History Main / LooksLikeOrlok

* The Vampire units of Necropolis city in ''HeroesOfMightAndMagic 3'' (''HOMM 2'' vampires are {{Classical Movie Vampire}}s, and ''HOMM 5'' vampires look like undead nobles in battle garb).

* The makers of ''StarTrekNemesis'' were going for this look for the Remans. They ended up looking like [[LuridTalesOfDoom Bat Boy]].

* The bad guys from ''{{Blade}} II''.

* In ''VanHelsing'', Dracula and his wives all play out the OneWingedAngel trope and can transform from their good-looking normal appearance into bat monsters. In the case of Dracula himself, his "true form" is an Orlok-looking creature with bat wings.

* The Penguin in ''BatmanReturns'', with his yellow skin, pointy and elongated nose, sunken eyes, and balding head.

* WernerHerzog's movie ''Nosferatu: The Vampire'', staring KlausKinski, which is sort of a remake, keeps this character design, but changes Orlok's name back to Dracula.

* Zellie T of ''Reviewers/{{ASCZs Horrorshow}}'' compares [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVtkMmpb38Q this video]] of El Chupacabra to Count Orlok.

* The aptly-named Nosferatu clan from ''TabletopGame/TheWorldOfDarkness'' TV series, ''KindredTheEmbraced''.

* The vampire in the Cal McDonald miniseris ''Two Red Eyes'' is a hommage Orlok and is known only by the name Nosferatu.

* ''BlackCat'' gives us Preta [[AwesomeMcCoolname Ghoul]]. He used to have hair, though, until it rotted out.

** The "true" vampires in ''WorldOfWarcraft'', the darkfallen, are NOT this, however. Since they are all undead [[OurElvesAreBetter blood elves]] it's no surprise they qualify for TheBeautifulPeople.

* Perhaps Uncle Fester of ''TheAddamsFamily'', although he's a much cuter version.

* [[FangsAreEvil Fangs]] on their front teeth, rather than canines (like an actual vampire bat).

* Count Chocula, the spokes-vampire for General Mills' 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.

* Moloch from ''{{Watchmen}}'', especially after he gets cancer.

** The main Marvel Universe Vulture almost fits the trope to begin with.
* During Punisher's "FrankenCastle" arc, {{Morbius The Living Vampire}} looked a little more like this than usual due in part to not drinking enough blood.
* A short SamAndMax Halloween comic featured what might be Orlok himself as the villain. Sam [[CrowningMomentOfFunny kicks him in the face.]]

* The ''{{Watchmen}}''/''{{Dracula}}'' FusionFic ''[[TroperWorks/BramStokersOzymandias Bram Stoker's Ozymandias]]'' features a vampiric version of [[WellIntentionedExtremist Adrian Veidt]] who looks a bit like this (though with pointed canines instead of incisors, a full head of hair even if it's a bit thin, and an age-related stoop rather than a real hump) before he regenerates to his handsome, canon form.

* ''{{Shadow of the Vampire}}'': Willam Dafoe as Max Schreck playing Orlok, but he really looks like that because he really is a vampire.

* [[ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger's]] appearance is somewhat based off of this. In fact, Robert Englund even once stated that he based some of Freddy's movements on Orlok's.
* The vampire in the 1979 TV movie version of StephenKing's ''[=~'Salem's Lot~=]''.

* One of the running gags in the [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 mst-ing]] of ''Escape 2000'' is that the main female character looks like Orlok.

* In [[TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings]], Gollum looks like a wet version of this.
* The night-terror creatures in ''They'' have heads that Look Like Orlok, while their bodies are even more extreme in their bestial, spindly twistedness.

* Not a vampire, but Voldemort's new body after ''HarryPotter And The Goblet Of Fire'' seems inspired a bit by the look of Orlok, only without a nose.
* Bob in ''The {{Discworld}} Reformed Vampyres' Diary 2003''. Subversion in that, over the course of a series of notes between the Black Ribbon leader and the woman who plays the harmonium, it becomes apparent that he isn't actually a vampire at all.

* The Master's apperance from ''TheStrain'' is heavily influenced by Orlock.
* Vampires in ''NightWatch'' look like this, when they shed their human disguise and reaveal their true appearance.

