Nosferatu on DVD (1922)

Oh so eerie!

Martin from Manchester , 16/11/2004

Nosferatu may have been made in the 1920s but it still has the power to chill your spine. Best watched in a dark room with the odd candle burning for a fuller effect. Max Schreck, who plays the vampire, Count Orlok, a.k.a Nosferatu, deserves special credit for his superb portrayal as the fiendish blood-sucker. Watch out for the hand and facial gestures: without those, the vampire would not look menacing at all. As for the soundtrack, this only enhances the tension build up in the film and fits in with the overall atmosphere of the film. Definitely worth a watch!

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soffa#1 from BROMSGROVE , 11/01/2004

No where near as good as I was expecting it to be, I wasn't really consintrating so I had no idea what was going on!

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Shadows

A customer from Edinburgh, Scotland , 19/08/2004

This classic still has power even after all these years, but watch out for the awful modern soundtrack that has been added. Best watched on mute.

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Shivers

A customer from Warwickshire, England , 20/10/2005

I still get shivers every time I see that shadow climbing the stairs!

Such a great film and it goes to show that you don't have to have blood spurting everywhere to make a good horror movie. I can't understand how people can get so offended by the music. I actually enjoyed the music but if you don't like it, is it really too hard to press mute? As for the story screens not being in German, I can't read German, so bonus for me.

The reason I rented this DVD was because I had seen the film 'Shadow of the Vampire'. A fictional story about the filming of 'Nosferatu' where Orlok is in fact a real vampire. After you've rented this why not take a look at Shadow of the Vampire for another angle to the story.

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Didn't watch the film because of the atrocious synth soundtrack.

A customer from Northampton , 19/09/2005

Caution - this is NOT the Frayling 2 disc set.

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Tim#122 from ST BEES , 18/06/2004

I only wish it WAS a silent movie. The film itself is a classic - faultless with real artistry in the camerawork and framing. I have teenage kids and the moment when Hutter opens the door and saw Orlok staring gave them all a chill, or would have done if it wasn't for the truly awful soundtrack. I was lucky enough to have caught this late one night on telly with a proper piano soundtrack, as would it would have been 80 years ago. Instead some complete idiot has put synthesised noodling all over the thing. I swear that at one point he must have put a brick on the keyboard and nipped off for a curry. What a real shame. Get it out by all means, but keep the sound switched off.

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