To think we almost lost this film forever because the Stoker family sued for every copy to be destroyed. If that had happened I don’t know who would have been to flickering the lights in the Spongebob episode “Night Shift”.
@bespectacledheroine7292
Жыл бұрын
Graveyard Shift has been my favorite Spongebob episode for years. It....really explains a lot, considering I went on to be a silent film fan.
@MoviesWithMia
Жыл бұрын
HAHA OH YEAH! I remember that episode!
@marthaanderson2656
Жыл бұрын
the animal is a striped hyena, representing a werewolf. Very likely a rare and unusual creature to most 1922 viewers
@sparky6086
Жыл бұрын
I thought, that it was a hyena, then I over thought it, then thought, that it might be a Tasmanian Tiger! I remember hyenas & jackals, when I was in Africa many years ago. A jackal is sort of an African coyote.
@Carandini
Жыл бұрын
It looks too 'bushy' for a striped hyena, so I'm pretty sure it is an aardwolf, a smaller relative of hyenas that lives in the southern parts of Africa.
@Carandini
Жыл бұрын
@@sparky6086 Not a thyalcine. This is most likely an aardwolf, due to how 'bushy' its coat is.
@adrianaheiler9794
Жыл бұрын
I'm also pretty sure it's a striped hyena. They ARE bushy, sometimes even more so than the aardwolf and the aardwolf has a narrower head than this specimen, which has a very distinctive, heavy hyena head. The aardwolf also mostly has a black band over the eyes like a raccoon, which this animal lacks.
@sparky6086
Жыл бұрын
@@Carandini Cool, that they put an unusual or unexpected animal in a movie so many years ago!
@GairBear49
Жыл бұрын
Werner Hertzog did a remake of Nosferatu in 1979. Klaus Kinski was the Vampire and gave on of his best performances. He made the Count more sympathetic and tragic. Well worth seeing. It has a different ending then the Murnau, but just as tragic. Your reactions are some of the most intelligent and your films are some of the most diverse on KZitem. Keep up the good work!
@Progger11
Жыл бұрын
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@tarmaque
Жыл бұрын
I love your reactions, Mia. So much more intelligent and thoughtful than most "reactors" on KZitem. I _highly_ recommend reading the original novel _Dracula_ because much of this will make more sense. It also has several side-plots that greatly enhances the experience. And I am SO happy you're watching _Carnival of Souls!_
@Concetta20
11 ай бұрын
Yeah, the episolatory style mixed with narrative is so cool. It makes it feel like “found footage”, and hard to put down.
@tarmaque
11 ай бұрын
@@Concetta20 Right? Like a box full of letters you found when cleaning out your grandmother's house after she died. It works better in the era it's set because back then it was common to write long letters explaining everything you were doing. Not so much today. (Tweets don't count.)
@cliffordwaterton3543
Жыл бұрын
What a treat! 100 years old and still gives me chills. I still think it's probably the most faithful film to Stokers story (despite being set in Germany) and not bad for someone not used to filming on location.- some of those shots are quite beautiful to look at. A big thank you to you for seeking out these classics. There is a really interesting film featuring Willem Dafoe as Max Schreck in 'Shadow of the Vampire' which is worth checking out.
@danielgibson7948
Жыл бұрын
And John Malkovich as Murnau, :)
@theweebchannel4850
Жыл бұрын
Cinemassacre did a really good video on what's the most faithful to the original book. I highly recommend it!
@tomfowler381
Жыл бұрын
As someone who has dabbled in photography, as an avid amateur and a semi-pro, for more than 50 years, the thing I absolutely love about this and other early movies is the fact that each shot is a perfectly framed, stand alone, black and white image. It’s a masterpiece.
@GlenHallstrom
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful as always. And yes girl, Orlok was the original name. When this was released the filmmakers changed all the names so he became Count Orlok, Jonathan Harker became Thomas Hutter, Nina Harker became Ellen Hutter, Renfield became Herr Knock, etc. Later (MUCH later, like in the 60's) in the U.S. there were edited prints made (as "Dracula") where they changed the names to the original Stoker names. I remember Blackhawk Films had such a print for Super 8.
