History Main / LooksLikeOrlok

* {{Fangs|AreEvil}} on their front teeth, rather than canines (like an actual vampire bat).

History time: In the original folklore, most vampires were peasants [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse little different from the people they preyed upon]]. A succession of nineteenth century authors -- [[Literature/TheVampyre Polidori]], [[Literature/VarneyTheVampire Rymer]], [[Literature/{{Carmilla}} Le Fanu]], and ultimately [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Stoker]] -- made them elegant aristocrats, whose attractiveness and dignified bearing disguised an inner corruption. And we all know [[Literature/{{Twilight}} what happened since]].

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* The 1957 film ''Blood of Dracula'' (which does not have Dracula in it and could have easily been called ''I Was a Teenage Vampire'') has a high school girl turned into a vampire by hypnosis. While she still has a headful of long hair, the rest of her look [[https://bigcomicpage.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/60696930_2221770611210788_8453974954113761280_n.jpg definitely qualifies.]]

* Creator/WernerHerzog's movie ''[=Nosferatu=] The Vampyre'', staring Creator/KlausKinski, which is sort of a remake, keeps this character design, but changes Orlok's name back to Dracula.

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* The vampires in the video for Music/TheyMightBeGiants' "Damn Good Times".
* PlayedForLaughs with the "vampire" in the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZkmvk5_LWY La Floripondio's "Zunga de cuero."]]
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* Many of the Nosferatu in game art take on this appearance in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'', but it can differ quite a bit from the Orlokian norm, as long as it's hideous. This is likely intentional, since the clan has the same name as the movie Orlok came from and has abilities similar to his. The version of the Nosferatu in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'' can take on many forms foul and fair, but regardless of appearance always has an [[UncannyValley unsettling aura]] that makes social interaction difficult.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': Vampires of the Necrarch bloodline often resemble rotting corpses, while the Strigoi are giant, mutated batlike bloodsuckers that are barely human.
* The Basic ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' sourcebook ''[=GAZ3=] The Principalities of Glantri'' had the vampire-like nosferatu monsters (inspired by ''Nosferatu''), whose illustration looked like this.
** The text didn't mention them looking weird or standing out in a crowd, however. Later appearances by Mystaran nosferatu show them passing for human, so it's probably artistic license.

** The ''D&D'' third edition ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' books introduced the Vrykolakas, a subtype of vampires that look like Orlok. They are specifically described as "night scavengers and plague-carriers" to play up Orlok's plague rat aspects. One key difference is that instead of fangs they have a long, barbed tongue.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', Nosferatu are [[OurVampiresAreDifferent one of several types of vampire]] in the game setting; and yes, they look like the gentleman pictured at the top of this page. They even have different abilities than the common-or-garden vampire, all of which are taken from the original film, such as telepathy, telekinesis, and the ability to turn into a swarm of rats, but just like Orlok, they can't create new vampires by drinking blood.
* The ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'' TTRPG has the Nosferatu as a subspecies of vampires. They look like Orlok. And ride macabre trains when raiding for victims.
* Some of the races of ''TabletopGame/{{Talislanta}}'' look a bit like this, such as the Na-Ku cannibals, Marukans, and Nagra. Even the Kang might fit, if Max Schreck had gotten really ripped at the gym and suffered a bad sunburn.
* Vampires in ''TableTopGame/MagicTheGathering'' vary heavily depending on the set and artist. Some of the earlier ones like [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=83 Sengir Vampire]] head in this direction.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' Ghouls and Nosferatu both have this look. They're both humans (or other metahumans) that have mutated as the result of viral exposure; they've lost their hair, grown fangs, have pointed ears, claws, and are generally pretty hideous.

* PointyEars

* [[FemmeFatalons Claws]]

* [[BadassLongcoat Trenchcoat]], ideally with oversize lapels

* Abidani of ''Manga/GambleFish''. He's a vindictive, macabre, sadistic character with a bald head, a very angular face, spindly limbs, a hooked nose, elf ears, a slight hunch and spiky teeth. This appearance was caused due to [[spoiler: Abidani being nearly electrocuted to death by an electric chair as a young man]].

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** While the more standard-variety vampires in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', the [[OurElvesAreBetter undead blood elves]] known as the Darkfallen, are not monstrous enough to fit this trope, their original concept art was heavily based on Orlok and indeed titled "High Elf Nosferatu".

* [[PrimalStance Hunchback]]

* [[Advertising/MonsterCereals Count Chocula]], the spokes-vampire for UsefulNotes/GeneralMills' chocolate/marshmallow cereal, isn't ''purely'' this trope -- he has the Lugosian dark hair and widows's peak and tidy, aristocratic clothing, but he has the pointed ears, extra-long fingers with claw-like nails, narrow, hooked nose, and pointy little rat-fangs in place of his incisors rather than as canine teeth. He really owes more to Orlok than to Lugosi.

