Nosferatu

Censorship and partners in war crime Alfred Newman’s thrilling score supplemented by several diegetic pieces of music For decades, many countries only released post-war, politically censored versions Provoking: It was …

January 2024: Die zwölfte Stunde finally available for online viewing! First ever vampire film was reshot, recut and reissued with sound Methodology also practised by world’s most famous quack doctor The …

In 1956, the Master famously remade his own 1934 thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much But 26 years before that, he directed two very different versions of this murder mystery …

Restoration and home video releases Detailed: cinematic ground-breaker’s restoration and quality home video releases Shot in two separate versions as the Master’s final silent and first sound film The silent …

Count Orlok speaks! After a century of silent scares, the brooding vampire finally finds his voice Among Nosferatu’s many homages and reinterpretations are several transforming it into a talkie Most …

Restorations and home video releases A Story of the Home Video Fog: for every quality release, many awful ones lurk to catch the unwary The Lodger languished in multitudes of …

1933–1938 Films The international solution to language-restricted talkies passes its peak years However, many classics were yet to be made before the advent of WWII ended the practise Contents Introduction …

The Many Faces of Orlok: Restored Versions on Blu-ray and DVD Count Orlok’s saga has metamorphosed through a bewildering variety of versions The restored releases have a total of seven completely different …

Serenading the Undead: So Many Scores Count Orlok’s misdeeds have had countless live and recorded scores over the years The original 1922 première score no longer survives but there are …

1995 and 2006 Restorations Nosferatu’s metamorphosis continues: two new versions, many new sets of intertitles Both are equally complete and the only ones available on Blu-ray and HD digital video …