@paullewis886
Жыл бұрын
The special effects in this movie or the first ever movie ''The Trip to the Moon'' special effects were as shocking and groundbreaking as Avatar or The Matrix are today. Interesting and educational some of the shots have been updated and used today, agent Smith rising up to fight Morphious in the Matrix is a straight rip of Nospheratu rising up a century ago and in A Trip to the Moon they use miniatures just like in Star Wars
@SwiftFoxProductions
Жыл бұрын
In regards to the Count Orlok/Count Dracula/Nosferatu question... Nosferatu is just another name for a vampire so, he is a Nosferatu but, it is not, technically, his name (though it is used as shorthand for him sometimes). But whether his actual name is Count Orlok or Dracula really depends on the version of "Nosferatu" you watch! There are a few different translations of the title cards floating around out there. In the original German version, his name is Count Orlok and many of the other characters had different names too (in order to sidestep the "Dracula" copyright and possibly to give the characters more German-friendly names). But, the version you're watching has decided to use the names from the original "Dracula" novel, except they changed Mina to Nina, which sounds more like a typo than an actual decision they made! 😆And it's interesting that you mentioned the color-tinting in "WIngs" because, there are official restored versions of "Nosferatu" that, actually, do use color tinting!! (For whatever reason, there are just so many different edits of "Nosferatu"... more so than most silent films, it seems).
@daveweston5158
Жыл бұрын
Around this time last year, I had the distinct pleasure of seeing this film at a Drive-In Theater, with a live organ accompaniment... (It was a double feature with 'The Phantom of the Opera'). It was quite the experience...😊 I will also enthusiastically second the recommendation of watching 'Shadow of the Vampire' (If you happen to acquire this on DVD, the commentary track is absolutely worth a listen...)
@stephaniemccarthy1676
Жыл бұрын
100 years old. Let us all breath this masterpiece in our realm of magnificent film.
@theolamp5312
Жыл бұрын
I was thinking I could tell you someting about this great movie. But you did your research, so I'm only left to say that this may be the greatest vampire movie of all time. I suggest you check out Let The Right One In. A Swedish film that gives a new view to vampire legacy. Well worth a watch.
@davidfox5383
Жыл бұрын
I think this may be the first version of this film I ever saw back in the '70s. I remember the weird violin music during the "phantom coach" scene, and this score is appropriately unsettling. There is a newly restored version out on blu ray with improved picture quality and tints as you mentioned that help distinguish the day scenes from the night scenes. That being said, there is something I love about watching these older deteriorating copies that just adds to the creepy factor of the film. It is my favorite vampire film of all time, and Max Schrek is the most terrifying vampire in cinema history.
@Thievius333
Жыл бұрын
Additional comment: If you liked Nosferatu, you may also like a film from 1932 simply titled "Vampyr." Though technically a talkie, the dialogue is so rare that it is essentially a silent film. It's another German Expressionist film and uses (like Nosferatu) a lot of eerie shadow play. It's a great film to check out - even if you do it away from the channel for your own entertainment. It's another old, creepy film.
@Onest00p1d_vampire
Жыл бұрын
A fun fact I learned about this film, this is where we got the whole "vampires burn in the sun" trope we often see in vampire lore
@franciscogarza9633
Жыл бұрын
One of the silent era's most influential masterpieces, Nosferatu's eerie gothic feel and a chilling performance from Max Schreck as the vampire, set the template for the horror films that followed, NOSFERATU (1922) 97/100% Certified Approved ☑️
@mrfearfactory94
Жыл бұрын
If you liked this you should watch the Cabinet of Dr Caligari. Its from 1920 and widely regarded as the very first Horror movie. Great reaction as always!
@BigGator5
Жыл бұрын
"Your wife has such a beautiful neck..." Fun Fact: The film is included on the late Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list. Location Location Fact: After 85 years, virtually all of the exteriors are left intact in the cities of Wismar and Lübeck. Adaptation Fail Fact: The concept in popular culture that sunlight is lethal to vampires is based on this film, which depicted such a death for the very first time in film history. F.W. Murnau knew that he would be sued for borrowing heavily from Bram Stoker's novel Dracula (1897) without permission, so he changed the ending in order that he could say that this film and Dracula (1897) were not exactly the same. However that would not pass the legal smell test. All known prints and negatives were destroyed under the terms of settlement of a lawsuit by Bram Stoker's widow. Thankfully, the film would subsequently surface through second-generation reels in other countries.
@laustcawz2089
Жыл бұрын
Since Bram Stoker's story was supposed to be at least partially inspired by Vlad the impaler, I wonder if the "being killed by sunlight" idea stems from Vlad. Perhaps he suffered from Xeroderma Pigmentosum, which no one would've been familar with back then.
