Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror

 OK, I'll buy it!!!

 Noseratu, doesn't that name sound like the

very midnight call of death? Speak it not aloud

or life's pictures will turn to shadows and

nightmares will rise up to feed on your blood.

I have long meditated on the rise and fall of the

Great Death in Wisborg. Here is the story:

In Wisborg there lived a man called Hutter

with his young wife Ellen...

Watch the Ship of Death Scene (Real Video)

Watch Count Orlock Sign the Deed (QuickTime)

(scene used in Shadow of the Vampire)

The earliest surviving screen adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula has had a long and
interesting life of its own. Most of the existing prints and negatives were ordered destroyed in the mid to late 1920's by Bram Stoker's widow. Perhaps she was within her rights given FW Murnau's blatant copyright infringement.
However, despite all this the film has outlasted many other films of its day. Like they say, "You can't keep a good Vampire down!"
 

Click on the underlined links above to hear a preview of the Silent Orchestra score for Nosferatu.

Now available on VHS from Kino Video and DVD from Image Entertainment.

You will need the Real Audio Player to hear these samples.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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