Nosferatu (1922)

[The Philly Movie Guy]

Before 1931 there was another version of Dracula this was a silent film ( a film with no talking in it). The movie director was F.M. Murnau. This is a unauthorized production of Bram Stoker's classic novel with enough changes to make it legal in it's day. The title was changed from Dracula to Nosferatu, The name count was changed to Count Orolok. This verision made the fabled vampire rat-like with his teeth pertruding from the front not like a classic vampire. This count was played by German actor Max Shreck ( who's real name is Alfred Abel). If you look closely in the movie Shreck is never scene blinking his eyes once in the entire movie. The name Max Shreck was a stage name which means in German translates to ( Maximum Terror). Anyway the widow of Bram Stoker sued Murnau because of copyright infractions through a settlement all known prints of Nosferatu were destroyed. Later copies of this movie resurfaced in foreign countries or it would not exist today.

I have a copy of Nosferatu on DVD 3-pack of movies called Trio of terror ( which also has Night of the Living Dead and House on the Haunted Hill), by Vintage Movie Classics. The movie Nosferatu is spooky and neat but instead of having classical silent horror music it has a music number by the band: Type O Negative( But that's my only gripe). But if your in horror movies and you like vampires you should checkout Nosferatu it's The first real vampire movie!