Nosferatu

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“Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter’s wife.”

When you sit down to watch and review a movie from a century ago, you have to put yourself into a certain headspace to do so. This was the birth of horror movies. This was during a time when moving pictures themselves were frightening to some. So I leave all my preconceived notions of what horror should be at the door.

As is well known, this movie was pulled almost verbatim from Dracula. So much so that the Stoker estate won a court case and ordered all copies to be destroyed. All but one single copy had perished and from that lone print, I am able to watch this movie at home.

Since this is a silent film, the story has to be carried through grandiose gestures and eye catching settings and costumes. This is one of the things that makes this so enjoyable. It brings be back to this almost childlike anticipation where, even though I know the story, I’m fascinated by how it’s shown.

I don’t really have any spoilers or majorly divulging insights. Rather, I wanted to write this to remind people of the very roots of horror. It doesn’t lie in special effects or gimmicks but instead in the stories and fears that still haunt us over the ages.