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potatolulz t1_iuhrfmk wrote

I also plan to continue to chill

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snackcake t1_iuht8ir wrote

Wernor Herzog's remake (early 70's) is amazing.

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fat_nuts_big_buttz t1_iuhuabp wrote

Is nosferatu a different interpretation of Dracula, or are they completely different source materials?

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mediarch t1_iuhunce wrote

He's still picking up work in the evenings at The Krusty Krab

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DissimilarLee t1_iuhv9cg wrote

How do you pronounce it?

Noss-ferr-ah-too?

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LupinThe8th t1_iuhx4ro wrote

Replying to fat_nuts_big_buttz (#381,982)

It's Dracula with the serial numbers filed off. They changed character names to avoid getting sued by the Stoker estate, got sued anyway, lost, and every copy was ordered destroyed.

Luckily, they missed a few, so we can watch the movie today.

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Daydream_machine t1_iuhyzkd wrote

Just saw this for the first time the other day. Some parts are a bit cheesy by nowadays standards, but the actor playing Nosferatu does a great job at being effortlessly creepy.

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sloppybro t1_iui2ajm wrote

There’s a version out there that is scored by Gucci Mane’s East Atlanta Santa, it’s quite good.

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ktaylorhite t1_iui2pwx wrote

I watched this movie a few years ago. The imagery is fantastic and it legit gave me the creeps!

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DonQOnIce t1_iui3bgo wrote

Replying to Ok-Classic-7302 (#384,562)

True, I guess it’s more accurate to say that it looks like an interpretation to us now because the Bella Lugosi movie from the 30s became what the culture sees when it thinks of Dracula. It is more directly an adaptation without permission.

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DonQOnIce t1_iui3lcf wrote

Replying to saanity (#384,596)

It was made only 25 years after Dracula was published. So it’s like us adapting a book written in the late 1990s. It kind of feels like Dracula the novel is way older than film but in reality it was published right around the start of film.

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kjhwkejhkhdsfkjhsdkf t1_iui5t1z wrote

There is also Shadow of the Vampire (2000), a fictional retelling of the production of the film, with Willem Defoe and John Malkovich.

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mischievous_kea t1_iui7bg5 wrote

One of my favorite movies. Next to Metropolis. Amazing imagery.

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likebeerwithag t1_iui8iqv wrote

Images of this movie were the nightmare fuel of my youth but when i got older I sat down to watch the movie (at home) and just found it silly. But last week I saw a showing at a movie theatre with a big crowd and a live organist. The organist spoke a little but about the film (including German Expressionism and the original use of color washes on the print to denote nighttime and daytime). Needless to say it was a much better experience. The crowd joked around at first but by the end you could hear a pin drop. It's so atmospheric and just creepy as hell. Side note that the organist got a standing ovation after playing non-stop for 90 minutes

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chocobococo t1_iuiajng wrote

There’s a version of it with a Type O Negative Soundtrack I watched when I was a kid. That was my introduction to the band! I’ll never forget that. Just amazing!

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Bogorn t1_iuicudr wrote

Years ago I watched Nosferatu on Netflix, and absolutely loved it. However, the version I saw had like an EDM feel to it and not been able to find that version since.

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JoeMcDingleDongle t1_iuid5zg wrote

I keep meaning to watch this, this week I randomly came across a freaking SpongeBob episode with this dude in it. So random. In the one I saw he was sick and his helper said he had a stuffy nose-terafu

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SweetCosmicPope t1_iuiehd8 wrote

Replying to Bogorn (#387,451)

You might check out the Kino DVD of it. It has two different soundtracks and one of them is a little more modern, as opposed to the other which is the traditional music. I don't recall it being specifically EDM like you're at a rave or something, but I do remember there being some synth beats and stuff.

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wimyan t1_iuigz0y wrote

Replying to Daydream_machine (#383,415)

Actually same, most of the actors stood out as great because they really dedicated to the comic relief, not just sheer terror. Didn't think I could enjoy a century-old B&W silent film, but it's worth the watch.

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blabus t1_iuih9uv wrote

I thought I remembered hearing something about a remake from Robert Eggers.

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Express_Helicopter93 t1_iuijfpn wrote

Replying to JoeMcDingleDongle (#387,550)

I dunno. I saw it while taking a film class when I was in uni, I remember it being too cheesy to be genuinely enjoyable. It’s neat to see how they made movies back then, as a novelty, but otherwise the movie’s not very suspenseful/thrilling/scary/funny/anything. I found it simply too old/outdated to be of any entertaining value.

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goukaryuu t1_iuikiai wrote

I'm a librarian and actually did a program showing this only about two weeks ago. I love the use of light and shadows in this.

