Shadow of the Vampire (R)

Quicklook Rating★★★½

synopsis

F W Murnau is making Nosferatu on location in Eastern Europe. The director is determined to make this the most authentic movie ever. To this end Murnau has employed a real vampire, Max Schreck. He explains Schreck's weird behavior by saying that he is a fastidious method actor. As payment Schreck has been promised drug addicted beauty Greta - Nosferatu's leading-lady. She is to be his at the end of filming. But it seems that Schreck cannot wait that long to taste the blood of the crew.

details

Suspense/Thriller
1 hr. 24 min.
Opened December 29th, 2000

director

Elias Merhige

writer

Steven Katz

MovieGoer Review

The making of 1922's ''Nosferatu,'' cinema's first vampire film, is chronicled in this finely detailed and highly amusing homage.

Story

Great German film director F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) embarks on a journey to a... MORE

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synopsis

F W Murnau is making Nosferatu on location in Eastern Europe. The director is determined to make this the most authentic movie ever. To this end Murnau has employed a real vampire, Max Schreck. He explains Schreck's weird behavior by saying that he is a fastidious method actor. As payment Schreck has been promised drug addicted beauty Greta - Nosferatu's leading-lady. She is to be his at the end of filming. But it seems that Schreck cannot wait that long to taste the blood of the crew.

details

Suspense/Thriller
1 hr. 24 min.
Opened December 29th, 2000

director

Elias Merhige

writer

Steven Katz

MovieGoer Review

The making of 1922's ''Nosferatu,'' cinema's first vampire film, is chronicled in this finely detailed and highly amusing homage.

Story

Great German film director F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) embarks on a journey to a... MORE