Why Count Orlok Has a Mustache (And What It Means)

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  • @TobattoVision
    @TobattoVision  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    Nosferatu (1922) is not a faithful adaptation of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" but an unauthorized reinterpretation with significant changes due to legal issues. Claiming that its depiction is accurate because it's how Dracula looked in the books is incorrect. People who argue for its accuracy are misunderstanding what Nosferatu was-a reinterpretation, not a faithful representation of Stoker’s original vampire. Each film, including Eggers', follows its own artistic vision rather than adhering strictly to historical or literary accuracy.

  • @АртемКотовський-ы5у
    @АртемКотовський-ы5у 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +222

    Orlok looks literally like a rotten Hungarian noble of 16-17 century, his hairstyle and dress are probably the most historically correct things of the modern cinema

    • @MbisonBalrog
      @MbisonBalrog 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

      He looks like a Cossack.

    • @CapybaraConnoisseur89
      @CapybaraConnoisseur89 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      Glad someone used word Hungarian, because Transylvania was part of Hungarian Kingdom then. People (especially Americans) seem to say Romanian Vampire, but they don't realise Romania wasn't a country until 1800's which is when movie takes place, well not even then because it's since 1859! And movie takes place in 1838.

    • @АртемКотовський-ы5у
      @АртемКотовський-ы5у 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@CapybaraConnoisseur89 I am military history geek from Ukraine, sorry

    • @АртемКотовський-ы5у
      @АртемКотовський-ы5у 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@MbisonBalrog yes but this style emerged from Hungarians

    • @tikhongilson3770
      @tikhongilson3770 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Romanian. That's why he speaks and writes in Dacian, the ancient language of Romania.

  • @shivendrasharma2288
    @shivendrasharma2288 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +178

    The mustache makes the character more real and relatable to a real individual. It represents a once powerful nobleman who got turned into an undead, unending hunger.

    • @Stigmatix666
      @Stigmatix666 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      you say that, but he looks like Kratos..

    • @thenerdyadventuresofcore9661
      @thenerdyadventuresofcore9661 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      I don't think we should be relating to him. I vote no mustache, personally. I get it though.

    • @jakescott504
      @jakescott504 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Looks like a videogame. You just shouldnt cartoon animate in horror. Its not scary if it looks fake. That broom on his lip is a stick on!!! At least its practical though so i give them that. Simplicity would have made this movie awesome. But he has way too many speaking parts.

    • @kiaadams104
      @kiaadams104 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Sounds deep... kinda looks dumb

    • @Ljounieh
      @Ljounieh 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Being relatable is way less scary

  • @NotIfICU1st_
    @NotIfICU1st_ 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +115

    Eggers didn't want a creature version of nosferatu but a man who lost his humanity. That's why he chose to give him ears which rats had chewed to a point instead of pointy bat animal ears. Seeing the mustache soaked and dripping in blood is when it grew on me.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      @@NotIfICU1st_ Actually, he wanted a creature that was desperately trying to appear as a man, hence he kept the mustache for normalcy and to hide his sharp teeth, etc.

    • @newdrug1880
      @newdrug1880 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Having a "creature" Nosferatu would probably been to "on the nose" for Eggers. Even if it would have lended itself well to the gothic vibe it might have been to straight forward for him with a really chilling monster. Appart from that I would really have loved seeing a Nosferatu lending it'self to that imagry with the shadow hand over the city, (some kind of sorcerer/death-force nosferatu, that was the take of the trailers) that was dope! Either that or the rodent nosferatu and the feeling that you are going to be run through with icey fangs.

    • @PerceptionVsReality333
      @PerceptionVsReality333 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He should've left the large bat-like ears & added glowing red eyes.

  • @clukazz
    @clukazz 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +102

    Also Bram Stoker's Dracula has a stache. I quote: "His mouth was too red, and his lips were as thin as a shaving. His teeth were strong, and his canines seemed to be much longer than the rest. He had a thick moustache, which gave his face an almost fierce look." People should start reading before commenting.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      @@clukazz This is addressed in the video, But on that note since count orlok is a rip-off of Dracula in the first place he shouldn't have to look like Dracula or anything visually from the original novel.

    • @keithfarrell4882
      @keithfarrell4882 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      This is Count Orlok....Not Dracula, The mustache is ridiculous.

    • @BradLad56
      @BradLad56 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      ​@@keithfarrell4882 Whose based on Dracula........

    • @BradLad56
      @BradLad56 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      ​@@TobattoVision Sure he doesn't have to look like Dracula but I guess Eggers wanted to put some aesthetic details from the novel into the design as a nod to the source.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      @ I think if you're going to make a Dracula film, make one. But, if you're remaking a rip-off of Dracula that created such an iconic vampire in 1922's Nosferatu, I think you should pull as little, visually, from Dracula as possible.

