Nosferatu the Vampyre (Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht) (1979)

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"Death is not the worst. There are things more horrible than death." It's an unfortunate fact that remakes have been commissioned for decades. Back in 1979 Werner Herzog set out to remake the unauthorised 1922 Dracula adaptation Nosferatu, which was directed by F.W. Murnau. The original 1922 silent movie will forever remain an essentially flawless horror classic. When Herzog decided to remake Murnau's masterpiece, it's obvious that he made a creative decision to stay more faithful to the source material written by Bram Stoker in the late 19th century. Originally, Murnau desired to make a cinematic version of Stoker's novel. However, due to copyright reasons, he was unable to fulfil this desire. Instead he made "cosmetic" changes to the novel (mainly changing the title from Dracula to No...Read more