@robertrodriguez7087
Жыл бұрын
@@laustcawz2089 The common claims in pop culture that Stoker was inspired by (or even based Dracula on) Vlad the Impaler are founded in misinformation. There is no evidence that Stoker was familiar with the historical figure, and the background of the character of Dracula in the book definitely does not imply that he is supposed to be the same person, as many Dracula adaptations posit.
@Zebred2001
Жыл бұрын
Gotta check out Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) as well as Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Mia for a very interesting twist on the filming of Nosferatu!
@leannerose6181
Жыл бұрын
Oh boy,this is a good one. Might I also recommend The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari?(1919) Also a silent German Expressionism film
@robertjewell9727
Жыл бұрын
The copy I have of "Nosferatu" is different from this copy. Mine is re-digitalized to look as close as possible to the original release and any scratches etc. were removed and it has a great sense of space plus more scenes and tinted coloration. Also silent films were projected at 18 fps whereas sound films at 24 fps so that often that "fast" look happened because the projection speed was faster, but Murnau had his cameraman deliberately undrrcrank so that Nosferatu's horse and carriage looked peculiarly eerie and otherworldly. The music with mine is also different as well and in the print I have the name Dracula is never used nor the other names Stoker uses in his novel. Oh, and that odd little foxy creature is a hyena.
@pkunberger9287
Жыл бұрын
Another scary old movie is Haxan (1922) about witches
@josephblumenberg6574
Жыл бұрын
I would have loved to have been in the theater when this film was released just to experience the audience reactions!
@johnnyjoyner5360
Жыл бұрын
I also love that we get to people and landscapes from over 100 years ago. One thing I also do is think about the people. I wonder how many were veterans of the First World War, how many of the children in these was alive in 1945? I think it brings a real human element when you think about the times that these actors lived or will live in. Another great silent film with amazing acting is the Passion of Joan of Arc from 1928
@Carandini
Жыл бұрын
That creature (in the movie it's meant to be a werewolf) looks to be an aardwolf. They're a smaller relative of hyenas and are found in the southern parts of Africa. Not extinct, but their populations aren't nearly as robust as those of the spotted hyena or the striped hyena.
@Marybaklava
Жыл бұрын
Oh my God YES!!!!!❤❤❤ Hands down one of my favorite all time Halloween movies. I was so hoping you were going to do this one.
@douglasswicegood4420
6 ай бұрын
Nosferatu has been restored for blu-ray and it's magnificent and the speed has been corrected with original tinting and toning. Fantastic film!
@GreenWhiteRevolution
Жыл бұрын
You have such a good taste. Greetings from Bremen ;D
@sidewaysoul
Жыл бұрын
I definitely like the version you watched better than the one I watched, which had completely different music and intertitles. Like, it made ALL the difference!
@gabrieleghut1344
Жыл бұрын
This undertitles are not the original ones because it uses the Name Dracula, Nina and Harker. The original did not because of the lawsuit.
@THomasHH
Жыл бұрын
The Blu-rays of this movie all have the original title cards in German or English cards in the style or the original cards. The public domain versions usually don’t have these. And originally the night scenes were tinted in blue, the day scenes were tinted in yellow.
@franciscogarza2304
Жыл бұрын
Hello Mia November is coming do you remember last year you did noir month?, I'm wondering if you continue doing more of these movies, the following that you haven't done are: The Maltese Falcon (1941) Mildred Pierce (1945) The Lost Weekend (1945) Gilda (1946) The Lady From Shanghai (1947) Gun Crazy (1950) In a Lonely Place (1950) Strangers on a train (1951) The Night Of The Hunter (1955) and Touch of Evil (1958)
@ElliotNesterman
Жыл бұрын
To the above I'd add: _This Gun for Hire_ (1942) Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake (her best work, IMHO) and _Sweet Smell of Success_ (1958) Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner. A great jazz influenced score by Elmer Bernstein and the Chico Hamilton Quintet.
@MoviesWithMia
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I am going to show a couple of Noir films in November, but I am also going to finish our Sci-Fi series in Nov as well!
@MoviesWithMia
Жыл бұрын
Oh crap! I re-read that and now feel really bad 😔 update: I do have some Noirs coming up, but I suppose it’s Noircember this year 😅
@yurifoxx3983
Ай бұрын
The scenery in this movie from 1922 is supposed to take place even a hundred years earlier (1820s), according to fashion clothing, haircuts, houses, the lacking of cars.
@benj1955
Жыл бұрын
A brilliant reaction. Mia. Years ago I was lucky enough to see this presented at the British Film Institute in London. The music was played live on piano throughout the film. A much deserved standing ovation followed. Please do The Cabinet of Dr Caligari if possible.
