My Great-Grandmother saw this movie at her tiny hometown theatre in the 1920s. She took an aisle seat because my Grandma went too, in a baby stroller she kept next to her in the aisle. The 'air-conditioning' was large blocks of ice set in front of electric fans! The audience spoke the text aloud, together, for the benefit of anyone that couldn't read(many people were illiterate in those days). After the movie, it was several blocks to walk home alone in the dark since my Great-Grandpa worked that night, and Great-Grandma said she was terrified the whole way home, and jumped straight into bed with the baby and pulled the covers over her head! And she left the lights on too!
I love this! My nan wasn’t born until 7 years after the film was made, and my great-nan probably didn’t go to see it, she liked people to think she was fancy
@Alec Hinshaw That's the point lol. You didn't know it was a joke... Therefore WOOOOOSH As people are pointing out that it went right over your head. If you got the joke no one would have tried to correct you as your comment would not have been made.
I'm sure there are many presumed lost silent and sound films that are owned by private collectors and institutions such as the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art who are selfishly gatekeeping them and refusing to share them publicly, allowing only certain priviledged individuals to view them.
One can only hope for other movies that are otherwise lost. Movies used to be on very volatile film, and that's why 20th Century Fox lost a bunch of their older films in 1937 in a gigantic storage building fire that also killed a 13 year old boy and injured his mother and brother. (The flames shot out the building sideways, in one spot as far as about 100 feet [or, longer than 5 Chevrolet Suburbans placed bumper to bumper with 1 inch between each car.]) But besides that, there was no cheap and convenient home movie format - no DVD, no VHS, nothing of the sort. Movie Preservation wasn't on everyone's mind from 1900 - 1950, but I'm also confused as to *why* the director of the 1938 film "Algiers" tried to destroy every copy of the original 1937 film ("Pepe Le Moco") that his film was based on. I guess I can see why, but it's one of those moments when you look at previous generations and think "Wait, what???"
I mean, in Stoker's Widow's defense, they asked her if they could adapt Dracula, she said no, so they made this film. And although I am truly glad a copy survived and we still have this iconic piece of film, I also fully appreciate why Mrs Stoker was *pissed* It was a time when her only real opportunity for income at that time was through royalties on her late husband's work.
Interesting fact: Illiteracy was still rampant during the Silent-film era, so literate audience members would often read the dialogue cards out loud for the benefit of audience members who couldn't read.
Back when motion pictures were still so new that 'stage theater' & 'movie theater' were still caught in a blend. (for someone to read cards aloud during a film)
I’m here doing research for a video and I’m actually really surprised how elaborate the scenes, the acting and the music are. I bet seeing this movie in 1922 was a game changer
i m really upset about it we never understand and feel this movie like people who watched in 1922.. after we watch the shining, it follow ..etc our horror sense much more diffrent now
It was banned in a lot of places. Demons and all that. It was never released in america, only in germany and they got in trouble for copying the dracula novel but changing names, so all copies were to be destroyed... but some survived and here we are
It's really a masterpiece. After watching Nosferatu I became obsessed with horror classics. And eventually wrote a book about the history of the genre. This film is very inspiring!
Here’s some interesting facts: The 1922 Nosferatu film was based on the Bram Stoker’s 1897 Dracula novel, so to try to avoid copyright, they changed the name from Count Dracula to Count Orlok, and the title from Dracula to Nosferatu (another interesting fact about the word “Nosferatu” is that it’s kinda “lost in time”. While it’s uncertain, the origin of the word is believed to be of Romanian, and it was used in the Dracula novel as a synonym for “vampire”. Credit to Suki La Hood for the fact). However, efforts to avoid being a victim of copyright failed, and a court ruled all copies be destroyed! However, a few copies survived, and today, the movie “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror”, is known as one of the best and most influential horror films of all time :D And this movie is still legendary in 2024. Very excited for the new one, lots of positive reviews have been coming out :)
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I laughed SO hard when I first saw that.. 😂 Like, I've watched this movie countless times my whole life and it's still terrifying, but certain scenes like this and where he's running with his coffin will get me every time .. XD
In 1922 : I wonder what the future will look like 90 years from now. 98 years later: 1.3 Million are Watching a 1922 Silent movie. Welcome to the future!
@@nicolassosolic3760 Damn you must have never taken any sort of film or avant garde classes. Alot of what makes it great is the timing, the shot and composition, lighting, and the vampire makeup of the time. Like arguably and artistically this movie still holds up well. It still gives you great horror and sends chills up you spin with such simplicity. You say only a snob calls it a masterpiece but only a uncreative normie says it sucks.
L it's actually quite a beautiful film. Most silents are too melodramatic to be scary to me, but the overall ambiance is spooky in a good way. Precisely because its old. I've seen 1920s films scarier than this. The Lodger is legit creepy, its another classic. One of the scariest things about Nosferatu is the emergence of the plague from his ancient Transylvanian rats. Willard 1971 is a creepy film on many levels about rats, if you like old horror movies.
Nosferatu is the embodiment of the uncanny valley and the classical vampire, he looks (barely) human-ish but you can never truly pinpoint what's actually wrong about him. His gestures, mannerism, speech pattern, he could threaten you in the face and you wouldn't realize until it's too late.
Totally. I personally prefer the Klaus Kinski Nosferatu over this one because of this one's antisemitic stereotypes. This one is better dressed though.
@@xerozoo The director for this film was Jewish, as were several members of the staff. I think they simply went with the characteristics on this one because they found them frightening.
I first saw Nosferatu in 1971 as part of 6th grade historic film study. Pure genius for its time. It never gets "old" and was the major influence in my love for old films.
That’s just film. Old technology but good. It’s when videotape started being used and the equipment was able to be cheaply made that picture quality took a dive.
You have helped create a landscape of Horror and Terror; influenced over 100 years. You not only created the onscreen Vampire, you defined it, pioneered, and created a vision that still holds up to this very second of this day. Happy Birthday Nosferatu, Long Live Count Orlock.
