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NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht
Synopsis
Sent to Transylvania to negotiate for a house purchased by the monstrous Count Dracula, Jonathan Harker leaves his idyllic town, turning a deaf ear to his wife Lucy’s ill omens. Soon, Jonathan finds himself trapped, and Dracula descends from the mountains towards Lucy, with death and plague in tow.
Synopsis
Sent to Transylvania to negotiate for a house purchased by the monstrous Count Dracula, Jonathan Harker leaves his idyllic town, turning a deaf ear to his wife Lucy’s ill omens. Soon, Jonathan finds himself trapped, and Dracula descends from the mountains towards Lucy, with death and plague in tow.
Our take
Revisiting F.W. Murnau’s classic, Werner Herzog made a unique and elemental take on the Dracula story. This haunting vision of life, death, and superstition is aglow with deep color, and finds pity for Kinski’s deathless wraith. With the brilliant Isabelle Adjani: the carnal queen of Euro-horror.