Nosferatu: The Vampyre

Pros: Lighting, directing, Kinski, scenery
Cons: maybe slow, but worth it

The Oracle says: Martje Grohmann has a Bacon number of 3.

Martje Grohmann was in Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979) with Dan van Husen
Dan van Husen was in Avalanche Express (1979) with Maximilian Schell
Maximilian...

Pros: Herzog's Direction/Script, Atmosphere, Look, Music, & Cast, notably Kinski & Adjani.
Cons: Strays Away from Parts of Bram Stoker's Novel.

The legendary story of Dracula by Bram Stoker has been told in countless times through film. In 1922, F.W. Murnau made the film Nosferatu with Max Schrek in the title role as the story of that film was made in Shadow of the Vampire with ...

Pros: A spiffy film that combines genuine horror with the most delicious parody.
Cons: Overly long, with dull patches.

Werner Herzog is one of those self-proclaimed cinematic geniuses who writes, produces, directs, takes the tickets ... all that. Some years ago he undertook to remake the 1922 silent classic, "Nosferatu". The result is the 1979 flick, "Nosferatu the...

Pros: Well crafted cinematography; visually it looks well
Cons: Well, there is a list...

I must admit, I'd be very interested in seeing a well done remake of Noseferatu, the 1922 silent classic directed by F.W. Murnau with the enigmatic and brilliant Max Shreck in the title role. I recall loving the German impressionist style of film...

Pros: lots of atmosphere, great care taken for sets, makeup and cinematography
Cons: slow, solemn, curious comic relief, sometimes pretentious

With Shadow of the Vampire currently playing in art house theaters, the time is right to study the original art house Nosferatu. Not the German silent classic from 1922, which was made before the concept of an art house film existed, but...

Pros: The realistic ambience set by its minutely detailed locations, technical aspects, etc.
Cons: This isn't a fast paced, "made in America" type film, if that's your preference.

Why do remakes exist? Because producers, directors, and screenwriters think they can build a better rattrap. I don't cater much to them but being in a thriller kind of mood, I watched this "Nosferatu" (1977) one stark, cold wintery day. In this version,...

Pros: Beautiful direction and images, a very unique Kinski performance.
Cons: Very slow, and not scary (if you`re into that sort of thing).

Werner Herzog's Nosferatu is a very strange excuse for a horror film, I'll grant you that. The film deals with the big daddy of vampires, which would be Dracula, of course, but Nosferatu is definitely not scary, or bloody, or graphic in any sense of...

Pros: Extremely atmospheric photography, chilling scenes
Cons: Long drags between scenes of interest

I have not seen F.W. Marnau's 1922 version of NOSFERATU, so I cannot compare this one with the old one. But this version, directed by German director Werner Herzog, is an original vampire flick.

Unlike most vampire films, there is not an...

Pros: Kinski is good for the part
Cons: Too dreary

I just recently bought Nosferatu, the vampyre. I really didn't much care for it. Kinski gave a good performance, but the other actors were like wooden puppets. They said their lines like they were already under Dracula's spell and that was before Drac...

Pros: great directing and cinematography
Cons: you're stock full of stamina if you can stay awake

Classic remake of the original "Nosferatu" of 1922. It recaptures much of the dark and slowly creeping atmosphere of the earlier version. The vampire is hideously deformed and so unlike the conventional stereotype of a suave European in a...