For a film made in 1922, this was incredible, they had continuity shots, location research, Extra's, the American cut was everywhere, they had a pan, they had 'magic' where Nosferatu put himself in a coffin and telekinetically raise the coffin cover to close his coffin really solid work for something made in 1922, and over an hour as well.
I'd actually argue Klaus Kinski otdoes Max Shreck in the '79 remake of this movie. Klaus Kinski was in fact a verified diagnosed psychopath and that bleeds through in every scene he's in. He's intense and utterly terrifying on a very disturbingly real level, when you're aware of his mental state of mind..
You know what's humorous is that when they made it, they never expected that anybody would be watching this movie 10 years later, in fact by 1932 everyone forgot this movie ever existed only for it to be rediscovered for the purpose of watching it by a new medium..... And now here we are 100 years later and watching it via completely different medium, without even owning the original reel.
How can anyone complain about, a really well, put together story from the 1920s. This would have really scared a lot of people back then. As this was the very first time people had seen Dracula, other than an artistic rendition in books. As it was a first to, you can't compare this to any other movie that came after, plus this was done with (back then) cutting edge technology.
I'm happy I watched this on Halloween 100 years after it was made. The creepiness of the shadow of the fingers and the way he fades in and out... amazing!
People who memorized the Bee Movie Script: Legendary People who memorized Shrek script: Godly People who memorized Nosferatu script: *On another plane of existence*
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So when the screen is yellow, it is either daylight or inside. When it is blue, it is night. Pink/magenta it is sunrise or sunset. At least thats what i put together in my head. Idk if thats right but its something with the time of day
+Ty Calvert That works in some circumstances, but it's not easy to light an entire forest at night without making it look strange. There are tradeoffs between what can be done and what's effective to do.
It's oddly comforting to me, thinking that if I manage to do something as impactful or important like this, I will be remembered or at least acknowledged in what I leave behind
Max Schreck: the absolute best name for an actor in a horror movie, especially in playing a monster, because Schreck in German means "terror". That, just like the movie itself, highlights what a once-in-a-lifetime sort of thing this is.
No one brought more visual terror to Horror or the Vampire film genre quite on the level that Max Schreck did. He legitimately looked like a monster/vampire to the point where you start questioning yourself if he really was one, which was mainly due to his method acting and him not breaking character throughout most of the production of Nosferatu which made it brilliant. If I was walking alone at night, I'd definitely wouldn't want to come across Count Orlok in a dark alley. Nosferatu is as dark and classy a film can get which is what a lot of films today simply lack. In my opinion, the more they tried to romanticize Vampires, the less scary and frightening they became.
@@GilbertSyndrome This is why I believe that Daniel Day-Lewis should come out of retirement to play one last role, as Count Orlok in like a prequel or some shit. Daniel would fucking knock it out of the park
Our beautiful landscape and nature in SLOVAKIA! 14:09 High Tatras with the blind lakes 18:05 and other shots Orloks Home sweet home is Orava Castle 37:09 raft on the river Váh 1:20:36 Starhrad (Old Castle) in the town district Žilina 5:09 Orlok is already here! :D
@@belaorhideja4020 ... yes, we are a small country, but there is a beautiful nature here, many castles (for example romantic Bojnice castle, Čachtice castle - countess Elizabeth Bathory), mineral springs, caves and national parks.
@@AlexKS1992 ... yes, but now we are independent states, in 1989 the Czechs and Slovaks divorced peacefully, and they continue to strive for good relations, because they have the most similar language and mentality of all the states.
The first reveal of Nosferatu as the vampire was a pretty good little jump scare.. i can only imagine how the audience reacted when they first saw him!!! I know i would been jumping out of my seat hiding as well!!
The part at 34:45 actually scared the shit out of me when his face is peeking through the casket and the music gets distorted from being so loud. It’s a very subtle scary. I only truly get scared of this movie when I’m left alone completely in the dark. Like taking trash out in the middle of the night. My driveway is super long and surrounded by long bony trees it’s easy to feel vulnerable. Then I remember the image of him standing in the doorway like 9 feet tall with his arms draped over his body. That’s what terrifies me. That’s what we need back in modern horror.
I love the scene at 1:07:11 how it doesn't do a zoom in on Nosferatu so you can only see or even notice him if you look closely, or if you know where to look. I don't know why but it just makes it way creepier than if it just did a closeup on him looking out the window
Literally every vampire film and almost anything else with a vampire in it owes a debt of gratitude to this film. In 100 years, this movie has never been topped and never will be.
No CGI no color heck not even any sound yet it has a cinematic atmosphere todays movie studios cannot replicate even with bigger budgets and technology. Watching this is more akin to watching a documentary than a movie!
I am SO excited! Nosferatu is going to be on the silver screen with LIVE music on October 28 in my small town! The theatre is just out of this world. The organ is magnificent. Imagine seeing this film as they did in the 1920s, in a theatre that probably did show it back then! Yes, I am going. Can't wait!!!
@@AWlpsSHOW36: Yeah, a local theatre in the Detroit metro area just recently did a showing of this film for this past Halloween with a live orchestra and all. So yeah, some places still do that.
I am a big fan of this movie, and while it isn’t exactly “scary” by 2018 when compared with other movies, I think this may take the cake as one of the eeriest movies ever made. The fact that it was made 4 years short of a HUNDRED YEARS AGO makes it all the better.
Well yeah, this was literally the era where pictures turned into films. So they were still focused on every single shot having the same value as a painting.
What a good film. The horror is atmospheric and persists throughout the whole film, and none of the scares are cheap. And watching this now, no wonder people thought Max Shreck was an actual vampire, my goodness he's creepy!
i love that this upload of a silent movie isn't silent, because thats accurate to what it would've been. many theaters just had live music and sound to accompany parts of or all of films shown
This is the first time I've ever attempted to watch a silent movie. Ten minutes in and I can say I'm actually really enjoying it! I have wanted to see Nosferatu for quite some time, ever since seeing James Rolfe talk about it in a Dracula movie timeline video. Glad to have found it here on TH-cam!
