jaragon Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 It's almost a hundred years old but this movie still is a chilling telling of "Dracula" . The creature is the stuff of nightmares. Link to post Share on other sites
DJBeacon Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 I just recorded the other night so I can watch again. I think it was on TCM very late. Link to post Share on other sites
DJBeacon Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Just finished watching and definitely a scary movie. I think the novel, "Dracula", was more about sex and repression and Victorian England with some amount of horror. The 1931 movie with Bela has some sex and more horror. But this film is much more horrific and is even anti-Semitic. Not as much about sex as the novel and movie, "Dracula". So for horror and Halloween, "Nosferatu" is the one. Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Just finished watching and definitely a scary movie. I think the novel, "Dracula", was more about sex and repression and Victorian England with some amount of horror. The 1931 movie with Bela has some sex and more horror. But this film is much more horrific and is even anti-Semitic. Not as much about sex as the novel and movie, "Dracula". So for horror and Halloween, "Nosferatu" is the one. A large component of the novel Dracula that isn't often broached due to its unseemliness is that it was a veiled attack on East European immigration and a perception by some at the time that Britain's "character" was being diminished by unwelcome, unwholesome Eastern European aristocracy and their "unclean habits and moral degradation". Dracula in the novel arrives in Britain and immediately seduces the young Englishwomen with his Continental manner and sexual allure, which he uses to lure them into "moral turpitude." Many in Western Europe, especially Victorian Britain, felt that the younger generations were being led astray by the encroachment of unwanted foreigners. Link to post Share on other sites
Natalie Webb Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Although this was not my favorite Dracula film, Nosferatu (1922) was a unique watch. It had some very creepy scenes and memorable shots; I only wish I could see it in a tinted version, I saw the black and white with no tinting. I read somewhere that it had some vivid red scenes which I imagine would have worked perfectly in this movie! I liked the night scene when a door is opened and Nosferatu is standing out on the other side just looking scary! He didn't even have to move, just the sight of him standing there was eerie. Link to post Share on other sites
SleepyDogFilms Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Isn't it ironic that what is considered one of the greatest horror movies of the silent era was made without permission from Bram Stoker's estate? Link to post Share on other sites
jaragon Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 Isn't it ironic that what is considered one of the greatest horror movies of the silent era was made without permission from Bram Stoker's estate? Stoker's state wanted all the copies of the film destroyed Link to post Share on other sites
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