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Thomas Hutter is a real go-getter of an estate agent, so full of enthusiasm that he resembles a manic version of Emmet from The Lego Movie. His boss Knock is (literally) insanely happy because the wealthy Count Orlok wants to buy a home nearby – meaning a fat commission. Hutter needs to leave his wife and go on a business trip to get the Count’s si...
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the release of an iconic vampire movie, Nosferatu, a film that redefined the course of the horror genre and introduced one of the most emblematic antagonists of the silent era. Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror tells a fascinating story in its plot and convoluted legal difficulties behind the scenes. It’s hard...
The story of Nosferatu (initially released in Germany by the full title Nosferatu – Eine Symphony des Grauens) might look similar to anyone familiar with Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. Nosferatu begins in the fictitious German city of Wisborg, where Thomas Hutter, a solicitor, is sent by his employer to a remote Transylvanian castle to meet with a ne...
By the time of its release, there was hardly any other film daring to do what Nosferatu accomplished within the genre. While some other horror expressionist films like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari shared a similar visual identity, Nosferatu brought the concept of horror movies to a new level of artistry. Director F. W. Murnau– who was at the time re...
F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu received some complaints from certain groups upon release. Some critics pointed out that the figure of Count Orlok was a vile caricature of the Jewish people – a matter of increasing concern in the years before Germany unleashed a second World War. For some, the vampire’s bald head and his association with the plague (and t...
Needless to say that not every copy of Nosferatu went up in flames. This iconic horror film has influenced a lot of modern vampire mythology, adding more to what Stoker’s novel previously established. Besides holy water and religious symbols, vampires now had another mortal enemy: sunlight. Now that the silent vampire movie Nosferatu (1922)is in th...
Aug 10, 2020 · The first vampire story is tough to pinpoint. The image of the seductive night walkers we think of today was majorly shaped by pop culture dating back to the 1800s. But seeds of the modern concept have appeared in mythologies since the beginning of recorded history.
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Bela Lugosi’s onscreen debut as Count Dracula (image still from Dracula, 1931) 2012 is the 100th anniversary of Bram Stoker’s death. Although we now know him best as the author of Dracula, Stoker...
Oct 27, 2020 · The first film adaptation of Anne Rice's legendary Vampire Chronicles novels remains a classic thanks to Neil Jordan's sumptuous direction and blistering lead performances from Tom Cruise (who...
with Prime Video Channels. 2. Vampyr (1932) Not Rated | 75 min | Fantasy, Horror. 7.4. Rate. A drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire. Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz. Votes: 20,413. 3.
Oct 29, 2008 · It is Stoker’s vision of the vampire that first makes it to the silver screen, the earliest surviving adaptation being F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, but the one that set the world on fire was Tod ...