30:18 Squidward: "If that was you on the phone and you on the bus, then who was flickering the lights?" **the lights flickered on and off again, but it was Count Orlok doing it** Everyone: "Nosferatu!" **Count Orlok smiles at the camera**
There is a genetic disorder called porphyria that has a drastically higher likelihood of occurring from repeated bloodlines of incest. I am not sure if that is what you were referencing, but nevertheless it is interesting, because it causes skin to burn when exposed to sunlight, their gums shrivel up, so it looks like they have fangs, and they frequently have blood in their stool. There are many other symptoms, but those are the most vampyric ones.
@@legostarwarsbattledroid5272 not a joke at all I did a presentation on it once. Look up the vampire disease and you can see why people thought these creatures existed. Also, it made your piss purple so that's an upside I guess.
Also after. Turns out all the "changes" to the book that I was suspicious of were just direct adaptations of this. Made me appreciate the 2024 version!
The exteriors of the film set in Transylvania were actually shot on location in northern Slovakia, including the High Tatras, Vrátna Valley, Orava Castle, the Váh River, and Starhrad. My country!!!
Murnau surely had read Stoker's novel, which has always left me wondering why he left out such crowd-pleasers as Dracula's (Nosferatu's) vampire harem and the "turning" of Lucy Westenra. I do know that Murnau was worried about copyright infringement, since he hadn't purchased the rights to the novel. He changed many details in Stoker's story (but got sued by Stoker's heirs anyway). The really chilling fact is that the court that heard the Stoker family's suit found in their favor, and ordered all prints of "Nosferatu" destroyed. Fortunately for film history, several survived. (A GREAT metaphor; Murnau's Dracula is supposed to be destroyed, but comes back, and is still with us nearly a century later). It's also fascinating how INCREDIBLY vibrant and creative the German film industry was, so soon after the crushing defeat of 1918, the near civil war that followed, and the ruinous inflation of 1923. Even before sound arrived in 1927, Germany had gifted the world with such classics as "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", "Metropolis", "Pandora's Box", and "The Nibelungenlied". Yet another strand of the rich German culture that was destroyed by the coming of the Nazis in 1933.
I remember watching this movie at 8 yrs old a while ago on the family computer out of curiosity. Now I'm 30 and I can't wait to go see the remake in cinema in a couple of days!
Without a doubt one of the most iconic vampire movies ever made considering that it was one of the first vampire movies. Add to the fact that it stars Max Schreck as Count Orlok makes this movie even more iconic and unforgettable.
It's wonderful that so many still enjoy the film on its 100th anniversary. I always think about the little cat in the beginning, first kitty immortalized on film playing with a toy. I don't know that, I just think it's so cute and ordinary in this memorable movie.
A masterpiece in horror filmmaking,....the clever use of light and dark throughout the movie gives it a real atmospheric feel that scares and unsettles.....it's visually stunning, and the creepy music score sets tone and mood of the story, as the feel of dread and menace builds ,....there's a more sinister eerie feel to these old horror movies, that sadly lack in modern day horrors....
I’ve always thought Peter Jackson demonstrated a tremendous talent for creating that same sort of eerie atmosphere in the scary parts of “Lord of the Rings,” and “King Kong.” Strangely, he hasn’t made any horror films since he graduated to big-budget.
Just watched this movie for the first time tonight in celebration of its (belated) 100th anniversary this year. Gotta say, I was really impressed by the visuals, especially the parts where Orlok faded into view or away as a means of warping. I didn't even know they were capable of doing those types of special effects 100 years ago. I'm glad I got to watch an all-time classic before the end of its 100th anniversary year. It's amazing to think what I just watched is literally a century old!
My great grandmother watched this movie in 1922 she was 22 and she loved it and I would watch it and remember how she felt while watching this in 1922 she died in 1996 when I was 5 years old R.I.P Great Grandma 😇
Hard to believe this movie is approaching its 100th (!) birthday. I find it incredible that such old films have survived (especially how close to being destroyed Nosferatu actually got).
So nice to see the color tinting in this version--most people believe that this film was in strict black and white. Actually, the color was added to the film, to differentiate light and darkness (Day for night not being invented yet. And never perfected.) Almost impossible to find in any copy--the only one I ever found (and promptly bought) is the Kino Lorber cut.
My Great-Grandmother saw this movie at her tiny hometown theatre in the 1920s. She took an aisle seat because my Grandma went too, in a baby stroller she kept next to her in the aisle. The 'air-conditioning' was large blocks of ice set in front of electric fans! The audience spoke the text aloud, together, for the benefit of anyone that couldn't read(many people were illiterate in those days). After the movie, it was several blocks to walk home alone in the dark since my Great-Grandpa worked that night, and Great-Grandma said she was terrified the whole way home, and jumped straight into bed with the baby and pulled the covers over her head! And she left the lights on too!
Good for her
Dave Wade Neat story!
Thank God for stories like these.
the fact that they would say the text out loud is so wholesome
I love this! My nan wasn’t born until 7 years after the film was made, and my great-nan probably didn’t go to see it, she liked people to think she was fancy
the fact these types of once lost films are now fully viewable on youtube is truly incredible.
@graceosborne8118 Nosferatu (2024), Bill Skarsgard.
Who would’ve thought a hundred years later we’d still be watching this and on smartphones. How times have changed.
well is almost a century now 2 more years to go
But we are still finding it entertaining,
David Lynch won't be happy
@@AzathothTheGreat doesn't work like that
Doesn’t that make you think how much Film Making has advanced?
props to whoever is absolutely shredding the organ
incredible, esp the final scenes
Organ score compiled/performed by Timothy Howard
Bro what
@@HaileysWorld2004its like a piano, its in the songs
@Apupv In western culture, saying "what" can be a form of agreeing
The music was too loud I couldn't hear the dialogue
😂
@Alec Hinshaw woooooooooosh
@Alec Hinshaw r/woooshhh
@Alec Hinshaw wooooosh
@Alec Hinshaw That's the point lol. You didn't know it was a joke... Therefore WOOOOOSH As people are pointing out that it went right over your head. If you got the joke no one would have tried to correct you as your comment would not have been made.
Nothing like watching a classic horror movie and then suddenly there's a domino's ad.
