Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror) (Nosferatu the Vampire) Reviews and Ratings



  • January 3, 2008
    The ultimate silent movie, extreme german impressionism, Max Shreck is amazing. This is THE vampire movie.
  • January 3, 2008
    film geek 101.. but really, it's too fucking long.
  • December 29, 2007
    My vote for THE creepiest vampire movie ever.
  • December 28, 2007
    A bit dated but still lots of fun. Has some genuinely creepy moments. Max Schrek is a freaky mawfucker.
  • December 27, 2007
    Very creepy. Excellent early experimentation with lights and shadows. A good watch for film students/buffs.
  • December 18, 2007
    It has been so long, it is time to see it again.
  • December 18, 2007
    Oh shit it's re-re........
  • December 11, 2007
    Some aspect of direction are really interesting, but the story is making us loosing interest as it goes further and further, but it's still goot and the experience worth the watch.
  • December 8, 2007
    The scariest movie you'll HAVE to pay attention to. Artistically & visually movie magic
  • December 5, 2007
    Pretty good, although I didn't realize it was nearly the same as Bram Stoker's Dracula.
  • December 2, 2007
    THIS IS GR8 FOR OLD SKOOL FANZ...IM LOVIN IT...HAHAHA
  • November 28, 2007
    kinda of looks like this bitch I once knew
  • November 28, 2007
    It's hard for me to sit through a silent movie, but I was interested in seeing this adaptation of the story of Dracula. Amazingly overacted by all cast except for the lead, Max Schreck. The ending sort of just happened without any of the brouhaha of today's films. It's worth a vi...( read more)ewing just to see how movies were done in the old days.
  • November 22, 2007
    J'ai entendu dire que les acteurs qui jouait avec le célèbre Nosferatu avait vraiment peur de l'acteur. Il avait des dents longues, un visage long, des grandes oreilles et des ongles pointus. Mouhahahha.
  • November 19, 2007
    Haunts my dreams. Extreme childhood fear.
  • November 17, 2007
    Vintage Dracula tale. Age has only made this scary tale better, this is the best Dracula film.
  • November 12, 2007
    i've never even heard of this movie
  • November 7, 2007
    A great classic to see.
  • November 4, 2007
    watch the movie "shadow of the vampire" after seeing this. the premise of it is the actor playing orlok is actually a vampire.
  • November 2, 2007
    A classic. This movie used shadows and mood to scare people and at some times it still does.
  • October 29, 2007
    DARK AND ATMOSPHERIC,SURPRISINGLY CREEPY FOR A 85 YEAR OLD MOVIE
  • October 22, 2007
    The fact that this film creeped me out is amazing. Wonderful film.
  • October 21, 2007
    By far and away my favorite vampire movie of all time. It is obviously a silent flim but I think that it makes it just that much creepier. The image of the vampire's shadow climbing up the stairs is forever burned into the back of my brain. If you havent seen this one do yourself...( read more) a favor and rent it.
  • October 21, 2007
    you may be depressed after watching this
  • October 20, 2007
    i'm up for pretty much anything with vampires... and there's nothing wrong with black and white films!
  • October 11, 2007
    Amazing cinematography, classic black/white and silent film!!! First Vampire movie, incredible...
  • October 9, 2007
    A classic telling of the Dracula story, with the villain here renamed Count Orlok for the sake of legality. I really wish for a return of this black and white expressionist cinema, because these early German films put images on film that are very rarely surpassed by anything tod...( read more)ay. Beautiful. Best bit: Orlok's hand, a mere shadow, reaches for the door, and, by extension, the helpless Ellen Hutter.
  • October 4, 2007
    a classic vampire film
  • October 4, 2007
    Incredibly atmospheric and visually creepy silent vampire film. The primitive special effects and overall agedness of Nosferatu work to make it seem especially eerie when compared to more modern horror.
  • October 2, 2007
    It's good for a laugh :P
  • September 30, 2007
    Its a good movie I guess, but, being so old, inevitably slow, unless you are a hardcore movie viewer.
  • September 27, 2007
    pretty good i think i liked it but watching it in class makes it kinda hard to watch something
  • September 24, 2007
    I agree with all historians that declare this film as a milestone in movie history. The true account of Count Olaf the terrible is creepier than any modern horror
  • September 23, 2007
    Was Max a real vampire?
  • September 21, 2007
    One of those classic silent films that is required viewing for any film geek. Sure it's sorta dull in parts but, hey the movie is eighty some years old.
    Side note, Max Schreck is one spooky looking guy.
  • September 20, 2007
    (Evil Laugh)
    I can't begin with how beautiful this movie is.
  • September 20, 2007
    The first vampire movie in the history.. cool..
  • September 16, 2007
    Silent films are hard to sit through. It's something that most hardcore film lovers would deny, of course, but the fact is, silent movies are often slow, monotonous, and difficult to pay attention to (especially for a modern viewer, who's been weened on television commercials and...( read more) music videos)- it's just a result of a lack of stylistic and dramatic advancement of the art form at the time. So it always impresses me when I watch a silent film that not only doesn't bore me, but succeeds in holding my interest for an extended period of time. Potemkin is one of these movies, Caligari is another, but of all the silent films that I've seen, my favorite is Nosferatu. Nosferatu is a strange movie, filled with strange-looking people that do strange things. I still haven't determined if the actors erratic behavior and bizarre appearances are because the film is German, because the film is silent, or if they are an actual creative choice made by F.W. Murnau, but no matter which is true, it lends the film a distinctive style that makes it just as creepy today as it must have been in 1912. Even though this leaves us with no one to relate to- Hutter, our preposterously upbeat hero, never acts like a real human being for one second- it helps to divorce the film from reality, and that is where the film's historical significance lies. Nosferatu is one of the best examples of German Expressionism, and it's also the only one of its kind that was shot on location, instead of on a soundstage. Thus, it is the surreal and oft-inexplicable behavior of our leads that brings this to the realm of Expressionism- that, and the famous use of Count Orlock's shadow whenever the dread Nosferatu strikes. Orlock, incidentally, is one of the best-looking vampires committed to film, and the aged film stock only serves to mask the seams of his make-up- it really looks like he has fangs, pointy ears, and talons. The film also creates a great sense of moodiness through its interesting camera angles, its use of Gothic architecture, and its strange and disquieting effects (some of which haven't aged terribly well). Overall, Nosferatu is a creepy, entertaining film; it is a movie whose power lies in lingering, disquieting visuals and a pervasive sense of mood. It's not a film for anyone with a short attention span, but those willing to slow down and enjoy the film at its own pace will be well rewarded.
  • September 15, 2007
    This is a classic. I think it's cool that so many experimental techniques in visual filmmaking were originally used in horror movies to freak out the audience.
  • September 14, 2007
    so cool, i love it, me dio mucho interes y me encanto, los efectos de sombra, luz, las metaforas, el lenfguaje cinematografico en general...brutal
  • September 11, 2007
    never hered of this movie
  • September 10, 2007
    WOW, this was so awesome. I loved the shadows, i loved the effects, the stereotypes, the make-up, the eye-brow, the theatrical acting, the editing, the lights, the music. This was one hell of a watch. As soon as my German is at a a reading level, I'll watch this in its original. ...( read more)Beautiful, just horrifyingly beautiful even if you, as a modern audience, don't get scared.
  • September 10, 2007
    The lonliest Dracula of cinema!! I love Count Dracula in this movie.
  • September 10, 2007
    I love this movie to death. F.W. Murnau proves you don't need fancy special effects or even dialogue to create an atmospheric horror film. An eerie masterpiece of German cinema.

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