2016
        One of the best films of all time, it was a master piece shot in the style of German Expressionism. It utilised several techniques such as stop motion and foreshadowing. The story itself was a loose adaptation of Dracula though the creepy effect is still haunting even till today.
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      • May 14, 2016
        Who can forget Max Schreck as the ultra-creepy 'Count Orlok', a classic performance in horror movie history? Director F.W. Murnau gives us a scary, macabre vampire, far from the smooth and suave Draculas in other versions, and uses shadows and shots of Orlok's face to scare the audience throughout the movie. Orlok has elongated arms and claw-like hands, dark eyebrows and glowering eyes with a sinister stare, and is truly spine-tingling. You see in this film so many of the trademark horror elements, such as the villagers in an inn warning young Hutter about the danger as he mentions his plans to go to Orlok's castle, which may remind you of movies like 1981's 'An American Werewolf in London'. And yet, this one deserves credit for being first, in 1922, and for giving us some fantastic scenes, such as the one of Hutter finding and opening his coffin, where we see just a fraction of Orlok's evil face initially, eyes open and long fangs visible. Alexander Granach is also great as 'Knock', his minion/ estate agent with giant, bushy eyebrows, who, when jailed, catches and eats flies for their blood. I don't think it's cool that Murnau changed the names around because he couldn't get movie rights to Bram Stoker's story, but I'm glad the film survived (Stoker's heirs wanted all prints destroyed). The movie drags on at times and the simplicity of the ending was not satisfying to me, so it fell a little short, but if you're into classic horror films, this is probably must-see and you may love it, instead of just liking it as I did.
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