@Progger11
Жыл бұрын
Also, they dyed the film different colors for this film too. You just found a very unfaithful release of it that didn't properly translate it or reproduce the colors. If you decide to watch it again on your own time in the future, I recommend the Kino Lorber blu-ray. It's a faithful restoration that restores the original colors and musical score. :)
@johnmoreland6089
Жыл бұрын
Agreed. But for one of the free, public domain version, this one wasn’t too bad. The intertitles were pretty good and the score was interesting. But, yes, the restored version is the recommended way to watch it.
@SwiftFoxProductions
Жыл бұрын
"What is that creature?! That creature has got to be extinct today." Actually, that creature is a hyena!! A striped hyena, to be specific. Happily, they are not extinct today but, yes, they are very unique little critters. 😉 (But, not actually native to Transylvania... 😆)
@MoviesWithMia
Жыл бұрын
I thought it was a Thylacine 😂 Thylacines are definitely extinct
@SwiftFoxProductions
Жыл бұрын
@@MoviesWithMia Yeah, those ones definitely are! 🤣 Nope. Just one of those wacky little hyenas. No mistaking that funny little sloping back hyenas have. Plus, the fluffy tail. 😊Thylacines looked more like if you crossed a striped dog with a weasel! 😆
@tarmaque
Жыл бұрын
Apparently here have been several English title card editions found for the restoration. This one is one that used many more of the names from the original novel, or close approximations. For instance "Nina" here is very close to the original "Mina Harker." "Lucy" of course is exactly the same. In the original German release "Mina" was changed to "Ellen" and "Lucy" to "Ruth." Some of the English title cards used the German release names, and some decided to switch them back to Stokers names.
@williamblakehall5566
Жыл бұрын
So sorry to have had to miss this last night. Yes, it is wild to think that we are living in this movie's centennial. I highly recommend Shadow of the Vampire, starring Willem Dafoe playing Max Schreck as an actual vampire. You may also have fun eventually catching the (1979) TV miniseries of Stephen King's 'Salems Lot, whose lead vampire, "Kurt Barlow," is obviously based on Orlok. A shame he has to lug around a coffin full of dirt -- perhaps a sleeping bag full of unhallowed dirt would work? I kid, I kid. If you're into the mystique of a great location, I also highly recommend The Third Man -- which I'm sure you'll eventually get to, but I will give it an early shout out. Thanks!
@philipholder5600
Жыл бұрын
You should watch SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE, with Willem Defoe as Max Shrek. It is a fictionalized film of the making of NOSFERATU.
@nathanridgway7009
Жыл бұрын
I love this film! I haven’t exactly seen every film from 1922, but based on what I have seen, it’s my 1922 Movie of the Year. I was fortunate enough to see a screening at the Stanford Theater in Palo Alto CA. It’s difficult to put into words the thrill of experiencing an older film in a theater, especially a silent film. A guest organist played the organ score live throughout. So glad you enjoyed it! p.s. Please watch and react to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920).
@Docmananoff
Жыл бұрын
That scene with him walking through the door is still the scariest scene in a horror film to me.
@paintedjaguar
Жыл бұрын
I'd seen Klaus Kinski's recreation of this film in 1979 but have never gotten around to the original. Didn't realize it was such a period piece - the European costumes are interesting. "The dead travel fast" is a famous quote. Never expected to see it so literally. The word "nosferatu" just means "undead". It isn't a proper name. To date, the most faithful film adaptation of Stoker's novel is the 1977 BBC "Count Dracula" with Louis Jourdan. It's fairly low budget, but still quite creepy. As with Tarzan, it's been 100 years now and book fans are still waiting for someone to really nail it.
@OuterGalaxyLounge
Жыл бұрын
"That's one way to compliment my wife ... I guess." lol.
@williamellis8593
Жыл бұрын
The strange creature you were asking about is a hyena, doubling as a werewolf. This movie is the origin of the idea of sunlight killing a vampire.
@rudolphbehrmann2719
Жыл бұрын
I strongly urge you to watch "Shadow of the Vampire," about the film production of Nosferatu, with John Malkovich as F.W. Murnau and Willem Dafoe as Max Schreck aka Nosferatu . It is a great homage to the original film. Count Orlok does all of his own labor around the castle because he no longer has servants (one of the moments where Schreck/Dafoe reflects about how sad Bram Stoker's Dracula novel is when Dracula has a dinner for Johnathan Harker, because Orlock doesn't have servants to prepare a meal for him anymore, being that he has been around so long he doesn't even remember how food tastes).
