Nosferatu

"Is that your wife? What a lovely neck."

I thought since it was Halloween time I would check out a classic horror film. Nosferatu was made back in 1922. It is a silent film based on Brahm Stokers book. This was one of the films made about it. It is a silent film. There are different versions of this with different soundtracks. Some better than others.

Nosferatu is about a young real estate agent named Hutter who gets a tip that a Count wants to buy some real estate in the area and he needs to go to Transylvania to meet him and sell him the property. So much to the dismay of his wife he sets off to meet Orlof. He is warned by the locals of danger, but he continues on. The count will only meet him at night and becomes distracted when he sees a picture of Hutter's wife. The count then decides to by the house across from Hutter's. The next morning he wakes up with two bite marks on his neck which he claims were from Mosquito's.

Hutter slowly learns about Nosferatu (Vampires) from a book he picked up at the local Inn. He goes to find the count one night and finds him sleeping in a coffin. He takes off and tries to make his way home. He gets sick and the journey takes a detour. The count decides to go after Hutter's wife and her beautiful neck. He stows away on a ship with five of his coffins, vampires get power from the earth they were buried in. He wreaks havoc on the ship and eventually makes it to Hutter's town. The question is who will get to the wife first and who will win.

This was one of the first silent films I've seen. It was pretty good. The version I saw had a good soundtrack with it. I also liked the way that the shots during the day were tinted red and the nigh shots were blue. I could see how it could have creeped people out back then. The character is very creepy with those long fingers and his face. His follower in jail was also creepy, in a crazy way. This was a good film to kick off the Halloween Season.

6 out of 10