* There was a Nosferatu look-alike in an episode of AreYouAfraidOfTheDark titled "The Tale Of The Midnight Madness".
** It should be noted that the "look-alike" actually ''was'' Nosferatu, come to life from a version of the film where he kills everyone and ''wins!'' [[NightmareFuel Sleep well, kids!]]
* The aptly-named Nosferatu clan from the ''WorldOfDarkness'' TV series, ''KindredTheEmbraced''.
* TheMaster from ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. The interesting thing is that the vampires in that world usually look like normal humans most of the time and then put on their vampiric GameFace when they're about to do some vampire shit. The Master always looks like Orlok, and the other vampires are pretty impressed by it.

** The Prince of Lies in ''{{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.

* One ''{{X-Files}}'' episode involved a brain-eating mutant with pale skin, jet-black eyes and no ears.

* Not an actual vampire, but Lx-3, the failed Lex clone in ''{{Smallville}}'''s tenth season premiere, "Lazarus" definitely has this going for him. Between the BaldOfEvil, PointyEars, portruding front teeth, and grey, wrinkled skin he could easily pass for one of Orlok's relatives.

* The vampires in the video for TheyMightBeGiants' "Damn Good Times".

** The version of the Nosferatu in ''VampireTheRequiem'' could take on many forms foul and fair, but regardless of appearance always had an [[UncannyValley unsettling aura]] that made social interaction difficult.
* The Necrarch bloodline in ''WarhammerFantasy'' Battle.

* The Basic ''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. Latter appearances by Mystaran nosferatu show them passing for human, so it's probably artistic license.
* The D&D third edition {{Ravenloft}} books introduced the Vrykolakas, a subtype of vampires that look like Orlock. They are specifically described as "night scavengers and plague-carriers" to play up Orlock's plague rat aspects. One key difference is that instead of fangs they have a long, barbed tongue.
* The ''{{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 ''{{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.

* Igor of the ''{{Persona}}'' series; although it should be noted that he is an ally character.

* Though [[ChronoTrigger Magus]] is often drawn as a WhiteHairedPrettyBoy in FanArt, and his sprite could be mistaken for one, his character portrait is basically Orlok with long, blue-white hair and red eyes.
* Medeus from FireEmblem Shadow Dragon fits this despite being a dragon instead of a vampire. He's got the bald head, clawed hands, fangs, and batlike ears. All of these traits make him a dead ringer for the Count.

* The Vampire creatures in DungeonKeeper are like this.
* Vorcha in ''MassEffect2''.

* Ordinary Vampires in {{Runescape}} look like this. The more [[NighInvulnerable powerful]] and civilized [[PhantasySpelling Vampyres]], however, are more human-looking. (Sans the Vyrewatch, who are [[OurVampiresAreDifferent completely different.]])

* Dreadlords from ''{{Warcraft}}'', though they are demons instead of vampires, are a species of Orlok lookalikes.

** The "true" vampires in WorldOfWarcraft, the darkfallen, are NOT this, however. Since they are all undead [[OurElvesAreBetter blood elves]] it's no surprize they qualify for TheBeautifulPeople.

[[folder:Web Original]]
* Count [=LeShoc=] of {{Transylvania Television}} is based on this type of vampire.
* Zellie T of [=~ASCZ's Horrorshow~=] compares [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVtkMmpb38Q this video]] of El Chupacabra to Count Orlok.
[[/folder]]

* In {{Shadowgirls}}, a very Orlok-looking member of [[NebulousEvilOrganisation EoD]] was sent to eliminate a hospitalized cop. It 's a bit unclear if he was a vampire or something else, although the almost certainly wasn't human.

* [[TheSimpsons Mr. Burns]] looks like Orlok even when he's ''not'' a vampire. Especially when he wriggles his fingers...
** There's a HalloweenEpisode of ''TheSimpsons'' in which Mr. Burns is Dracula, and a few of his underlings look very Orlokian. Burns himself is primarily a parody of Gary Oldman's portrayal of Dracula in the Coppola movie, but he does look a little Orlokian, too.

* At the end of the Graveyard Shift episode of ''SpongebobSquarepants'', the lights start to flicker, and thinking that it's the Hash Slinging Slasher's doing, everyone looks over and is relieved to find that it was only that silly Nosferatu!

* In the animated series School for Vampires the vampire kids' main teacher is based on Orlock's appearance. Somewhat subverted in that we see, through flashbacks, that he once had a long, flowing mane of blonde hair.

* MightyMax gives us Skullmaster, an ancient warrior-sorcerer with chalk white skin, fangs, claws and pointy ears (who's also ''very'' buff). His menacing voice was provided by TimCurry.