* ''Anime/{{Hellsing}}'', the antagonist Incognito's appearance seems to be based on that of Count Orlok. By contrast, Alucard is based on the more popular imagery of the [[EvilIsSexy suave]] Dracula. Then again, {{Alucard}} ''[[SdrawkcabAlias is]]'' [[SdrawkcabAlias Dracula.]]

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'': the lecherous SerialKiller J. Geil has a number of Orlockian traits, such as a bald head, hunched posture, pointed ears, and sharp fingernails. The OVA gives him an even more Orlock-inspired design by adding a sickly gray complexion, rat-like incisors, and a narrow, bony jawline.

* The older vampires on ''Series/TheStrain'' gradually take on this appearance, with the variation that their noses seem to rot right away. The one known as The Master resembles a bodybuilder version of this trope, and is portrayed by 6'11" actor Robert Maillet [[spoiler: until he has to switch host bodies.]] Played straighter, however, with the {{dhampir}} Mr. Quinlan. In [[Literature/TheStrain the books]], the Nosferatu look was kind of implied, but a little less overt.

* Igor of the ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' series; although it should be noted that [[DarkIsNotEvil/VideoGames he is an ally character.]]

* Vampires in ''Literature/NightWatch'' look like this, when they shed their human disguise and reveal their true appearance.

* Lord Cryptos and Black Sabbat in ''ComicBook/RequiemVampireKnight'' are very unconventional takes on this trope. They are bald vampires with pointy ears and sharp teeth, but the former looks like [[UndeadChild an baby]] and the latter has [[DarkIsEvil pitch-black skin]].

* ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' has an amusing case, where the director's GothicHorror approach led him to ask the effects crew to use ''Nosferatu'' as a reference for the ''Indoraptor''. Hence the new hybrid dinosaur has gangly limbs ending in huge claws, a hunched posture and weird front teeth. There's even an homage to ''Nosferatu'''s famous shadow-ascending-a-staircase scene, where all we can see is the ''Indoraptor'''s shadow.

* ''Film/AlexanderNevsky'': While he's not a vampire, the ObviouslyEvil KnightsTemplar have [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/2805643478_7dfe0c3336_o.jpg the black-robed monk]] working for them, a bald, SinisterSchnoz-bearing man who looks like an evil HighPriest crossed with a vulture.

* Igor of the ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'' series; although it should be noted that [[DarkIsNotEvil/VideoGames he is an ally character.]]

A form of OurVampiresAreDifferent; see also ClassicalMovieVampire (resembling Creator/BelaLugosi, who codified the look). Compare LooksLikeCesare. Also known for their PivotalWakeup.

** The Prince of Lies in ''Series/{{Angel}}'' (episode "Why We Fight") is probably the most explicitly based on Orlok, with trademark pointed ears and long fingers. Like other Buffyverse examples, his appearance is credited to age. (It is not stated whether or not his evident senility could also be so credited.)

** Count von Magpyr's grandfather's portrait in ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum''.
** In TheFilmOfTheBook ''Discworld/GoingPostal'', Mr. Gryle, the assassin sent by Reacher Gilt to kill Moist, is this. He's described in less detail in the book but gives off a similar impression. He's [[OurBansheesAreLouder a banshee]] rather than a vampire, although since Discworld banshees prey on humans (the scream isn't an ''omen'' of death, it means the banshee is tracking you and will actively kill you) they're similar to vampires.

* Mr Gryle the [[OurBansheesAreLouder banshee]] in the TV adaptation of ''Discworld/GoingPostal''.

* ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' has an amusing case, where the director's GothicHorror approach led him to ask the effects crew to use ''Nosferatu'' as a reference for the ''Indoraptor''. Hence the new hybrid dinosaur has gangly limbs ending in huge claws, a hunched posture and weird front teeth.

* The Master's appearance from ''Literature/TheStrain'' is heavily influenced by Orlok.

* ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' contained a rare female example. Well, the character was female. But was played by a male actor. In fact, it was Mark Gatiss.

* The older vampires on ''Series/TheStrain'' gradually take on this appearance, with the variation that their noses seem to rot right away. Played straighter, however, with the {{dhampir}} Mr. Quinlan. In [[Literature/TheStrain the books]], the Nosferatu look was kind of implied, but a little less overt.

* The makers of ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'' were going for this look for the Remans.
** Krall and his soldiers in ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' also look like Orlok.