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Nosferatu the Vampyre

It is fear and fun. It is a scream of horror and a cry of delight. It is Nosferatu, the Vampyre.

1979 · 1h 47m · PG Drama, Horror
Directed by Werner Herzog

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Overview

A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.

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All reviews
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh

To say of someone that they were born to play a vampire is a strange compliment, but if you will compare the two versions of Nosferatu you might agree with me that only Kinski could have equaled or rivaled Max Schreck's performance.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh

You can love this movie without having to admit it's merely an okay version of Dracula.

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Fresh

Between the hordes of stowaway rats that accompany Dracula's arrival, and a town-plaza dance of folly by doomed survivors (a Herzog addition), it's like being present at the birth of a medieval legend.

Nicolas Rapold, Village Voice
Fresh

The acting is too eccentric and the narrative drive too weak to satisfy fans of the genre, but Herzog's admirers will find much in the film's animistic landscapes and clusters of visionary imagery.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten

There's a grey, plodding quality to the film which sidesteps oppressive, doom-laden inevitability and goes straight to slightly dull.

Tom Huddleston, Time Out

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