Review of Shadow of the Vampire (2000) by Stacie — 09 Jun 2007

Great premise for a movie...John Malkovich is in typical excrutiatingly bad form, but Willem Dafoe is brilliant, Nosferatu is the perfect role for him.

This review of Shadow of the Vampire (2000) was written by Stacie on 09 Jun 2007.

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Convincing fictionalized production story of Nosferatu. Now I need to watch that very old horror film…

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