Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens: Directed by F.W. Murnau. With Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, Georg H. Schnell. Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter’s wife.

“I want you to go back, way back, before CGI effects, box office predictions, acid trip movies, black and white, even sound, we had silent films. Weu0026#39;ve of course remember them, but how many of us have really seen one? I happen to love them though, my film appreciation class made me run out and get as many silent films as possible, one of the most memorable silent films of all time is Nosferatu. A film that still to this day remains one of the most harrowing movies of all time. Say what you will about how far special effects have come into todayu0026#39;s movies, but the silent film really made this movie into the true horror story that has memorable images and still gives me nightmares.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThomas Hutter is an employee at a real estate firm in a city called Wisborg, living with Ellen, his wife. His employer, Knock, receives a mysterious letter. Knock decides to send him to visit Count Orlok in the Carpathian Mountains to finalize the sale of a house. Hutter leaves his wife with his good friend Harding, and Hardingu0026#39;s sister Ruth, before embarking on his multiple-month journey. He goes on the trip and he is soon picked up by Count Orloku0026#39;s coach, which is driven by a strange specter that hides its face, and moves at an unnatural speed. At his arrival at the castle, whose doors open by themselves, he is welcomed by Count Orlok. His grotesque facial features hidden at this stage by his hat, Orlok initially appears to be a mere eccentric gentleman. Hutter has dinner at the castle; Orlok refuses to eat and silently reads a letter. A bell rings at midnight and a startled Hutter cuts his thumb. Count Orlok tries to suck the blood out of the wound, but stops at Hutteru0026#39;s horror, who then falls asleep in the parlor after a conversation with Orlok. Hutter wakes up to an empty castle with fresh wounds on his neck, heu0026#39;s oh so doomed at this point.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe very first vampire movie of all time, when F.W. Murnau couldnu0026#39;t get the rights to Dracula, he created actually one of the most memorable horror movies of all time. Seriously, if you have never seen this movie, try to find it, and if you dare say that the image of Orlok waking up and rising out of his coffin doesnu0026#39;t scare the ever loving daylight out of you, Iu0026#39;m going to go all Clockwork Orange on you, tape you to a chair put toothpicks in your eye lids to keep them open and youu0026#39;re going to watch this in the dark. This movie is a true classic and will always remain one of the scariest movies I have ever seen.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e10/10”