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possiblyhysterical t1_iuimcu5 wrote

Went to see this in theaters (in a 100 year old theater which was pretty cool) and some moments really do hold up. It would have been worth it to watch for its historical value alone, seeing the old buildings, costumes and rooms, but Max Schreck’s performance really is incredible. Is it a thriller or horror movie in the modern sense? No, but it’s a fascinating film.

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The___Repeater t1_iuimtpu wrote

Replying to wimyan (#388,762)

I also watched it recently, and aside from its historical significance (which it certainly has) I found it super super super boring with almost nothing to entertain a modern audience.

But hey, that's just me.

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Jman1994678 t1_iuiowy4 wrote

He was the one flickering the lights

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xrbeeelama t1_iuiqjlm wrote

There are a couple legit scary images/scenes in this, fun to watch every couple years

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frenchtoast_assassin t1_iuiqknd wrote

Saw this recently for the first time and...possible hot take, but I prefer Nosferatu over Lugosi's Dracula. It felt more entertaining.

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LloydtheLlama47 t1_iuir7cu wrote

Replying to fat_nuts_big_buttz (#382,908)

Looking back as an adult, why the hell was that in Spongebob? Lol, it obviously wasn’t for the kids to guess and even adults that’s a hit or miss reference. A reference that doesn’t really even have a joke tied to it, Nosferatu just shows up.

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Plop_Squaty t1_iuirey7 wrote

Larry Wong and his gang were watching this in King Of New York

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drmirage809 t1_iuisd30 wrote

Replying to mediarch (#382,637)

I love that clip. It's so out of left field and a reference that went completely over my head as a kid. Nowadays it just makes me wanna go and watch the movie again.

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JohnCavil01 t1_iuit0ee wrote

Saw it for the first time just this past Friday at a candlelight screening in an old cathedral with a live organ doing the score.

It was awesome!

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FullAutoOctopus t1_iuitk1b wrote

My local symphony here in saskatoon, just did a tour through local towns theatres playing the music for this live, while the film plays in the background. It was amazing.

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MINKIN2 t1_iuiurx7 wrote

Bought this on DVD when it was first released on disc. I remember waiting for it's release day back when.

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hazeldazeI t1_iuiw8az wrote

Replying to GuCruise (#391,833)

Joe Bob Briggs on the Shudder channel just did this movie with the version that used the original score. He gave a lot of background about German Expressionism and it was great. I've seen this movie before that used a different score and it was so-so. This version is somehow so much more creepy. Definitely check it out.

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mrhelmand t1_iuixqla wrote

I watched this on a Twitch stream a couple of years ago [and again this past weekend] and was struck by how something made so long ago and with no audible dialog can have much more tension that most horror movies made today.

I know a remake is in the offing but there's no way it will come close, surely?

Oh, and if you've not seen Shadow of the Vampire, get on that, very underappreciated film.

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MoobyTheGoldenSock t1_iuiy48m wrote

Replying to fat_nuts_big_buttz (#381,982)

Unlicensed adaptation would probably be the best description.

They tried to change just enough to call it an original work, including switching all the character names and changing the ending (stake in the heart was replaced by sunlight.)

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Jacobmeeker t1_iuiyfl0 wrote

I need to watch this movie all the way through, definitely got more out of the Werzog version but Max Shrek is definitely the creepiest looking vampire.

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BobbiFleckmann t1_iuj2q3m wrote

I saw this movie at age eight and didn’t sleep for two weeks. That it appeared so “old” — silent with grainy black and white shadows — made it even more terrifying. Max Schreck truly looked like the living dead as Count Orlock.

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joshbudde t1_iuj31la wrote

Replying to alreadytaken028 (#384,628)

That movie is possibly..no, definitely, my favorite vampire movie. When he's eating the fucking light people and the director calls him on it and he just hisses and goes about his business? chefs kiss

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joshbudde t1_iuj3ecd wrote

Replying to The___Repeater (#390,707)

The local art theater does a showing of it every year with live organ accompaniment and they rescore it every year and every year its straight fire. I don't know how you can get bored during the movie--its filled with tension! The organ music adds a lot, but even without it, its still great.

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DullAlbatross t1_iuj3gpt wrote

Got to see this last year with a live organ playing the background.

Was great.

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Sleepy_Azathoth t1_iujcogn wrote

I watched it for the first time at 11 ywars old on TCM, and not only it made me fall in love with horror, but with cinema as well.

And after watching and reading tons of tons of horror stuff, Nosferatu continues to scare the shit out of me, just like it did 22 years ago.

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NOT-Mr-Davilla t1_iujdq9f wrote

Replying to Daydream_machine (#383,415)

For real! I love this movie!! I remember telling my brother and sister a few years ago that this was one of my favorite (okay, actually favorite back then) horror movie. They just laughed at me and went on and on about how it’s so old and so cheesy.

