Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)'s comments

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BeasleyOnFilm

Orlok is a genuinely creepy-looking villain and every scene with him in is a frightening delight, especially as his shadow menacingly climbs the stairs at the end. Other than that, it's crushingly dull.

11 years 10 months ago

kaffy

The film itself is surprisingly sophisticated from that I was expecting, but the "remastered" music is downright painful. I wish I could find a copy with the original music instead of this ridiculous synth xylophone crap. It's like listening to a PBS documentary about a crayon factory.

11 years 6 months ago

Dieguito

The proof that Germans invented the horror genre in films, and that's why is so important and deserves to be among the best of its genre. Other recommended horror German silent movie is Das Cabinett des Dr Caligari

12 years 8 months ago

CrumbThumber

obviously a classic. obviously a must see for any real film enthusiast. But like all silent films, or even before color, it isn't for everyone.

12 years 6 months ago

preparingup

Count Orlok is kind of cute.
Look at his face. He looks so confused.
http://i.imgur.com/L9I926m.jpg

10 years 11 months ago

Paper_Okami

I disagree SW,young people don't get enough credit and old people get too much. I am 18 and I know plenty of people my age and younger who love classic films. In fact many middle aged and older people wouldn't like this. I am not sure if my parents would like it.

13 years 8 months ago

oddly

better to watch after midnight when you're alone at home.

11 years 3 months ago

Big A2

A lot of complaining about the music going on here. The version I watched (Region 4 Mad Man DVD) had the original score, and it was great. It's not Metropolis-level quality or anything but it gets the job done; very atmospheric and tense. I believe the most recent Kino DVD also has the 1922 score.

Skip the cheap/free public domain versions and see it proper. The score for the one on YouTube is a complete joke.

11 years 3 months ago

Armoreska

I've grabbed a number of versions to compare them, but the KINO/Transit Film DVD seems like the best of them, all the others have cropped scenes and/or look bad

9 years 8 months ago

Buube

Charming.

13 years 11 months ago

DisneyStitch

My first silent movie and to be honest I felt pretty confident that I could remain heavily invested throughout the whole 90 minutes, but didn't quite get there unfortunately. I found myself thinking about all the ways they could have made it better which isn't helpful at all really, you can't really judge a 100 year old film like that. Orlock is obviously the main highlight, and a few choice scenes like him climbing the stairs are worthy cinematic moments even a century later. Important to watch for the historicity but a bit hard to slog through.

2 years ago

E. T. Blunt

Somethin' isn't right with that Count Orlok guy.

3 years 6 months ago

Rigters

First Dracula-related movie I've seen. Great story, and what about the direction of the movie? It's fascinating to think this was made almost 100 years ago and has all the tricks they continue to use in cinema. Classic!

Creepy Nosferatu!

Didn't liked the music, though. It's supposed to be scary, but it wasn't. The original was better for sure. Too bad this movie was almost forgotten, and had to be restored.

10 years 6 months ago

CynInFlicks

Wonderful to see this on the big screen with live piano accompaniment by Neil Brand as part of Cambridge Film Festival 2013!

10 years 7 months ago

super312

Don't know what score netflix uses, but I really enjoyed it. Way creepier than I expected.

11 years 1 month ago