Yea, i fkn hate it wn modrn life interfers w nostalgia (or whn th present interfers wth th past) Especially wn itz smthin like *Dom'sShtyPizza
I was thinking exactly same thing.
Hey, old timey horror and a treat. Who can pass that up?
I'm from Russia and thanks to sanction I can to watch TH-cam without ads free.
We are getting Domino's tommorrow
It's insane to think that there was only one copy of this at one point. Thank God it was kept safe by french film collector Henry Langlois.
I'm sure there are many presumed lost silent and sound films that are owned by private collectors and institutions such as the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art who are selfishly gatekeeping them and refusing to share them publicly, allowing only certain priviledged individuals to view them.
One can only hope for other movies that are otherwise lost. Movies used to be on very volatile film, and that's why 20th Century Fox lost a bunch of their older films in 1937 in a gigantic storage building fire that also killed a 13 year old boy and injured his mother and brother. (The flames shot out the building sideways, in one spot as far as about 100 feet [or, longer than 5 Chevrolet Suburbans placed bumper to bumper with 1 inch between each car.])
But besides that, there was no cheap and convenient home movie format - no DVD, no VHS, nothing of the sort. Movie Preservation wasn't on everyone's mind from 1900 - 1950, but I'm also confused as to *why* the director of the 1938 film "Algiers" tried to destroy every copy of the original 1937 film ("Pepe Le Moco") that his film was based on. I guess I can see why, but it's one of those moments when you look at previous generations and think "Wait, what???"
He also hid it from the nazis.
I mean, in Stoker's Widow's defense, they asked her if they could adapt Dracula, she said no, so they made this film. And although I am truly glad a copy survived and we still have this iconic piece of film, I also fully appreciate why Mrs Stoker was *pissed*
It was a time when her only real opportunity for income at that time was through royalties on her late husband's work.
And I think a lot of kids may see this movie later in life, since Nosferatu is on SpongeBob now, so they may be seeing it to know who he is.
Interesting fact: Illiteracy was still rampant during the Silent-film era, so literate audience members would often read the dialogue cards out loud for the benefit of audience members who couldn't read.
Back when motion pictures were still so new that 'stage theater' & 'movie theater' were still caught in a blend. (for someone to read cards aloud during a film)
People were illiterate all the way up into the 80s
@zenfrodo Nosferatu (2024), Bill Skarsgard.
@@Lepidopterous.Nosferatu (2024), Bill Skarsgard.
@mrlsoarezzNosferatu (2024), Bill Skarsgard.
I’m here doing research for a video and I’m actually really surprised how elaborate the scenes, the acting and the music are. I bet seeing this movie in 1922 was a game changer
i m really upset about it we never understand and feel this movie like people who watched in 1922.. after we watch the shining, it follow ..etc our horror sense much more diffrent now
Rae!!!!
This would’ve scared a lot of people back then. It’s fascinating to see the drastic change in horror films. Would’ve made it spookier with no sound.
It was banned in a lot of places. Demons and all that. It was never released in america, only in germany and they got in trouble for copying the dracula novel but changing names, so all copies were to be destroyed... but some survived and here we are
It's really a masterpiece. After watching Nosferatu I became obsessed with horror classics. And eventually wrote a book about the history of the genre. This film is very inspiring!
People who know who Nosferatu is:
- Film buffs
- People who've seen that one Spongebob episode
Sarah Barker you’re right 😂👌
Also Rick and Morty referenced him once. Coach Feratu.
there are 2
@@maddy5450 ^^ (i.e., the Herzog remake)
And people who play Fire Emblem and got curious to know what the nosferatu spell was based off of, so they looked it up.
If that was you on the phone, and you on the bus.......
Who was flickering the lights?
Nosferatu!
Nosferatuuuu! 😉👉
ur mom
My kid at Halloween dressed as him to prank everyone at the Krusty Krab.
Nosferatu!
The coachman: I can't go further, it's too creepy
The postman: Nobody will get between me and my job
Yeah . . . Right ❗😂😹
That's one brave postman.
and with no pants! or so it looked 🤷♀️
Protestant work ethic.
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat, nor bitey vampires..."
I love it when Hutter is reading the book, laughs heartily, and throws the book on the ground really hard, even though it is not his book
I love that part as well.💛
'Tis a silly book, yeet'
He's kind of a jerkass in almost every version of the story.
That bummed me out. It looked like a cool book.
People in this movie act really weird in general. I dig it.
Here’s some interesting facts:
The 1922 Nosferatu film was based on the Bram Stoker’s 1897 Dracula novel, so to try to avoid copyright, they changed the name from Count Dracula to Count Orlok, and the title from Dracula to Nosferatu (another interesting fact about the word “Nosferatu” is that it’s kinda “lost in time”. While it’s uncertain, the origin of the word is believed to be of Romanian, and it was used in the Dracula novel as a synonym for “vampire”. Credit to Suki La Hood for the fact).
However, efforts to avoid being a victim of copyright failed, and a court ruled all copies be destroyed! However, a few copies survived, and today, the movie “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror”, is known as one of the best and most influential horror films of all time :D
And this movie is still legendary in 2024. Very excited for the new one, lots of positive reviews have been coming out :)
Actually they couldnt get the rights from bram strokers widow, so thats why hes called Orlok and so forth
@Elena Țăpean bullshit she deserves compensation for her Husbands work
Imagine we lost it and it became lost media, no Spongebob, Me not running up the stairs thinking he'd come after me
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The word ‘Nosferatu’ is also in the Dracula book as well.
This isn't just a movie ladies and gents, this is literally a piece of history.
Well I mean I piece of movie history
this is prophecy
The fact that it's made in the Weimar Republic when life sucked it's impressive
If you’re referring to covid, no it isn’t. They had their own pandemic back then.
@@danc7934 informative too
Love how Orlok so helpfully drew a house on his letter to make sure that Knock really understood what he was asking for 😂
lol!!!!!
Hahaha!! Good catch
He probably didn't know the ancient macabre occult glyph for "city house" so he just drew the thing XD
No lie, if I had seen this in 1922 I would've been scared shitless.
I saw this in like '94 as a kid and it still spooks me.