@sarmadqayyum57
Жыл бұрын
FW Murnau was a cinematic genius, and wholly underappreciated in the cinematic landscape nowadays. A major proponent of the German expressionistic era, and an innovative director who was always striving for the artistic rather than the commercial. The man had an eye for photography, and a keen sense of what visual stimuli was needed to reel the audience in and entrance them./ Although Nosferatu is his most famous film, I would say it's not his best. Films like Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, and Faust are superior. Having said that, I also recommend you check out his other films, such as the Last Laugh, Tartuffe, Tabu, and the Haunted Castle. The man passed away too young, and what more he could have given to the world will always remain a mystery.
@moisesmendez6819
Жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: The creature that they say is a werewolf, during the scene at the inn, is actually a striped hyena. And yes the hyena creatures are still living today
@deckofcards87
Жыл бұрын
Mia, if you get the chance seek out and watch Werner Herzog's 1979 remake Nosferatu The Vampyre. One of the most beautiful atmospheric films I've ever seen, and a masterful adaptation of the Bram Stoker story.
@bennychristensen4314
Жыл бұрын
This is a great movie and very influential. As a follow up you should watch Willem Dafoe play Max Shreck in Shadow of the Vampire which is about the making of this movie with John Malkovich as the Director. Well worth a Watch.
@edwardthorne9875
Жыл бұрын
I always enjoy the various 'rules of Vampirism' that a movie-maker has to set up to tell his tale. Garlic? Sunlight? Passing by bridge over running water?
@adaddinsane
Жыл бұрын
In Stoker's Dracula, it would take a few bites before a person died and turned. Having said that, Dracula was interrupted on a couple of occasions, and those people being bitten (mostly Lucy and Mina) were getting blood transfusions between bites. I think we can safely say Dracula could fully drain someone in one go given half a chance. There is also the having to drink the blood of the "parent" vampire in there was well but barely mentioned.
@Billinois78
Жыл бұрын
There is a version of this film out there - perhaps on youtube - in which the soundtrack was replaced by music from the gothic metal band, Type O Negative. Believe it or not, I actually found it more impactful on the drama and horror. It also has different color tones to distinguish day, night, indoor, outdoor.
@kriitikko
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad to see you enjoyed it. 100 years later this is still my favorite Dracula movie made (closely followed by Hammer´s 1958 version). When you get the chance please watch one of the never restorations of this film, with the color tints that make it clear when it is day and night, and original text cards restored. That way you get the full experience. Fun fact, this is where the whole sunlight kills vampires trope comes from. It doesn't appear in the literature or myths before this (in the book Dracula is weak during daytime but it doesn't hurt him). As others have already said both the 1979 Werner Hezog remake "Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht" (Nosferatu the Vampyre in the English speaking version) and the 2000 meta/docu/fiction "Shadow of the Vampire" are both fun films to compare with this.
@bigfrankfraser1391
Жыл бұрын
theres a shortish film you may enjoy "Le Voyage dans la Lune" it is directed by the man who invented movie special effects, Georges Méliès was an illustionist who was so inspired by the lumiere brothers he became a film maker
@genesmiley9866
Жыл бұрын
I suppose if you tried one of the high quality versions of this it would get blocked - it's just a shame seeing this knowing it exists in so much better quality.
@MoviesWithMia
Жыл бұрын
Oh it wouldn’t, it’s in the public domain, I just had a very hard time getting my hands on a restored copy
@ElliotNesterman
Жыл бұрын
A bit of trivia: this is the film that invented the idea that sunlight kills vampires. In Stoker's novel sunlight merely weakens the Count. He comes into his full supernatural strength at night. The denoument of Dracula in the novel is very involved and would have been expensive to film. So Murnau, or his writers, invented the death by sunlight trope.
@michaelbriefs9764
Жыл бұрын
Mia, you should also watch 1931's "Dracula", with Bela Lugosi! It's really cool!
@Progger11
Жыл бұрын
One thing I'm kind of disappointed by is that the version you watched is an unfaithful translation of the original German, recasting everyone as the Dracula characters rather than keeping the names given to them in the original release. While the parallels are clearly there, the monster in this story is nothing like Dracula. This is Count Orlock. He's a totally different kind of menace. More inhuman. More like a rat than a bat. I don't know why some of these people releasing the film in English choose to mess up the translation like that.
