Nosferatu

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Nosferatu

Released Mar 5, 1922

1h 5m

Horror

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Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence -- and his new real estate agent Hutter's wife.

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Critics Consensus

One of the silent era's most influential masterpieces, Nosferatu's eerie, gothic feel -- and a chilling performance from Max Schreck as the vampire -- set the template for the horror films that followed.

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Kate Cameron

New York Daily News

The action of the picture is so disconnected as to make the continuity confusing. However, this one certainly holds interest, for its extreme weirdness and its unusual photography.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 8, 2021

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Tom Huddleston

Time Out

So this is it: ground zero, the birth of horror cinema.

Oct 14, 2014

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Noel Murray

The Dissolve

The movie's best effect is its star...He looks every bit like an actual demonic wild-thing, retrieved from deep within the German wilderness and trotted out to perform for Murnau's camera.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 19, 2013

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Chance Solem-Pfeifer

Willamette Week

Nosferatu crystallizes the essence of gothic horror, presenting evil’s sway as an unbreakable trance.

Jan 22, 2025

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Roberto Tyler Ortiz

Loud and Clear Reviews

Watching Nosferatu is like stepping into another realm, one where fear isn’t screamed but whispered.

Rated: 5/5

Dec 6, 2024

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

The work as a whole is impossible to dismiss; the influence of Murnau's unauthorized adaptation is no less than monumental.

Rated: 9/10

Aug 25, 2024

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nathan c

Phantasmal and spectral. Its age plays its own character.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/25

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Craig W

Stunning & creepy - strong visuals - its age only adds to the atmosphere.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/25

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Andrew E

The movie is definitely old by any modern standards. I would only recommend it for people who are interested in history of the cinema.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/29/25

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Kevin P

A genuinely creepy and eerie precursor to Dracula that’s very effective despite its thin plot and silent-era restrictions. Nosferatu’s makeup is unsettling and I like the additional creep factors like the rat plague, his institutionalized mad servant, and the wife’s sleepwalking visions of the future.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/26/25

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Pascal W

Watch it so you can say you watched it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/25

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JOHN M

Positive points are the lavish costumes and interior sets as well as the Gothic settings. Dialogue in the early scenes made me think someone had been reading too much Jane Austen- this is not a compliment- and the Count sounded like my Hungarian uncle with a bad case of COPD. There were some scenes with potential- the gypsies and villagers which didn't go anywhere, and the whole telepathic/epilepsy/mental illness/sensuality theme was to me completely muddled. As it closely followed the Dracula story surprises were few and the FX tended to provoke visceral disgust rather than any sense of the uncanny.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/21/25

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F.W. Murnau

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Max Schreck

Graf Orlok

Alexander Granach

Knock

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Ellen Hutter

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Synopsis

Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence -- and his new real estate agent Hutter's wife.

Director: F.W. Murnau
Producer: Enrico Dieckmann, Albin Grau
Screenwriter: Henrik Galeen, Bram Stoker
Distributor: Kino Video, Grapevine Video, Reel Media International [us], Video Yesteryear, GoodTimes Home Video [us], Sinister Cinema, BijouFlix Releasing, Hollywood's Attic, Republic Pictures, Image Entertainment Inc.
Production Co: Jofa-Atelier Berlin-Johannisthal
Genre: Horror
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 5, 1922, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 15, 2008
Runtime: 1h 5m
Aspect Ratio: Academy (1.33:1), 35mm

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