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well-lighted t1_iujen8b wrote

Replying to rivers2mathews (#386,620)

Honestly, just seeing “the 1990s” instead of just “the ‘90s” is triggering to me at this point.

I had a 7th grade student recently write “the 1900s” to refer to the 20th Century (specifically, the 60s/70s) and I just about died on the spot.

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AmeliaMangan t1_iujgjzv wrote

Replying to ModernistGames (#383,653)

And Love At First Bite, and the Frank Langella Dracula. I can't help but wonder if the vampire resurgence of that year might've had something to do with this being roughly the point where the very first instances of AIDS (though not yet recognized as such) began to show up in the US.

(Possibly worth noting: the novelization of Herzog's Nosferatu is by Paul Monette, who would later go on to become a major chronicler of the AIDS era. His novelization is superb, gorgeous and scary and sad, a great book in its own right and well worth seeking out.)

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AmeliaMangan t1_iujhmzl wrote

Replying to mrhelmand (#394,210)

>I know a remake is in the offing but there's no way it will come close, surely?

There was a remake in 1979, by Werner Herzog, and - I say this as someone who counts the original as one of her favorite films - it is an absolute masterpiece. (The upcoming one is by Robert Eggers, of The Witch and The Lighthouse fame; he's talented, but the fact that he's been publicly slagging off Herzog's astonishing film does not fill me with confidence.)

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Crustybuttt t1_iuji3ic wrote

It is a wonderful film, tho I’m not sure how scary it would be to modern audiences outside of an academic setting where the significance of Murnau’s work could be addressed. Also, I think Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is still my favorite silent German horror film

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uprightsalmon t1_iujilkm wrote

Love the shadow imagery. Painted it on my bedroom wall when I was in high school

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Orcabandana t1_iujjfne wrote

This was the worst German Expressionism film I've watched. I liked Caligari and Metropolis. It was so dull and slow

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Cake-Over t1_iujjj8o wrote

A long time ago I enjoyed a two week sabbatical at a hospital. One of the nurses was really over-strict. She got mad with me because I didn't drink the coffee that came with my breakfast (I'm not a coffee drinker). I took to referring to her as Nurseferatu. It made one of the orderlies giggle

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Yeebach t1_iujkawl wrote

Wait, if that was you on the phone, and you on the bus…then who was flickering the lights?

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ModernistGames t1_iujoi6s wrote

Replying to AmeliaMangan (#400,644)

While an interesting thought, I think that is a stretch. AIDs was not even identified until 1981. Vampire movies have always been around, they go in waves and are very flexible. I think the burst of great 70s vampire flicks was more just a product of the New Hollywood movement, in fact I think they worked brilliantly bringing a new, violent, sexy edge to the classic Hollywood story. That is one of the halmarks of the movement.

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ZombieJesus1987 t1_iujprhy wrote

For a 100 year old movie, this still holds up! Timeless classic indeed

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Skyldt t1_iujr9a1 wrote

Replying to fat_nuts_big_buttz (#381,982)

like people have been saying, they changed a bunch of stuff to avoid being sued by the Stoker family. One of the biggest things they changed, that's still in action today, is the idea that vampires die in sunlight. in Stokers DRACULA, vampires become weaker in daylight, but don't die.

interesting, the family still sued NOSFERATU, won, and all copies were ordered destroyed. a few survived (obviously), and now it's widely seen as a masterpiece.

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McWeen t1_iujt6v5 wrote

Also never forget the Are You Afraid of the Dark episode inspired by it. So creepy as a kid.

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BunBunSoup t1_iuk07di wrote

Replying to The___Repeater (#390,707)

That's fair, I love it but can see why a lot of people wouldn't. Happens with every movie, really. Metropolis is another movie from that era I could watch any day of the week, but my friends would fall asleep after 10 minutes.

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markhealey t1_iuk0j6v wrote

I watched this last Thursday at the local Minster, with live music on piano and violin, it was incredible

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TigBiddiesMacDaddy t1_iuk18ub wrote

Replying to PhallicPhaggot (#409,334)

Yee. I know it is a horror movie, but it comes off as a comedy movie to me. Nosferatu is like a big old goofball creeper who bumbles around. That standing in the doorframe makes me laugh because all I can picture when I see that scene is the guy going “Hey, wanna buy a timeshare?”

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majorjoe23 t1_iuk3voc wrote

There are a couple cool Nosferatu projects on Kickstarter right now, a trading card set and a rescoring of the film.

I won't link so I won't be accused of being a shill (I'm just a Nosferatu fan), but you can find them easily by searching the name of the movie.

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