SYNOPSIS
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife. Silent classic based on the story "Dracula." IMDB
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Brand new high - definition restoration by Friedrich - Wilhelm - Murnau - Stiftung
- Two audio commentaries: one newly recorded by film historian David Kalat; the second by historian R. Dixon Smith and critic Brad Stevens
- The Language of Shadows, a 53 - minute documentary on Murnau's early years and the filming of Nosferatu
- New video interview with BFI Film Classics Nosferatu author Kevin Jackson
- Newly translated English subtitles with original German intertitles
- PLUS: a 56 - page booklet featuring writings and rare imagery
- An astonishing transfer for a film that was shot in 1922
- The film score fits the movie perfectly (Even if not as impactful as James Bernard's BFI release)
- Still as creepy as ever
- Brilliant tinting (even if it was 'borrowed' from the BFI transfer)
- Fantastic extras on both discs
MEH!
- Some of the inter titles do have a FWMS watermark on the bottom which can get a little distracting
- Some shots have been stabilised significantly while others are still all over the place
BOO!
- Not a damn thing
VERDICT
YAY!
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