  • @2giantmonsters
    @2giantmonsters 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +91

    Nosferatu is based on the novel, Dracula. When Harker first met the count he was described to have a mustache

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Everyone knows this; this is like the 50th comment saying the same thing. If people would watch the video before commenting, they would see that this is directly addressed in the video. However, Nosferatu is a rip-off, and Orlok should not be visually required to look at all like Dracula. He's not Dracula.

    • @2giantmonsters
      @2giantmonsters 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      @ since the whole story is a rip off, so much so it that caused legal problems, I think it’s still a valid argument that Murnau had intended Orlock to be Dracula. One could, after the fact, give Orlock a different backstory, not in the original film, to make him a wholly different character, without a mustache. But down to brass tacks, Nosferatu is Dracula.

  • @paulbadoo9326
    @paulbadoo9326 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +53

    The moustache is perfect, and one of the things that makes Eggers a genius. He managed to come up with something different after over 100 years of movie vampires, by actually being logical. Suddenly a well shaven, attractive, seductive count makes no sense at all. It''s amazing that no one thought this look. And yet Dracula HAS a mustache in the 1897 novel.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I think the idea is that an undead monster could very viably have little to no hair at all and that would still make sense. Also, Orlok is a rip-off; he doesn't have to stick to the source material at all, hence the '22 version.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @user-ju6zx3rm8d they did; the look of Orlok was nothing like Dracula in the source material. This should have carried to the 2024 film.

  • @catmatism
    @catmatism 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +52

    When a director adheres to historical accuracy, people freak out. When a director abandons historical accuracy, people freak out.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I don't think people need historical accuracy in a remake of Nosferatu, which is already itself a knockoff Dracula story.

    • @Philosophy-y7h
      @Philosophy-y7h 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@catmatism That's right; "damn if you do, Damn if you don't". One could wish for more, but experience says it's a waste of wishes.

    • @SatanAteMySocks
      @SatanAteMySocks 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      People simply like to freak out. That's what the internet is for after all.

    • @Red_Black_Key
      @Red_Black_Key 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@TobattoVisionI think we do need more historical and, more importantly, cultural accuracy in any form of folklore from any culture. Cultural elements are important, even in myth and folklore. Subtle but still holds a value that will be lost and diluted if too much modernization replaces the traditional elements over time (whether or not it's knock-off, it should still be culturally Transylvanian). Great Vid explaining the references; and a lot of folks agree more with your preference over mine.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Red_Black_Key no we don't

  • @cgray6067
    @cgray6067 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    A mustache is probably the most reasonable feature for a vampire. It’s a “blood catcher” which means he can bank a little in the whiskers for a snacky-snack at a later time.

    • @rapmastac1362
      @rapmastac1362 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Great eye protection too in case the bite is a bit off and gets a gusher.

  • @detestor420
    @detestor420 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +60

    Masterpiece!! Count Orlok also speaks the dead Language of Dacian. So on point

    • @utvara1
      @utvara1 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He speaks Romanian. Nobody knows what Dacians spoke.

  • @nate-otero
    @nate-otero 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +44

    He looked awesome, like a Cossack vampire.

  • @tlz7975
    @tlz7975 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    Mustache or not, this Nosferatu makes Bram Stoker's Dracula look like a Disney villain, like he's hauntingly terrifying, I'm actually traumatised...

  • @RedMartianBlues
    @RedMartianBlues 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    It's truly fascinating. I absolutely loved Orlok's mustache and costume-they were such striking details. When I was in university, I traveled to Hungary and Romania as part of a "History of Central Europe" course led by Professor Thomas Barcsay. During that trip, we learned that Barcsay himself came from nobility; even the caretaker at Gilău Castle, his ancestral home, addressed him as "count." So, with that in mind, what resonated even more with the film was how closely the costume design aligned with historical accuracy. If you look at pictures of Barcsay’s family, particularly their attire, the resemblance is striking. That personal connection, paired with the phenomenal cinematography and acting, made this interpretation especially impactful for me.
    Your video is very well stated-I completely agree that Orlok's portrayal going forward doesn’t need to conform to this version, just as this one didn’t conform to the original.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      For sure! My take is this: I don't think people necessarily want/need historical accuracy in a remake of Nosferatu, which is already itself a knockoff Dracula story, you know? I love the new look, but I also prefer the 1922 look over this one.

