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MonsterGuy95	Shadow of the Vampire (2000)	Lead	[-]
Jul 20 12 7:42 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None Saw this film a while back. Great to see what it might have been like during the making of Nosferatu. I say might in italics as the film is not 100% accurate, still it is enjoyable to watch. John Malkovich makes a great Murnau and William Dafoe is great at playing Count Orlock (I only recognized Dafoe's appearance, not by his name and was pleasantly surprised when I found out he was playing this part.). We also get the myth that Max Schreck, who played Orlock was actually a vampire, which is not true included in this film as a major plot line which I suppose highlights the horror elements of the film. I have just ordered the DVD as an audio commentary and making of documentary is included.
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lencandraw		#1	[-]
Jul 22 12 4:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Very good flick.
TheLizard		#2	[-]
Jul 29 12 3:59 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I love the scene where he's so visibly disgusted by Dracula in the novel presenting dinner to his guests and talking about how after so many years you would forget what food was even like. This was a very entertaining movie, and just enlarges the whole mythology of Nosferatu. It's the earliest known vampire film that we still have a copy of, and I'll bet my bottom dollar that no vampire put to film will EVER be as creepy. I think this is an upper echelon movie of the past few decades, and largely overlooked.
jplibby		#3	[-]
Jul 29 12 7:26 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I really enjoyed this film, but I was annoyed that several characters died who in fact continued their film careers into the 1930s and '40s. I know I shouldn't have let that get to me, but it did.
flashback		#4	[-]
Jul 29 12 8:40 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	with the vampire in the movie being filmed a real vampire, accuracy is not what the film is about.
Uncle Bingo		#5	[-]
Aug 3 12 12:15 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I really enjoyed this and I bet many of the CHFBers did too. It's has a classic movie feel but done with modern equipment. Dafoe was really off the hook as Nosferatu and clearly loved doing the role. He kept Nosferatu completely wretched and Malkovich is fantastic as the obsessive Murnau. I thought it was a really clever way to play with a classic horror story and I loved the script.
Krick Wurkheiser		#6	[-]
Feb 1 13 7:06 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This is one of my favourites. Perfect set design, cinematography, score, atmosphere, and especially script and cast.
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Eddie the Head		#7	[-]
Feb 2 13 12:20 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This was quite a movie. I liked both Dafoe and Malkovich in this. I am the Shadow Man, and I never harm the person whose bed I live under.
bromstaker		#8	[-]
Feb 4 13 7:49 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Excellent, highly entertaining film with a terrific performance from Willem Dafoe (I believe he was Oscar nominated wasn't he?).
Monsterpal		#9	[-]
Feb 4 13 9:47 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	MonsterGuy95 wrote: I say might in italics as the film is not 100% accurate, still it is enjoyable to watch. I like it too, but are you saying that Max Schreck wasn't really a vampire? I'm crushed.
Phantom Stranger		#10	[-]
Mar 4 13 11:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Very entertaining film. I like watching it after I've seen the original"Nosferatu".They make a great double bill.
delgadosaur		#11	[-]
Mar 7 13 12:52 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I love the way this intertwines with the original film, and just laugh at the idea that the director wants to make this picture at all cost, lol.
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