Nosferatu The Vampyre
https://youtu.be/E9m9tvEbVXs
This looks like an old remake of the black and white silent horror movie Nosferatu. I've never watched it before but that soundtrack alone gives me goosebumps. I think it's kind of funny though how that trailer is spoiling the ending of the movie with the tragic fate of Hutter's wife Ellen. ::big grin:: |
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I just saw this for the first time about 6 months ago. |
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It looks good! |
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There is an English version (the actors spoke English, not a dub), and one German (with English subtitles). I'm not enough of a snob to recommend one over the other. I watched the English version, of course, and won't be watching the other. That trailer... Sure does spin, eh? I wouldn't assume too much about Ellen's fate from this trailer. That's because there's no Ellen in the film, so she's OK. But I wouldn't assume too much about Harker's wife Lucy's fate from the trailer either. It may look like she's bit, but not everyone bit by a vampire dies. ::wink:: There's big fans of this film. I enjoyed it, and I like arthouse or avant garde, but I can't say I loved it. Quote:
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Wait I'm confused...
Harker's wife's name was Nina (in the novel Dracula) and in Nosferatu her name was changed to Ellen (just like Harker became Hutter and Count Dracula became Count Orlock). Lucy in the novel Dracula was a friend of Nina's whom Dracula turned into a vampire but I think in Nosferatu she had a very minor role as either the wife or sister of Hutter's friend who looked after Ellen while he was away in Transylvania. I guess you're saying there's more character depth in this remake which sounds awesome to me. ::big grin:: BIG SPOILERS And in the silent movie version of Nosferatu I liked Ellen because she was such a pure hearted character who cried when Hutter picked her a bouquet of flowers to cheer her up without realizing that he "killed the beautiful flowers". Also unlike Dracula where Harker was the hero and Nina was the damsel, in Nosferatu it was Ellen who saved her husband Hutter by offering herself to Count Orlock and letting him get destroyed by the sunlight. In fact she pretty much saved the whole town from the death plague he brought over with her own life. |
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In the 1932 Dracula film, I wonder if the vamp chicks were just his feral sisters? |
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I always wondered why Dracula only chose to turn women into vampires? He must have been a real pimp. ::big grin:: In fact I think the term "Brides of Dracula" was only invented by the 1932 movie because in the book they didn't have any names and their relationship with Count Dracula was never made clear. They were just female vamps who lived in his castle and were most likely transformed by Dracula in the same manner Lucy was. |
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