Nosferatu

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…

make decisions on which aspects of the original can fit into the new creation. Unlike lyrical changes, various factors drive these decisions, including the film’s duration, the novel’s format, or the director’s vision. A notable film adaptation is Nosferatu, a version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, published in 1897. This novel follows the story of Jonathan and his companions as they attempt to kill the vampire Dracula, while the movie attempts to retell this story. In order to translate Bram…

Shadow of the Vampire is a film based off of the filming of the Nosferatu film, and was directed by E. Elias Merhige. The film was released in the year of 2000 as a drama genre. The opening scene in Shadow of the Vampire is a character playing with the cat, which signifies the difficulties characters have with dealing with animals. Shadow of the Vampire allows the viewers to recognize the efforts needed from the entire cast to make Nosferatu a successful enjoyable film. Elements such as…

directed by F.W. Murnau. The film was an unauthorized adaptation of Dracula, thus the director had to change names and other details because the studio could not obtain the rights to the novel. “Vampire” became “nosferatu” and “Count Dracula” became “Count Orlok”. At first glance Nosferatu seems faithful to be a faithful adaptation of Stoker’s novel in plot and action, particularly with respect to the hero’s journey to the Carpathian Mountains. However the film marks a decided break from the…

Prior to the 20’s, film had slowly expanded from an experimental technology to a widespread form of entertainment. Thomas Edison’s assistant William K.L. Dickson was the inventor of a motorized camera that could record motion. Once he tested it and finalized it in 1892, Edison began setting up parlors where interested viewers could pay to watch 20-30 second videos, mostly of dancing groups and battle scenes. Inspired by this, the European film industry began with Auguste and Louis Lumiere. The…

Throughout history, the public has been entertained by stories written and performed by artists visually. The creation of the moving picture gave an outlet to visual art performers to reach brand new audiences of enormous sizes. The cultural and artistic differences that influenced art prior to the film industry also made an imprint on films from around the Western world. Because of the emphasis on capitalism in America and England, the films of English speaking directors tended to be aimed at…

both The Golem and Nosferatu use multiple filmic tools to infuse each film with an atmosphere of horror. The Golem uses tinting in some of the scenes to invoke different emotions. For example, a red tinting is used during the scene in which the fire breaks out, this invokes a scense of emergency and heat like the fire is actually there and immediate danger is upon us. In Nosferatu, a major filmic tool that is employed is editing. In particular it the scene where both Nosferatu and Hutter are…

“Nosferatu! That name alone can chill the blood! Nosferatu! Was it he who brought the plague to Bremen in 1838?” The causes of that terrible epidemic have been long sought, and found at its origin and its climax the innocent figures of Jonathan Harker and his young wife, Nina. It was a particularly normal morning in the small modest town of Wisberg. A young Jonathan Harker readied himself in the mirror for his job. He was a real-estate associate finding himself working for a man named Agent…

Dracula: A degenerate and a threat What is Dracula? Is he a monster, a villain, an illness, a disease or an immigrant? Whichever way Dracula is looked at, he is a symbol for what we most fear. In Dracula, Bram Stoker utilises late Victorian era anxieties and uses the character of Dracula as a symbol for threats regarding imperialism. When it came for me to do my research into degeneration, two theorists lead the way; Max Nordau and Cesare Lombroso. I decided to continue my research by…

These immigrants do not seem care about the impending conflict over their stay, as they continue with life as if nothing has changed and even cause some of our own to defect and support the immigrants. This trait is indicative of the vampire as with a mere bite, the victims become vampires upon their deaths to and arise to serve Dracula in finding new prey. One of Dracula’s first victims that met this doomed fate was Lucy Westenra. Lucy’s unfortunate end was meant to be an especially terrible…