The overall result is further enhanced by another memorable vampire performance which deserves to be compared with Schreck’s in the 1922 movie.Īt first we observes the ongoing filmmaking process of Murnau, played by John Malkovich, and his cast and crew members in Berlin, 1921.
Elias Merhige’s 2000 film “Shadow of the Vampire” attempts to develop one darkly amusing premise: what if Murnau actually hired a real vampire as his leading actor? This sounds pretty preposterous to say the least, but the movie handles this utterly unbelievable premise as seriously as possible for deadpan, one-joke horror comedy. Inspired by the undeniably vivid and striking appearance of Schreck in “Nosferatu,” E. Although the film itself was the unauthorized film adaptation of the vampire novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, Murnau and his leading actor Max Schreck created with “ Nosferatu” one of the creepiest vampire characters in movie history. Murnau’s “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror” (1922) is regarded as one of the greatest silent horror films for many good reasons, and one of them is the striking appearance of its titular character.
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