TheManWithoutABody
Since: May, 2009
03/22/2011 00:25:21
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Film Fuck Yeah.
In this age of fetishized, romantic vampires, it's good to have a grotesque demonic bloodsucker like Orlok on whom to fall back. Through a combination of Murnau's camerawork and whoever did the makeup, Schreck's ultimate boogieman still retains his scares after all these years.
Film Great either for "historical value" or just because it's awesome.
Basically, the film created vampire films. It's got great use of shadows, a great villain, and its own historical value. Make sure you find a version with a good soundtrack. James Bernard (of HammerHorror fame wrote one, and the original (which is arranged on the Kino 2-DVD edition) is similarly good.