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Adam Atheos
14Dec11
A masterpiece. Established a lasting influence on the horror genre that will persist for years to come.
Matthew_Lucas
23Jul11
Perhaps cinema's greatest example of Gothic horror, NOSFERATU, the first screen adaptation of Bram Stoker's DRACULA, remains one of the most potent screen versions of the classic vampire tale. Masterfully directed by F.W. Murnau, the film features striking use of light and shadow, creating a powerful and evocative atmosphere of dread. Count Orlock is quite possibly cinema's most frightening vampire.
Caden Cotard
17May11
One of the greatest and most influential films ever. Murnau is a master of suspense, and Schreck creates one of the scariest and most disconcerting characters of all time in Count Orlok. For an example of its wide influence, SpongeBob SquarePants has a running gag involving Orlok.
Jordan K. Ellis
27Mar11
The most iconic horror film made during the silent era; one of the first vampire films, based loosely on B. Stoker's Dracula. Murnau was a pioneer for the German cinema; this is his considered his most famous film. Max Schreck as Count Orlok was significant for sinking deep within his character, as if he were a real vampire, giving a supernatural sense. Murnau was experimenting with light to create a dark mood.
Duncan Jones
30Jan11
Excruciatingly simple in its style, this is a film that depicts beauty but cannot create it. I understand the thinking behind its acclaim (it is pretty, it is iconic), but utterly disagree with this reverence and feel that it is based on exaggerated notions of the primitivity of a medium that had existed in some form for nearly half a century.
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John Smith
10Nov10
Even after 88 years this movie still scares you, Max Schreck delivers one of the greatest acting performances of all time.
Eddiepodoolski
3Nov10
yea nosferatu has to be the scariest looking thing in movie history after all these years.and every time he elevates from the coffin it still CREEPS ME OUT imagine how they felt in 1922! they do not sleep well without the shadow of nosferatu overwhelm his sleeps...
Pradipta Mitra
15May10
Very good. I felt real uncomfortable at times, which is no mean achievement. The story slowed down a little in the middle, but overall, the telling was superb. Nosferatu was awesome, of course.