Right! I think the ship scenes are still some of the greatest horror scenes of all time!
True classic
I'm scared shitless watching it now 😂😂 especially at 30:10
@@kel9361then who's flickering the lights😟
"Your wife has a beautiful neck." Way to be subtle.
Savannah w 27:51
nigga also tried to suck his homies thumb
I laughed SO hard when I first saw that.. 😂 Like, I've watched this movie countless times my whole life and it's still terrifying, but certain scenes like this and where he's running with his coffin will get me every time .. XD
Reply: "Yes, I blew on it many times"
Savannah w theres a reference to this in a band called Type O Negative, songs name is Black Number 1
In 1922 : I wonder what the future will look like 90 years from now.
98 years later: 1.3 Million are Watching a 1922 Silent movie.
Welcome to the future!
What's with the lighting?
Wow since then 300,000 have watched it
They couldn’t film in the dark so had to make a bluish purple tent to create the night time effect
We're under quarantine
Well film professors do love assigning the oldest movies they can find
The scene where Nosferatu rose from his casket and said, "It's Nosferating time!" Absolute classic.
The scene where the werewolf shows up and the horses say. "aw, hell naw!" Movie of all time.
He's called Count Orlok but okay 👌
The scene where original joke made and original joke and said, “it’s original joking time!” Absolute classic.
@@dystopianfuture1165 You're not fun in social groups.
@@snarkcast483 You’re not funny in social groups
“Then who was flickering the lights?”
me
Joe
The hash slinging slasher😂😂😂
Nosferatu 😏👉
@@gxbb3rs114 nosferatu: 🤓
We are living in a great age. because we can enjoy this masterpiece by free
*For free
In a way....
We have finally arrived at the truth
Boss!
Masterpiece??? Looking back,that sucks! lol Only a movie snob can call it "A masterpiece"
@@nicolassosolic3760 Damn you must have never taken any sort of film or avant garde classes. Alot of what makes it great is the timing, the shot and composition, lighting, and the vampire makeup of the time. Like arguably and artistically this movie still holds up well. It still gives you great horror and sends chills up you spin with such simplicity.
You say only a snob calls it a masterpiece but only a uncreative normie says it sucks.
After 100 years, the images of Nosferatu in the doorway and in the window are some of the most terrifying, nightmare inducing images I ever seen.
you forgot 2 mention the time where he starts flickering the lights!!
@@fairsaa7975 ,…..:/
@@fairsaa7975 istg mfs always gotta try to find something 2 complain abt
I’d marry that images. It’s goals. ❤
@@fairsaa7975 -🤓
96 years old. Almost 100.
Snapepet Woodstock is almost 50 man
Shocking statements . Both ... !
You dont Say
97 now
shot in Sepia. Its like you go back in time.
the fact that it's so old makes it so much scarier.... Legit a lot scarier than any new horror film
L omg yes! this vampires face has always scared me since childhood and I love horror movies. but y r right, old is gold like they say
L it's actually quite a beautiful film. Most silents are too melodramatic to be scary to me, but the overall ambiance is spooky in a good way. Precisely because its old. I've seen 1920s films scarier than this. The Lodger is legit creepy, its another classic. One of the scariest things about Nosferatu is the emergence of the plague from his ancient Transylvanian rats. Willard 1971 is a creepy film on many levels about rats, if you like old horror movies.
Thalassa Fourtines i like The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari and The Phantom Of The Opera.
Also knowing that everyone who made and was in the film is dead, is even more scarier to me.
hhahahaaha comedy
Happy 100 year anniversary to this legendary piece of horror history!
It's One century anniversary, YOOHOO
@@thanos3076 wow- a century !
Holy Fuck
Oh my gosh it is 100 years old
it was shot in 1921 tho
Nosferatu is the embodiment of the uncanny valley and the classical vampire, he looks (barely) human-ish but you can never truly pinpoint what's actually wrong about him. His gestures, mannerism, speech pattern, he could threaten you in the face and you wouldn't realize until it's too late.
Totally. I personally prefer the Klaus Kinski Nosferatu over this one because of this one's antisemitic stereotypes. This one is better dressed though.
@@xerozoo only racist saw everything as racism
@@boboboy8189 Wow, you really took me down a peg. How embarrassing.
"Nosferatu" means "plague-bringer." Hence Orlok's rat-like appearance.
@@xerozoo The director for this film was Jewish, as were several members of the staff. I think they simply went with the characteristics on this one because they found them frightening.
‘You there, man on a horse! Take this letter to my wife. It reads “I miss you, I have mosquito bites”’
Neh-heh-heh.
lol.....
“Your wife has a beautiful neck” 😂😂”I will buy this beautiful.. deserted house ... across from yours”
Best lines. Hearty laugh reading those lines
Me trying to make small talk after being in iso for ever how long.
These northerns! Any sane husband here would have misunderstood and sent him away in bad manners after such a speech 😆
50:51 this is one of the most classic horror scene's in a silent film. Brilliant.
1:16 where you see his shadow going up the staircase then reaching for the door is a creepy classic moment.
Diabolical and haunting...
Think about it, this was 100 years ago. No special effects like today, not even sound, and it is just a creepy !
Yes I think all the ship scenes are just incredible!
jojo reference
I first saw Nosferatu in 1971 as part of 6th grade historic film study. Pure genius for its time. It never gets "old" and was the major influence in my love for old films.
the resolution is actually quite good for such an old movie. I'm impressed it's not all grainy and blurry. thank you TCM for uploading this
I know this comment is a year old but here is an even better version. th-cam.com/video/e7p3ct5hcks/w-d-xo.html
That’s just film. Old technology but good. It’s when videotape started being used and the equipment was able to be cheaply made that picture quality took a dive.
You have helped create a landscape of Horror and Terror; influenced over 100 years.
You not only created the onscreen Vampire, you defined it, pioneered, and created a vision that still holds up to this very second of this day.
Happy Birthday Nosferatu, Long Live Count Orlock.
Yes
Long live the count! His visions inspire my dreams every night and day.
