Nosferatu the Vampyre

It is fear and fun. It is a scream of horror and a cry of delight. It is Nosferatu, the Vampyre.

1979 • 107 min • Drama · Horror

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Synopsis

A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.

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Best from age 13

Movie Knight Score

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100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
73 Audience · 1102 · 49%

An eerie real estate agent travels to Transylvania, leaving his beautiful wife behind, to finalize a property purchase with the mysterious Count Dracula. The Count, a lonely vampire, becomes obsessed with the agent's wife, bringing plague and terror to their town.

Violence & peril: 4/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 1/10
Romance & sensuality: 2/10
Scary moments: 6/10

Heads up

Some disturbing imagery and jump scares
Themes of disease and death
A few moments of implied sensuality

What it models well

Compassion for the lonely
The enduring power of love

Talk about it after

The nature of loneliness and obsession
How fear can be used to control people
Dealing with loss and sacrifice

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Top billed cast

Director: Werner Herzog • Crew: Werner Herzog

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RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
The visuals in Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" are luscious, hauntingly beautiful in ways that make you wonder: where did Herzog find these set pieces? The plague-ridden streets, the Gothic architecture, the rats flooding through medieval towns—it all feels discovered rather than constructed. This is Herzog's trademark style at its finest. You never feel like you're watching a movie.…
badelf, TMDB Community

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
"Harker" (Bruno Ganz) travels to remote Transylvania where he is to help "Count Dracula" (Klaus Kinski) buy a new home in his hometown of Wismar. Why? Well that's because he has fallen in love with a photograph of his beautiful wife "Lucy" (Isabelle Adjani) and has determined to make her his immortal bride.…
CinemaSerf, TMDB Community