@stephaniemccarthy1676
Жыл бұрын
Bye the way,...when I watched this with my brother Nick , I was 13 and he was 19. It scared the sh%\#?! out of me.
@jeffmartin1026
Жыл бұрын
"What a great way to be greeted in the AM" - but you missed her line asking why did he bring her flowers that will die? It shows how much empathy she has for all living things and sets up sacrificing herself to save the town. This film truly sets the standard on so many levels. I'm glad you now have it in your movie background.
@DanielOrme
Жыл бұрын
It's interesting how you notice the number of outdoor scenes in this movie. This was quite unusual for German films of the time. With their emphasis on the power of light, shadow, and set design, almost all German silents were shot indoors, often on huge sets, where the director would be able to control every aspect of the film's look.
@cjmacq-vg8um
Жыл бұрын
count orlok is the vampire's name. nosferatu is another word for vampire. i think its great you're watching this iconic film but you're not watching the original tinted version. i suggest you look for the "kino" or "criterion" version of these older films. they go to great links to restore these treasured films to their original forms. you never mentioned the german expressionism movement in relation to "nosferatu." back in the 80s, when this film was released on video tape, the great musician vangelis wrote a wonderful soundtrack for it. i haven't been able to find that version on dvd though. there's something odd about these silent films. for me, regardless of the subject matter, they have a tendency to seem more real, almost like documentaries. i just noticed you did a review of "all about eve." i gotta watch that next. buckle your seat belts. its going to be a bumpy ride!
@DavidRigano
Жыл бұрын
Nosferatu is going to be the movie featured at this year's Halloween Extravaganza at the Cathedral of St John the Divine! The organist is going to accompany the movie live. It's gonna be an amazing show.
@nicholasbielik7156
Жыл бұрын
It was pointed out in a film history book I read on horror films that ironically this unlawful, pirated version of Stoker’s novel may be the most faithful adaptation of the novel ever produced.
@ajaxfernsby4078
Жыл бұрын
That was fun. I just realized that the silent films allow you to give a more flowy, uninterrupted running narration and commentary, and you are good at it.
@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344
Жыл бұрын
Mia, you are a very good movie commentator. I'm gonna revisit that Blue Öyster Cult song.
@fringelilyfringelily391
Жыл бұрын
The re-make is fantastic too. Murnau's masterpiece is "Sunrise".
@geoffmason7215
Жыл бұрын
amazing what story telling can be achieved with next to no tech and terror still communicated 100 years old WOW
@robincochran7369
Жыл бұрын
Also, another great silent film to react to is from 1919: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
@stephaniemccarthy1676
Жыл бұрын
Excellent 👌 Bravo on your very intellectual film expertise. Thank you. I still hope for others to react to theatrical history. There are so many brilliant films so many will miss because of their inexperience to experience.
@kevinsommerfield21
Жыл бұрын
Hi Mia! Just wanted to say thanks for doing reactions to a lot of classic movies that other channels miss. Keep up the good work!
@hankw69
Жыл бұрын
Great show! Love this movie...and you have a lovely neck...
@ajivins1
Жыл бұрын
Till talkies came in, movies were universal! Mr Bean is worldwide, today!
@donniehuynh2391
Жыл бұрын
You sure you're not gonna watch any of the Universal monsters films next?
@Austral13
Жыл бұрын
Loved your reaction. Didn't know this movie was turning 100 this year, crazy! Like you said, it's so neat seeing the landscapes from way back when. Also not sure if its the whole black and white, grainy nature of the film, the lighting, acting, make-up, music...but he is still one of the most creepiest vampire even when compared to modern day retellings. Let's just say it's everything lol.
@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344
Жыл бұрын
The moral of the story: don't dismiss the fears or superstitions of the commoners.
@Divamarja_CA
Жыл бұрын
This could be a stretch, but when Mia said the townspeople were looking for a scapegoat, and mentioned Germany post-WWI, my brain ran in a particular, historic direction. Because I know who got blamed by a certain faction of Germans for all their woes…and then I began to look at the exaggerated features of Nosferatu; his hands, fingers, nose, ears, teeth, etc. So I’m putting it out there: is it possible that, even subliminally, there’s a Semitic hint to the features of Nosferatu?
@DanielOrme
Жыл бұрын
Murnau does use the Nosferatu to incarnate and represent pestilence, reinforcing it with the frequent shots of swarming rats and his rat-like appearance. Unfortunately, those same tropes were also used in Nazi propaganda associating them with Jews. I don't think Murnau can be charged with anti-Semitism, I just think he and the Nazi propagandists happened to use the same metaphors. But it may also speak to an underlying desire among the German population for a scapegoat, a theme that does often appear in German films of the period.