For a film made in 1922, this was incredible, they had continuity shots, location research, Extra's, the American cut was everywhere, they had a pan, they had 'magic' where Nosferatu put himself in a coffin and telekinetically raise the coffin cover to close his coffin really solid work for something made in 1922, and over an hour as well.
Thanks to TH-cam for posting this immortal masterpiece
still one of the creepiest characters ever recorded
Samir Norris that’s not scary
@Samir Norris your a scrub. Thats not scary at all
I'd actually argue Klaus Kinski otdoes Max Shreck in the '79 remake of this movie. Klaus Kinski was in fact a verified diagnosed psychopath and that bleeds through in every scene he's in.
He's intense and utterly terrifying on a very disturbingly real level, when you're aware of his mental state of mind..
Nah dude you have to know that a spider is way scarier
Blu Tips fedora
He's not flickering any lights
+Ernest Valenzuela Haha, clever.
It took me about a minute or so before I got the joke.
spongebob "graveyard shift"
Kenny the Rabbit Your Username and Avatar and smiley face are deceivingly friendly. Not cool bro.
TOM! I TOLD U TO BE NICE TO PEOPLE! Sorry about that.
You know what's humorous is that when they made it, they never expected that anybody would be watching this movie 10 years later, in fact by 1932 everyone forgot this movie ever existed only for it to be rediscovered for the purpose of watching it by a new medium..... And now here we are 100 years later and watching it via completely different medium, without even owning the original reel.
Today is January 1st 2024, therefore this masterpiece is 102 years old and will be 103 sometime in this year
Me 102 years later with a 4 loko, dispo, Bluetooth headphones watching this on my smart phone
awesome stuff man
I feel a 4 Loko is not great if you’re 102
@@RConn55 fun ruiner
This movie is almost 100 years old but it still gives me the creeps! That’s how eerily powerful this movie is! 😱
Your comment is old and gives me the creeps
Which only goes to prove good entertainment stands the test of time!
It's exactly 100 years today
Very creepy. I’m sure it really scared the hell out of people back when it first came out.
honestly i think the movie is funny
My favorite part is when they brought out the hyena and said it’s a werewolf
I second this.
I was hoping someone in the comments said that was a hyena! Thank you!
Looked too cute or something.
When?
Myrm Ants Harrison Ford truly embodied that role.
And I thought I was tripping🤗
How can anyone complain about, a really well, put together story from the 1920s. This would have really scared a lot of people back then. As this was the very first time people had seen Dracula, other than an artistic rendition in books. As it was a first to, you can't compare this to any other movie that came after, plus this was done with (back then) cutting edge technology.
Captain RossPool the only complaints I have is I riff on Hutter just being a complete buffoon
👍
Captain DeadPool this shit is a comedy
@Sasuke Uchiha what was the name of that Dracula film?
FW Murnau was pure genius!!!!
I'm happy I watched this on Halloween 100 years after it was made. The creepiness of the shadow of the fingers and the way he fades in and out... amazing!
People who memorized the Bee Movie Script: Legendary
People who memorized Shrek script: Godly
People who memorized Nosferatu script: *On another plane of existence*
epic fact: dracula here is played by a guy named Max Schrek (shrek) haha
@@MisterSpeedStacking coincidence....? I think not... Perhaps there's some unnatural connection to get children acclimatised to the dark horrors
More like "People who memorized Hotel Transylvania Movie Scrypt : Godly"
Hahaha it’s a silent movie
!'^+%&/()=?_?=)(/&%+^'You are invited to our film company. We broadcast subtitles for our movies in most languages. It doesn't matter what language you know.
So when the screen is yellow, it is either daylight or inside. When it is blue, it is night. Pink/magenta it is sunrise or sunset. At least thats what i put together in my head. Idk if thats right but its something with the time of day
Cameras back then could not record during the night. There was simply not enough light to work with.
Misaka Mikoto they would set up lights around the set have you never seen the movie about this movie? If not i think it would be well worth your time
+Ty Calvert
That works in some circumstances, but it's not easy to light an entire forest at night without making it look strange. There are tradeoffs between what can be done and what's effective to do.
That'a what it means actually because we analyze this film in class and that's what my teacher said as well.
I figured the blue part as a clever way to show night since they couldn’t film at night. Nice thinking on the pink part.
Knowing everyone in this movie is long gone makes me really existential
It's oddly comforting to me, thinking that if I manage to do something as impactful or important like this, I will be remembered or at least acknowledged in what I leave behind
Especially the older folks, the fact that they would have been born in the mid 1800s and we still have them on film over 150 years later is wild.
Endless thanks to this channel for posting these classics for free!
Max Schreck: the absolute best name for an actor in a horror movie, especially in playing a monster, because Schreck in German means "terror". That, just like the movie itself, highlights what a once-in-a-lifetime sort of thing this is.
Like Usain Bolt or Stevie Wonder
Terror means Terror in german.
“Wonder” isn’t his real last name, it’s a pseudonym. Doesn’t work as well since it’s not his real name
@@Hi-fd4cw actually wonder isn’t his last name it’s a pseudonym 🤓🤓🤓
Max Shrek
No one brought more visual terror to Horror or the Vampire film genre quite on the level that Max Schreck did. He legitimately looked like a monster/vampire to the point where you start questioning yourself if he really was one, which was mainly due to his method acting and him not breaking character throughout most of the production of Nosferatu which made it brilliant. If I was walking alone at night, I'd definitely wouldn't want to come across Count Orlok in a dark alley. Nosferatu is as dark and classy a film can get which is what a lot of films today simply lack. In my opinion, the more they tried to romanticize Vampires, the less scary and frightening they became.
Except for maybe Klaus Kinski?
@@Stigmatix666 Herzog's version is also Brilliant, Kinski plays the part very well.
I agree, I'm not interested in a romanticized vampire. I definitely prefer the Nosferatu-style versus the classic Dracula version.
