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Originally posted by alkytrio666
I wholehearditly disagree- please explain.
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Must admit I'm surprised anyone would challenge me over the fact that more of Stoker's novel makes it into the Lugosi film than into NOSFERATU. I'm afriad a point-by-point comparison would grow anal rentive and boring pretty quickly, so let me just touch on a few obvious issues:
DRACULA has the three vampire brides in Transylvania; NOSFERATU does not.
DRACULA has the vampire turn into a bat and a wolf (the later not shown, sadly); NOSFERATU does not.
DRACULA retains the book's Christian imagery (crosses, Eucharist); NOSFERATU does not (although Herzog's remake, curiously, does restore some of this.)
DRACULA features a Van Helsing character who realizes that Dracula is a vampire and marshall the knowledge to destroy him; NOSFERATU does not (yes, there is a Van Helsing character, but he is useless).
DRACULA features a Renfield character who aids and abets the vampire while incarcerated in an asylum (although what he actually does is vague to the point of non-existance); NOSFERATU does not (yes, there is a lunatic character, but his only real plot function is to send Hutter to visit Orlock).
DRACULA has the Count tempt Renfield with thousands of rats (only described, not shown, sadly); NOSFERATU does not.
DRACULA gives the Count two female victims: Lucy who succumbs and becomes a vampire, and Mina, who is saved from a similar fate; NOSFERATU does not (there is only one girl, and she does not become a vampire from Orlock's bite).
DRACULA has the Count taint Mina by forcing her to drink his blood (again, only described not shown); NOSFERATU does not.
DRACULA has the Count destroyed by being impaled (not quite the same as the book, but at least it's in line with the methods described in the book); NOSFERATU does not (the film invents the idea that vampires go poof in sunlight).
Anyway, you get the idea...