@bigfrankfraser1391
Жыл бұрын
theres a willem defoe film called "shadow of the vampire" willem plays max who is a real vampire in the film
@fourthgirl
Жыл бұрын
Ok, let's go to weird coincidences. I never heard of this movie. Then this month I won a character on Best Fiends, Nog. His Halloween costume is Nogferatu. I looked up Nosferatu and then your alert came up with film! Also, my mom was born in 1922 and my dad would've been 6 when released.
@RetroClassic66
Жыл бұрын
Another terrific reaction, Mia! I just watched this film for the first time right before watching your reaction, and WOW is it creepy as heck! I really was impressed with the linking in the story of the vampire with rats and disease and plague and decay and death. Nosferatu (Count Orlok in the version I watched; apparently in the original German screenplay the names were all changed from Stoker’s novel) is essentially the embodiment of disease and death, preying upon the life of human population. It’ll be interesting to see your reaction to Tod Browning’s DRACULA (1931), from Universal, since its storyline, while based on Stoker’s novel in some respects, is actually based on the 1924 play by Irish actor & playwright Hamilton Deane and its 1927 adaptation by John Balderston, which played on Broadway and was a smash hit, with Bela Lugosi in the role. The Deane/Balderston version of the story is noticeably different from the original novel. Looking forward to CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962)!
@RobtSc
Жыл бұрын
I think that you would really get a kick out of Shadow of the Vampire (2000). It's a fictitious behind the scenes horror comedy about the making of Nosferatu. Here's the trailer: kzitem.info/news/bejne/wHhnm52brIB-lG0
@Xagzan
Жыл бұрын
Not the first movie to turn 100 of course, but possibly the first full length feature film to turn 100 that is also still widely known and culturally relevant today. Happy centennial. And we're only gonna have more and more going forward. I see this version you're watching reverted the changed Nosferatu character names back to the original novel names. Except for Nina, for some reason. A bit weird to see Count Orlock be called Dracula these days, though.
@graemehossack7401
Жыл бұрын
That creature looks like an Australian marsupial called a thylacine. Sadly, it is extinct but there is film of the last one in a zoo in Australia in 1933.
@MoviesWithMia
Жыл бұрын
That's what I thought it was!
@TTM9691
Жыл бұрын
I have to say: it's one thing to see stills of Nosferatu; it's another to see him moving around on screen! When he "props up", that's so creepy! And the stuff with the horses. Thanks for reminding me how effective that makeup was! I take this movie a bit for granted because I saw it a few times before I ever was into silent movies (it was one of the only silents I'd ever seen, which is most people's story). And I've only watched it once or twice since I got heavily into that era and seen hundreds more! Murnau's subsequent work is so spectacular and dazzling and fantastic, I often give this one short shrift. But I completely understand and respect it's place in film history and why it was popular then....and now! Thanks for reminding me, Mia!!! (PS: One day, on or off the channel, you have to watch Murnau's "Sunrise", you will be blown away. That movie got a special Oscar at the first Academy Awards, it's the highest ranking silent on the Sight & Sound polls (and others). SUPER romantic! And mind- blowing!
@TTM9691
Жыл бұрын
PS: Looking forward to what your reactions to the wacky "Carnival Of Souls"!
@alienlv426ify
Жыл бұрын
You must try Nosferatu (1979). It has great performances, splendid cinematography and beautiful scenes.
@helvete_ingres4717
Жыл бұрын
the Carpathians ain't northern Germany, they're Romania/Ukraine area. Transylvania in the Romania Carpathians is Dracula's home and as you know this is an adaptation of Dracula with some names changed to avoid getting sued to hell and back by Bram Stoker's estate run by his widow wh tbh gave me karen-energy when I read about it. Though the Carpathians here seem to be home to African wildlife as the 'werewolf' is I think a striped hyena (and I'm not aware of them being extinct!). I first saw this movie in the chapel at university (think Harry POtter) with an awesome musican improvising a live score on the pipe organ so it was as perfect an atmosphere as you could get. I think 'Nosferatu' is just a word they made up to mean 'vampire' as even that very word was probably heavily associated with Dracula (I mean it still is today, he's the archetype - you can't do anything with vampires that isn't some kind of response to the count). Another great German expressionist silent horror film for the season would be dr. Caligari, a psychological or 'postmodern' horror that where Nosferatu is a straightforward one. My personal favourite vampire movie is from around the same era which is Vampyr by Dreyer - to this day it still has imo some of the eeriest sequences put to film
@tarmaque
Жыл бұрын
Bremen and Bremenhaven are where Harker is from and where Count Orlok moves. They are in Northern Germany, although why one would sail from Romania to Germany is a bit curious. There were plenty of trains in Europe at the time they could have taken. In the book _Dracula_ Jonathan Harker is from a small port town on the coast of Northern England named Whitby, about halfway between London and Edinburgh. He sails to Europe, then takes the train to Romania, and hence Transylvania. Count Dracula does the same, in reverse.
