Nosferatu - F.W. Murnau (1922)

I have to say, this is a pretty good film. I have seen one other F.W. Murnau film called 'Sunrise'. And that was a very compelling film. It still amazes me that you can tell a very compelling story and evoke so much emotion in a black and white silent film. So that is why Murnau is a good filmmaker.

There is one scene in the movie where a Sailor sees an 'apparition' of Nosferatu - he kind of appears out of thin air. Keeping in mind this is 1922, it's a pretty neat trick visually. And I do have to admit, the character is pretty scary. And there is another one where you just see his shadow...creeping over the main characters wife. Very creepy.

The movie is based on Bram Stoker's book 'Dracula'. Apparently though, they forgot to secure the rights to it (oops!!) and basically it had to be destroyed and wasn't allowed to be shown because of the copywright infringement. Then recently, the original was remastered.

This was a good film. Just as good (in my humble opinion) as movies made today with special effects and CGI and all that fancy modern stuff.

One word to describe 'Nosferatu': Scary.