Nosferatu (1922)
 

What are your thoughts on the 1922 classic

It's really good.

Shadows ......
 

An excellent interpretation of Stoker and the bit where Nosferatu creeps up the stairs in silhouette and then you see his hand as shadow over his victims heart and then clench is sheer visual poetry and should go down in the annals of horrordom as one of it's main highlights if not in cinema in general.

Yeah, a great genuinely creepy silent movie. Definitely wouldn't want him coming up your stairs.:lol:

A superb film.

I also love Vampyr. Carl Dreyer's classic from 1932.

The original Nosferatu is indeed a macabre classic.

Herzog's '70s take on the Nosferatu myth is also definitely worth checking out.

Isn't 'Nosferatu' the film that invented the myth that a vampire can be killed by sunlight?

I need to see this with the original score. The BFI disc looked great, but the James Bernard score got a little repetitive - his music is great for background in the Hammer films, but 90 minutes non-stop does not work too well.

I loved Nosferatu. It remains one o my faves. Murnau's earlier Castle Vosglod (A.K.A. The Haunted Castel) is also a really good mystery chiller.

Dreyer's Vampyr I also enjoyed very much (Guillermo Del Toro's commentary track is excellent!). I find a lot of silent and early talky chillers have an atmosphere that doesn't seem to exist in many of today's films.

10 points for Suzi! The reasoning behind this is because Stoker's widow wouldn't allow most aspects of the novel to be used, hence the character name changes etc

It still retains its mystique, does anyone remember the time C4 showed it at xmas?? What a hoot. Haven't watched Herzog's version in years, may dig it out sharpish methinks....

it's also really good. Kinski is unbelievably creepy!

I remember a few years ago (was in my late teens) I taped a bunch of horror films from channel 4 (I must've been a horror night). I remember Takashi Miike's Audition, Peeping Tom (which I think is why I taped the night, the others were a bonus I tapped by mistake) Blaire Witch Project and the first silent I ever saw... The Phantom of the opera.

I know this has nothing to do with nosferatu, but it probably started my interest in silents and I probably would never have thought of watching Nosferatu if it hadn't been for Phantom of the Opera (which really surprised me, because i never knew this film exsisted. I thought POTO the musical was the original :crazy: )

Never seen the Kinski version(hangs head in shame), which release is the best to get?

this is the version I own. Just the film though :(

Nosferatu The Vampyre [1979] [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor, Walter Ladengast, Dan van Husen, Jan Groth, Carsten Bodinus, Martje Grohmann, Rijk de Gooyer, Werner Herzog, CategoryArthouse, CategoryCentralE

Thanks for that, I've seen this in HMV loads of times but wasn't sure if there was a better version available these days

From my Classic Horror thread...:coolblue:

A short review and some stills.

Greetings!

If you can find it, there is an Anchor Bay double disc set, which contains both the German and English language versions of the film

The German one has a run-time of 102:25, while the English one clocks in at 106:48

I think it has been deleted now, but I got a copy from a charity shop a few weeks ago

Great film, if you buy a copy go with the masters of horror release, its the best available and comes with a detailed book.

I love the original version but I still have to watch Herzog version

I think Herzog's Nosferatu ranks right up there with Rollin's Lips of Blood in terms of sheer beauty of imagery.

Of course the origianl version had the benefit of Grau's incredible artistry, but Herzog had Kinski. So in that respect, I think the two versions qualify as masterpieces.

Btw, have you seen Shadow of the Vampire?

The BFI have recently announced a season of Herzog films being released by themselves onto Blu-ray. Nosferatu will probably feature there.

Hopefully a BFI release of Nosferatu will feature the artwork from the French BD:
http://a.imageshack.us/img641/2388/original505164.png

Strange things going on in Deutschland!

Nosferatu director's skull believed stolen - BBC News

Pretty interesting article from Dread Central about the filming locations for this classic which, as you may or may not know, is getting another remake starring Doug "Del Toro's BFF" Jones in the title role.

In the Shadow of Nosferatu: A Visit to the Filming Locations From Murnau's 1922 Classic - Dread Central

One of my favorite movies
 

Without a doubt it is one of my favorite horror films. All a classic, all people who like this genre should see it ... It marked me a lot when I saw it for the first time.

Great. This film was made 96 years ago.
There are scenes in this movie that have the power to creep out even now.

Currently watching this masterpiece (via the Masters of Cinema BD) thanks to this thread being revived, I haven’t watched it since I wrote an essay on music in horror films for a uni project a few years ago.
Think I might have a silent horror double bill and watch The Phantom of the Opera after :nod:

Of course it still works. We live in it's shadow FFS :laugh:.

:hail:

Schreck epitomes evil. Simples. :nod:

Ive just bought the BFI Blu of the film

The entire story, told in 5 minutes!


"Deep in the heart of Germany
Lucy clutched her breast in fear
She heard a beat of her lover's heart
For weeks she raved in dreams he appeared
From far off Transylvania

Only a woman can break his spell
Pure in heart, who will offer herself
To Nosferatu?

This ship pulled in without a sound
The faithful captain long since cold
He kept his log 'til the bloody end
Last entry read "Rats in the hold
My crew is dead, I fear the plague"

Only a woman can break his spell
Pure in heart, who will offer herself?

Mortal terror reigned
Sickness now, then horrible death
Only Lucy knew the truth
And at her window
Nosferatu

So chaste, so calm, she gave herself
To the pleasure of the dreaded master
He sucked the precious drops of life
Throughout the long and cold, dark night

One last goodbye, he was blinded by love
One last goodbye, he was blinded by love
Blinded by love

He screamed with fear, he'd stayed too long in her room
The morning sun had come too soon
The spell was broken with a kiss of doom
He vanished into dust, left her all alone

Only a woman can break his spell
Pure in heart, who will offer herself

Only a woman can break his spellPure in heart, who will offer herself
To Nosferatu?"

A Hollywood legends thoughts on modern vampire films

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