Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu - Eine Symphonie des Grauens)

13 Ratings: 4.8

F.W. Murnau's iconic silent horror film freely adapted from Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula".

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Tags: Horror Movies, Vampires, Nosferatu, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Silent Movies

Cast: Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Max Schreck, Greta Schröder, John Gottowt

Director: Friedrich Wilhelm (F.W.) Murnau

Genre: Classics, Drama, Foreign, Horror

Release Date: March 4, 1922

MPAA Rating: Unrated

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The scariest and greatest vampire movie to ever grace the silver screen

May 17, 2009

by Captain_Couth

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Nosferatu is one of the first vampire movies ever made. It also was an unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Stoker's widow sued the film-makers and won a huge settlement and the court ordered the film to be destroyed. But this film has survived that ordeal and the test of time to become one of the greatest horror films. Unlike the novel Dracula, this movie his highly entertaining and not sleep inducing. Max Schreck makes a scary vampire and F.W. Murnau has created an utter masterpiece. Out of all the vampire genre movies I have seen in the past twenty plus years, this one is still the best out there.

The film starts off in Transylvanis and it ends in Germany. Nosferatu is no handsome gentleman but a nasty and ugly bald rodent faced man who brings nothing by pestilence, disease and death wherever he goes. By using shadows, lighting and excellent acting Murnau creates a horror film like no other. People may not want to watch it because it's A.) silent and B.) Black and White. But don't let that stop you from enjoying a true work of art.

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