@ElliotNesterman
Жыл бұрын
My mother was born in the Carpathian mountains, though well East of Transylvania.
@stephaniemccarthy1676
Жыл бұрын
You are a person I would love to have read to me. You have a great reading voice. Hope that didn't sound weird. I like reading to someone. And, I like being read to.
@MoviesWithMia
Жыл бұрын
Strangely enough, you aren't the first person to tell me that this week 😂
@richardzinns5676
Жыл бұрын
You mentioned the shadows, which of course Murnau uses brilliantly. In the original novel, vampires cast no shadows, for the same reason that they cast no reflections in mirrors: shadows and reflections, in traditional folk belief, are external manifestations of the soul, and vampires, being merely animated corpses, have no souls.
@ROMMELEARLDIGO
Жыл бұрын
This horror movie is 101 years old as i post this. Wow.
@gregorystockton8139
Жыл бұрын
It's great to find a channel that does the classics.
@Progger11
Жыл бұрын
FINALLY! A foreign language film and a silent film in one go! I hope to see more of both on your channel in the future!! :) Murnau's "Sunrise" is my fifth-favorite movie of all time, btw. And I've seen over two thousand movies. I highly, *highly* recommend that you watch that one sooner rather than later.
@blackiemittens
5 күн бұрын
Over a century old. The mind boggles. 1922, Nosferatu rises up out of his coffin....meanwhile back in Egypt, King Tut's getting dug out of his! The same year. 😳
@geraldmcboingboing7401
Жыл бұрын
This is one of the three creepiest films I have ever seen.
@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344
Жыл бұрын
8:29 Once you get that epiphany of time it's something you want to re-capture. I was going through my stuff today and am sending my nephew my dad's dog tags and a pocketknife he carried when a kid. My dad was a in the USMC in WWII. We never talked about our combat experiences.
@catherinelw9365
Жыл бұрын
It's been decades since I watched this film so it was fun to rewatch it with you! Fascinating to see how a vampire can be made up 100 years ago and still look scary, even after watching many subsequent vampire movies in my lifetime. His movements are also spellbinding and elicit fear. Looking forward to Carnival of Souls!
@phillipstephens4522
Жыл бұрын
Do Key Largo with Edward G. Robinson Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Also do Dark Waters from 1944 with Merle Oberon.
@rudolphbehrmann2719
Жыл бұрын
If you can, I might suggest "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari," (1925), German Expressionist cinema at its finest. Or better still, "The Man Who Laughs," by Paul Leni (1928), where in 1939, Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson got their idea for the Joker from Batman.
@Thievius333
Жыл бұрын
Odd that this version uses the names from Bram Stoker's novel, I've never seen that before. It was always Hutter and Knock and Orlok, etc. I guess I understand why, but it's heresy to change a historical film in that fashion. Even my old public domain version from the Mill Creek "50 Horror Classics" DVD didn't do THAT, and that's as basic as it gets.
@donkfail1
Жыл бұрын
Not 100% it was a jackal, but at least similar. So the armadillo in the 1931 Dracula wasn't the first misplaced creature in Transylvanian fauna? Related bonus trivia: In Transylvania county (Western North Carolina) there *is* an armadillo population according to the Wildlife Commission. :D
@DarkAngel459
Жыл бұрын
Hello Mia. I really enjoy your reactions to films that most reactors don't watch. Nosferatu is one of the most chilling films I've ever seen. I'd love to see you react to The Heiress (1949), starring Olivia De Havilland, Montgomery Clift and Ralpha Richardson. It's one of my favourite films from the 1940's and I think you'd be interested in it.
@xawaomar100
Жыл бұрын
I first learned about Nosferatu on a SpongeBob episode back in 2000. Just search 'Nosferatu SpongeBob' and you'll see how cleverly they added the character.
@Faroutamazingadventures
Жыл бұрын
Watch the Fantastic Voyage 1966! Or 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954
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