Whenever the name Nosferatu is brought up I automatically think of that one Spongebob Squarepants episode where Count Orlock (Max Shcreck) can be found lurking in the corner flickering the lights on and off again. Now even though it was just a quick part in a children’s television show Orlock still frightened me to my core. Little did I know back then that that powerful character came from one of the most significant horror films. That is a strong statement, but I believe that F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu may be one of the greatest horror films made. Ninety years later and this movie is still heavily relevant in today’s horror scene.
One of the scenes that is especially disturbing to me is when the camera is in the front door of Count Orlock’s decrepit castle and he is found just standing there, motionless, almost lifeless until he lurks back into the shadows. The first reason why …show more content…
By this I mean the nature changes with the feelings of the people or events going on within Nosferatu. Hutters journey to Count Orlock’s castle is portrayed as beautiful and enjoyable. But on his excursion back home it rapidly becomes disorderly, the film only shows how nature is stopping Hutter from returning back to his wife, Ellen. For example the trees seem mangled and disarray, the wind is always very frantic, and rocks fill up the river suddenly. Not only does this happen with Hutter but it also happens with Ellen as well. When she is standing by the sea you can see that it is violently coming at her. Which is the same sea that is bringing the one and only Count Orlock to her town. Along with the scientific scenes of the doctor comparing a venus fly trap to a vampire, I believe this movie has an underlying message as nature is evil because at the time scientist did not know about most of nature and that’s where the fear of the unknown comes to play yet again in the
One of the scenes that is especially disturbing to me is when the camera is in the front door of Count Orlock’s decrepit castle and he is found just standing there, motionless, almost lifeless until he lurks back into the shadows. The first reason why …show more content…
By this I mean the nature changes with the feelings of the people or events going on within Nosferatu. Hutters journey to Count Orlock’s castle is portrayed as beautiful and enjoyable. But on his excursion back home it rapidly becomes disorderly, the film only shows how nature is stopping Hutter from returning back to his wife, Ellen. For example the trees seem mangled and disarray, the wind is always very frantic, and rocks fill up the river suddenly. Not only does this happen with Hutter but it also happens with Ellen as well. When she is standing by the sea you can see that it is violently coming at her. Which is the same sea that is bringing the one and only Count Orlock to her town. Along with the scientific scenes of the doctor comparing a venus fly trap to a vampire, I believe this movie has an underlying message as nature is evil because at the time scientist did not know about most of nature and that’s where the fear of the unknown comes to play yet again in the