Tuesday, 3 February 2015

Children of the night

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

Directed by Werner Herzog this film based on the novel “Dracula” stars Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani and Bruno Ganz. A man travels to a castle in Transylvania to help a reclusive count by a house in Germany.

While this is an adaptation of Dracula this film draws heavily on F. W. Muranu's film Nosferatu (1922). There are some changes to the second half of the story and they bring an interesting twist to a story that has been adapted countless times before. I really enjoyed the moody direction and the way that the character of Lucy Harker takes control towards the end.


4/5

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