Review of Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) by Tore K — 11 Jul 2008

Probably this is the best Dracula interpretation ever, considered by many to be a faithful homage to Murnau's original film, significantly updating the original material, and avoiding the danger of being overly derivative.

Herzog's production maintained an element of horror, with numerous deaths and a grim outlook, but it features a more expanded plot than many Dracula productions, with a greater emphasis on emotion and the vampire's tragic loneliness. Graf Orlok (now reverted to Count Dracula) is still a ghastly figure, but he was given a greater sense of pathos; weary, unloved, and doomed to immortality.

Klaus Kinski, with the Dracula make-up, black costume, bald head, rat-like pointed teeth and long fingernails, is a suitable imitation of Max Schreck's makeup in the 1922 original. A number of shots in the film are faithful recreations of iconic shots from Murnau's original film, some almost perfectly identical to their black and white counterparts, but this was done as homage rather than imitation.

Choose and of the two movies... WAIT! Watch both of them ;D.