Nosferatu (1922)

Yeah, its good. Max Schrek (or wtvr his name was) really conveyed that misshapen ghoul well. The big bulbous shoulders and the crazy-claw fingers.

I dig on it.

I also dig on the remake with Klaus Kinski. The remake is a little on the slow-paced tip...but it is really close to the book. There are some sets that are just amazing. Like fleets and fleets and fleets of rats coming off of a recently docked boat.

Thanks for posting the pics WadeVC!! This movie is one of my favorites,and in my collection.

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"DO NOT MEDDLE IN THE AFFAIRS OF DRAGONS FOR YOU ARE CRUNCHY AND GOOD WITH KETCHUP"

Yes,.. very good cimema.

Next to Bela Lugosi's dashing Dracula, Count Orlock is the other archetypal vampire.  While Lugosi and Max Schreck both were playing characters based on Bram Stoker's novel, the two couldn't be further apart.  Lugosi's suave, aristocratic, and (for its day) sexually alluring figure was in stark contrast to the repugnant, rat-like creature in Nosferatu.

If you like Nosferatu, I would suggest seeing a movie made in the 90's called Shadow of the Vampire starring Willem Dafoe and John Malkovich.  The film puts a fictional spin on the making of Nosferatu by postulating that it was in fact a real vampire playing the vampire in the movie.  Willem Dafoe is remarkable as Count Orlock, who starts dining on various crew members the further the production goes on, and Malkovich is his usual intense "I'm talking loudly because I'm smarter than you and more important" style. Good movie, entertaining, and a fun idea for anyone who really likes old vampire movies.