@@GilbertSyndrome Extremely well
@@GilbertSyndrome
This is why I believe that Daniel Day-Lewis should come out of retirement to play one last role, as Count Orlok in like a prequel or some shit. Daniel would fucking knock it out of the park
Our beautiful landscape and nature in SLOVAKIA! 14:09 High Tatras with the blind lakes 18:05 and other shots Orloks Home sweet home is Orava Castle 37:09 raft on the river Váh 1:20:36 Starhrad (Old Castle) in the town district Žilina
5:09 Orlok is already here! :D
I had no idea they filmed it there!! So beautiful!!
At the time it was called Czechoslovakia and just a few years earlier it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
@@belaorhideja4020 ... yes, we are a small country, but there is a beautiful nature here, many castles (for example romantic Bojnice castle, Čachtice castle - countess Elizabeth Bathory), mineral springs, caves and national parks.
@@AlexKS1992 ... yes, but now we are independent states, in 1989 the Czechs and Slovaks divorced peacefully, and they continue to strive for good relations, because they have the most similar language and mentality of all the states.
@@lubomirafaskova5165 Just googled these location and they are all stunning!!Hope to visit them someday!! Love from slavic sister
The first reveal of Nosferatu as the vampire was a pretty good little jump scare.. i can only imagine how the audience reacted when they first saw him!!! I know i would been jumping out of my seat hiding as well!!
My great grandma saw this when it came out it was one of her favorite movies but she got so scared every time she watched it.
The part at 34:45 actually scared the shit out of me when his face is peeking through the casket and the music gets distorted from being so loud.
It’s a very subtle scary. I only truly get scared of this movie when I’m left alone completely in the dark. Like taking trash out in the middle of the night. My driveway is super long and surrounded by long bony trees it’s easy to feel vulnerable. Then I remember the image of him standing in the doorway like 9 feet tall with his arms draped over his body. That’s what terrifies me. That’s what we need back in modern horror.
That part made me laugh so much
Curious Betsy vlogs-Yeah, that was quite creepy.
The one and only Bob Ross-The dudes reaction was funny af, was pissing mahself 🤣🤣
Lol
Damn I’d be scared too if the trees by my driveway had bones
I love the scene at 1:07:11 how it doesn't do a zoom in on Nosferatu so you can only see or even notice him if you look closely, or if you know where to look. I don't know why but it just makes it way creepier than if it just did a closeup on him looking out the window
Literally every vampire film and almost anything else with a vampire in it owes a debt of gratitude to this film. In 100 years, this movie has never been topped and never will be.
This film was almost wiped from existence..... thankfully some prints survived.... what we have gotten is a masterpiece!
No CGI no color heck not even any sound yet it has a cinematic atmosphere todays movie studios cannot replicate
even with bigger budgets and technology. Watching this is more akin to watching a documentary than a movie!
"Heck not even a sound."
Duh! It's a silent movie,except for the music.
30:10 me trying to be extra quiet at 2am whilst getting a snack
AHHH I'm screaming!!!😭😭💀💀💀💀
Lol
Lmaoo
Happy 100 anniversary Nosferatu! As a fan of horror, I thought I'd stop by to pay my respects.
I am SO excited! Nosferatu is going to be on the silver screen with LIVE music on October 28 in my small town! The theatre is just out of this world. The organ is magnificent. Imagine seeing this film as they did in the 1920s, in a theatre that probably did show it back then!
Yes, I am going. Can't wait!!!
Wish i was there
That's so cool! So some places still do revivals of silent films? Awesome! I would've totally come to that!
I'm sorry, but the organ score sucks. Watch the restored version with the real *original* 1922 score instead. It actually compliments the scenes!
@@AWlpsSHOW36:
Yeah, a local theatre in the Detroit metro area just recently did a showing of this film for this past Halloween with a live orchestra and all. So yeah, some places still do that.
@@alondathomas293 That's awesome! I need to convince my local cinema to do that one day!
This is one of my favorite horror movies of all time
wtaldon mine too hun
wtaldon Mine Too
wtaldon so is many other peoples also.
wtaldon same here!
wtaldon This and psycho, love it
A film made in 1922 that can beat any modern film in terms of creepiness. Brilliant! 👏
Elliott Wardle I like the modern version with John Malkovich, too.Willem DaFoe
is excellent as Max Shrek/ Count Orloff.
Timeless, classic, priceless…and the scariest vampire portrayal ever. Love silent horror!
I am a big fan of this movie, and while it isn’t exactly “scary” by 2018 when compared with other movies, I think this may take the cake as one of the eeriest movies ever made. The fact that it was made 4 years short of a HUNDRED YEARS AGO makes it all the better.
Now it is 100 years old. March 4, 2022
Incredible, every scene is framed like a painting.
Well yeah, this was literally the era where pictures turned into films. So they were still focused on every single shot having the same value as a painting.
It's awesome!
Welcome to quality Cinema.
Can we just agree that this is the best vampire movie ever made
It teaches the all important lesson: When a vampire approaches, don't block the doors and windows. Run and hide under the covers
"Great news, baby! I'm going off on a business trip to the country of thieves and ghosts!"
"You're doing what now?"
What a good film. The horror is atmospheric and persists throughout the whole film, and none of the scares are cheap. And watching this now, no wonder people thought Max Shreck was an actual vampire, my goodness he's creepy!
Michael Stokes I like the script or font used for the explanations between scenes. Ornate
but readable.
Even his last name means afraid or to be scared of.
The part where Orlok rises, seemingly unaided, from the coffin on the ship, scared me tar-less years ago and still gives me the shivers today!!
13:50 "These are filled with goddamned soil" reads totally differently a century later
I know right
i love that this upload of a silent movie isn't silent, because thats accurate to what it would've been. many theaters just had live music and sound to accompany parts of or all of films shown
50:51 that scene is awesome, the unnatural way he raises himself, very powerful and frightening.
This is the first time I've ever attempted to watch a silent movie. Ten minutes in and I can say I'm actually really enjoying it! I have wanted to see Nosferatu for quite some time, ever since seeing James Rolfe talk about it in a Dracula movie timeline video. Glad to have found it here on TH-cam!
Check out 1929s Metropolis another classic silent movie.
30:18
Squidward: "If that was you on the phone and you on the bus, then who was flickering the lights?"
**the lights flickered on and off again, but it was Count Orlok doing it**
Everyone: "Nosferatu!"