[[foldercontrol]]

* The mutated vampires from ''{{Daybreakers}}'' seem to be heading in this direction. Lack of blood in their diet causes them to revert to a feral state indicated by loss of hair, bulbous head, elongated face, pointy ears, growth of claws, and having their arms develop into wings. Of course, these are accompanied by several non-Orlok characteristics like loss of higher brain function, and even arms devolving into wings in extreme cases.

* The mutated vampires from ''{{Daybreakers}}'' seem to be heading in this direction. Lack of blood in their diet causes them to revert to a feral state indicated by loss of hair, bulbous head, elongated face, pointy ears, and growth of claws. Of course, these are accompanied by several non-Orlok characteristics like loss of higher brain function, and even arms devolving into wings in extreme cases.

* The chief librarian of the monastery in ''TheNameOfTheRose'' looks like Orlok. It's set in TheDungAges, so all the [[GrotesqueGallery ugliest monks]] seem to wield high influence.

* [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Pau'an The pau'an species]], as seen in the ''StarWars'' prequels, are obviously based on Orlok's looks; though in a subversion of the expected demeanour [[DarkIsNotEvil they're actually a very decent people]], who usually do their best to take the more moral side in a conflict.

* Concept art for the [[NewJediOrder Yuuzhan Vong]] depicts them as this. One major difference is that instead of a hooked nose, they have no nose whatsoever.

** The Turok-han ubervamps from the final season also followed the Orlok mould.

* The TV-movie version of ''Salem's Lot'' makes the character Kurt Barlow look like Orlok, although in StephenKing's original novel he's depicted as a more standard vampire.

* The Council's Vampyri in ''CityOfHeroes'' look like this, although they are not actual vampires. They are the result of a super-soldier program inherited from the 5th Column, which they overthrew. The highest-ranking of them is actually named Nosferatu.

* Lord Erberus from {{Demigod}}.

** The "true" vampires in WorldOfWarcraft, the darkfallen, are NOT this, however. Since they are all undead blood elves it's no surprize they qualify for TheBeautifulPeople.

* In {{Shadowgirls}}, a very Orlok-looking member of [[NebulousEvilOrganisation EoD]] was sent to eliminate a hospitalized cop.

* MightyMax gives us Skullmaster, an ancient warrior-sorcerer with chalk white skin, fangs, claws and pointy ears. His menacing voice was provided by TimCurry.

* The bad guys from ''{{Blade}} II''.

History time: In the original folklore, most vampires were short, ugly, Eastern European peasants. Then Polidori creates the character of Lord Ruthven and suddenly they're all elegant, English, aristocratic and [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed look suspiciously like Lord Byron]]. Rymer's ''Literature/VarneyTheVampire'' gives them fangs, but makes no real change beyond that. Then Sheridan Le Fanu's ''{{Literature/Carmilla}}'' was written, and vampires suddenly became angsty, alluring, [[LesbianVampire bi-sexual]] upper-class gothic girls. Then, ''{{Literature/Dracula}}'' was written, and they're elegant, ''Eastern European'' aristocrats, [[EvilIsSexy sexy and deadly]], outwardly beautiful yet disguising an inner corruption. Thus, horror turned to fetish, and [[strike:pop culture]] ''the world'' was never the same again.

History time: In the original folklore, most vampires were short, ugly, Eastern European peasants. Then Polidori creates the character of Lord Ruthven and suddenly they're all elegant, English, aristocratic and [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed look suspiciously like Lord Byron]]. Rymer's ''Literature/VarneyTheVampire'' gives them fangs, but makes no real change beyond that. Then Sheridan Le Fanu's ''{{Carmilla}}'' was written, and vampires suddenly became angsty, alluring, [[LesbianVampire bi-sexual]] upper-class gothic girls. Then, ''{{Dracula}}'' was written, and they're elegant, ''Eastern European'' aristocrats, [[EvilIsSexy sexy and deadly]], outwardly beautiful yet disguising an inner corruption. Thus, horror turned to fetish, and [[strike:pop culture]] ''the world'' was never the same again.

* The vampires of ''[[{{ptitlexmaokvf8}} 30 Days Of Night]]'' are a successful balance of a Nosferatu-like vampire and the prevalent "pretty" vampire, so much so they seem to have sparked a revival of the former appearance. They have black pupils, pasty-white skin, claws, and shark-like teeth.

* Scriptor Hile in {{Theatrica}}.

* Many of the Nosferatu in game art took on this appearance in ''VampireTheMasquerade'', but it could differ quite a bit from the Orlokian norm, as long as it was hideous.

** The text didn't mention them looking weird or standing out in a crowd, however. Latter appearances by Mystaran nosferatu show them passing for human, so it's probably an Art DisContinuity.