Nosferatu, the Symphony of Death has frightened movie watchers for 80 years. Despite its silence and gray-scale appearance, Max Screck's pinnacle performance as Count Orlock remains the truest and most frightening portrayal of Braum Stoker's book.
Nosferatu is the story of real estate agent Jonathan Harker his wife Nina and their Towns encounter with Dracula. In the beginning of the Jonathan Harker gets sent to do a real estate deal with a wealth count. Upon arrival Jonathan finds out that the count is something more. After they sign the paper work Jonathan Harker takes off for home and on his way he reads a book that confirms his worst fear. When they finally arrive in Bremen the Count holds a sort of spell over the town. When their is no hope left Jonathan's wife Nina does something completely unexpected.
Nosferatu was released in 1929 as the first movie version of Brom Stroker's Dracula. The studio produced the film had no rights to the Dracula license and was by Stroker's wife for making the movie. The studio ended up going into bankruptcy and lost the rights to the movie. Because the closing of the studio the movie rights fell into the public domain and is available to watch for free.
Although most people would dismiss Nosferatu upon hearing that it is silent and grayscalse, this movie is one of the most well made and creepiest horror films of all time. This is in large part due to Count Orlock (Max Schreck), for the duration of the movie Orlock is extremely creepy. He blinks only once throughout the entire movie and has two big front teeth and a perfectly straight posture. It is even rumored that off set he stayed in character and would attack people at random. If you are in the mood for a movie that will keep you up scared this is a must see.
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