**Count Orlok smiles at the camera**
2 sp00ky 4 m3
When I saw that as a kid I was legitimately terrified and I hated that episode
@@hydraarctic1554 and that's why it's banned....still my favourite episode
Hydra Arctic dude i was 4 and i loved that episode
This is a true horror classic. The acting and the music is amazing for 1922.
1:16:09 Arguably, one of the creepiest shadow scenes in cinema history. I absolutely love this underated classic
I wouldn’t say it’s underrated. It has a legendary status.
Bro said underrated like this isn't a legendary film.
almost 100 years later and it still gives me the creeps
Scariest character ever goat
So this dude with pointy ears and claw hands just moves into the neighborhood "oh don't mind him you know how those royals are inbred."
something like that
There is a genetic disorder called porphyria that has a drastically higher likelihood of occurring from repeated bloodlines of incest. I am not sure if that is what you were referencing, but nevertheless it is interesting, because it causes skin to burn when exposed to sunlight, their gums shrivel up, so it looks like they have fangs, and they frequently have blood in their stool. There are many other symptoms, but those are the most vampyric ones.
@@MegaJesseman is this a joke
@@legostarwarsbattledroid5272 not a joke at all I did a presentation on it once. Look up the vampire disease and you can see why people thought these creatures existed. Also, it made your piss purple so that's an upside I guess.
you mean like you
Is anyone else watching this before Robert Eggers' remake comes out?
*after
I am
Also after. Turns out all the "changes" to the book that I was suspicious of were just direct adaptations of this. Made me appreciate the 2024 version!
As of yesterday.
100 years since this masterpiece has been released.
The exteriors of the film set in Transylvania were actually shot on location in northern Slovakia, including the High Tatras, Vrátna Valley, Orava Castle, the Váh River, and Starhrad. My country!!!
I respect Eggers for being so true to the original but part of me wishes he gave a little more
What an astonishing movie. This year it has turned 100 years old. Beautiful and amazing.
Murnau surely had read Stoker's novel, which has always left me wondering why he left out such crowd-pleasers as Dracula's (Nosferatu's) vampire harem and the "turning" of Lucy Westenra. I do know that Murnau was worried about copyright infringement, since he hadn't purchased the rights to the novel. He changed many details in Stoker's story (but got sued by Stoker's heirs anyway). The really chilling fact is that the court that heard the Stoker family's suit found in their favor, and ordered all prints of "Nosferatu" destroyed. Fortunately for film history, several survived. (A GREAT metaphor; Murnau's Dracula is supposed to be destroyed, but comes back, and is still with us nearly a century later). It's also fascinating how INCREDIBLY vibrant and creative the German film industry was, so soon after the crushing defeat of 1918, the near civil war that followed, and the ruinous inflation of 1923. Even before sound arrived in 1927, Germany had gifted the world with such classics as "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", "Metropolis", "Pandora's Box", and "The Nibelungenlied". Yet another strand of the rich German culture that was destroyed by the coming of the Nazis in 1933.
More than a century later, Nosferatu is still a masterpiece that anyone can enjoy watching regardless of age. I truly love it!
I remember watching this movie at 8 yrs old a while ago on the family computer out of curiosity. Now I'm 30 and I can't wait to go see the remake in cinema in a couple of days!
Without a doubt one of the most iconic vampire movies ever made considering that it was one of the first vampire movies. Add to the fact that it stars Max Schreck as Count Orlok makes this movie even more iconic and unforgettable.
It's wonderful that so many still enjoy the film on its 100th anniversary. I always think about the little cat in the beginning, first kitty immortalized on film playing with a toy. I don't know that, I just think it's so cute and ordinary in this memorable movie.
A masterpiece in horror filmmaking,....the clever use of light and dark throughout the movie gives it a real atmospheric feel that scares and unsettles.....it's visually stunning, and the creepy music score sets tone and mood of the story, as the feel of dread and menace builds ,....there's a more sinister eerie feel to these old horror movies, that sadly lack in modern day horrors....
"There;s a more sinister eerie feel to these old horror movies, that sadly lack in modern day horrors."
Bruh, Hereditary and Midsommar.
Former Captain America tells us the truth.
I’ve always thought Peter Jackson demonstrated a tremendous talent for creating that same sort of eerie atmosphere in the scary parts of “Lord of the Rings,” and “King Kong.” Strangely, he hasn’t made any horror films since he graduated to big-budget.
Just watched this movie for the first time tonight in celebration of its (belated) 100th anniversary this year. Gotta say, I was really impressed by the visuals, especially the parts where Orlok faded into view or away as a means of warping. I didn't even know they were capable of doing those types of special effects 100 years ago. I'm glad I got to watch an all-time classic before the end of its 100th anniversary year. It's amazing to think what I just watched is literally a century old!
One-of - if not 'the' first vampire film adaptation, - and in many ways - it
truly is the best movie about
Vampires.
such a gorgeous film!! i swear some of the shots in this look like paintings
I really hope Robert Eggers ends up doing a remake. It would be very cool to have it release in 2022 on the 100 year anniversary.
Awesome score on this print, as well
nosveratu is alive 0.0
OMG!!
XD
joke
Nosferatu 85 AGHHHHH ITS NOSFERATU
Where are the other 84 of you
Nosferatu
I must say, quite beautiful cinematograph; what a marvel.
My great grandmother watched this movie in 1922 she was 22 and she loved it and I would watch it and remember how she felt while watching this in 1922 she died in 1996 when I was 5 years old R.I.P Great Grandma 😇
"and the walls will ooze green slime!
No, wait. They always do that."
Hard to believe this movie is approaching its 100th (!) birthday. I find it incredible that such old films have survived (especially how close to being destroyed Nosferatu actually got).
100!!!
So nice to see the color tinting in this version--most people believe that this film was in strict black and white. Actually, the color was added to the film, to differentiate light and darkness (Day for night not being invented yet. And never perfected.) Almost impossible to find in any copy--the only one I ever found (and promptly bought) is the Kino Lorber cut.
Absolute classic one of the best silent movies ever made!