  • @enocescalona
    @enocescalona 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    I do wish he had the big eyebrows, it could have completed the look, but am happy someone HAD THE BALLS to pull a mustache on a vampire/Dracula version. Am so damn glad, people of his time (specially Vlad the Impaler) had it, so this is good. Am thankful, i can't wait to see this movie. It is frustrating they keep avoiding the stache. It should always been part of his look from the start, if that was the case, it wouldn't have been "odd."

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Nosferatu doesn't need to look like Dracula, though; he's a knockoff after all. Also, just for context, Christopher Lee had a mustache for the 1970 Count Dracula film. Plus, Gary Oldman in Dracula 1992, among others.

  • @bigkmoviesandgames
    @bigkmoviesandgames 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +95

    I instantly loved the stache it's different enough to be its own thing without betraying the original.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@bigkmoviesandgames I loved it! 🍕

    • @bayerhead
      @bayerhead 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      The original is based on the same story from Dracula and in the Bram Stokers book he's described with a mustache. This is paying homage to the original in the best way possible.

    • @bigkmoviesandgames
      @bigkmoviesandgames 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@bayerhead yeah I like how he has the best aspects of vlad the impaler, the og count orlock, and Dracula. He's a perfect amalgamation.

    • @malloryknox6802
      @malloryknox6802 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He looks like Borat

    • @malloryknox6802
      @malloryknox6802 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@bayerheadNosferatu appearance was different from Dracula for a reason

  • @tonywynn2166
    @tonywynn2166 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    Mustache? Absolutely
    This movie was the first movie in 40 years that terrified me as I was watching
    Loved it

  • @jonchappellnow
    @jonchappellnow 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    I like having my assumptions challenged. The mustache was a surprise for me, but I felt like I was laying eyes on what was once a real person. It made him both more sympathetic and more corpse-like at a visceral level.

  • @Mr.EmeraldTheGreen
    @Mr.EmeraldTheGreen 10 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    I immediately loved his mustache! Very sexy on a character who is not supposed to be sexy at all. But it also portrays an air of masculinity and dominance, power and control. Pulling you in and commands you to focus on it/him. I also think it gives the character some newness without betraying the classic Vlad/Count Orlok. I think it’s perfect along with Roberts direction and Bill’s PHENOMENAL performance! Then again.......maybe it really is all about the mustache!! Lol 😜

  • @jasonmartinez9051
    @jasonmartinez9051 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

    I was surprised when I saw his face but I quickly noticed his hat and coat. It made sense. He's probably of Romanian descent.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@jasonmartinez9051 💯

    • @szeklergeneral4266
      @szeklergeneral4266 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      tbh i am unsure if he is, he looks more like a cossack with the stache and lock or hair

    • @orangmawas3858
      @orangmawas3858 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@szeklergeneral4266Transylvanian & Wallachian nobility were often of Hungarian descent.

  • @madlynx1818
    @madlynx1818 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    In the original 1897 book Dracula, the titular character has long white hair and a long white mustache. This Orlok was awesome and iconic.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      But Orlok is a rip-off; he doesn't have to stick to the source material at all, hence the '22 version.

  • @patrickward6473
    @patrickward6473 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    At the very beginning the mustache was a bit jarring however I acclimated extremely quickly as the film progressed. I learned to love it. They used a solid foundation of historical accuracy to build something beautiful & extremely cool. If this movie doesn't win at least one Oscar, and it more than earned several, I will loose any & all faith in the Oscars.

    • @Stratmanable
      @Stratmanable 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I'm so glad you were able to adjust. Imagine how you might have reacted to a beard.

    • @blackspring3207
      @blackspring3207 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Oscars mean nothing but yeah

  • @MrThomasMooroff
    @MrThomasMooroff 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    And he also has the build of a bloodsucker from the game Stalker: long arms, an elongated egg-shaped head, a stoop and strong muscles. Yes, in Stalker itself they were inspired to create the image by the typical look of a ghoul, but I can’t unsee these similarities in Orlok. As if these mustaches were needed to hide tentacles under them

  • @janeshore1838
    @janeshore1838 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    i absolutely loved the moustache and the cultural touch, it adds so much to the atmosphere

  • @ewoksithlord286
    @ewoksithlord286 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +42

    The mustache made him look more demonic. The original Nosferatu design has always been a bit goofy to me.

    • @IsolatedPixels
      @IsolatedPixels 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You’re an idiot, his original is based on rats, because he has control over rats….

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I loved it. I love it.

    • @TheVibrantCatEye
      @TheVibrantCatEye 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They could’ve given him a pornstache.

    • @Mp19parkour
      @Mp19parkour 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Nah, the original is scary. The new one is just Freddie Mercury zombified.

  • @robertcarter3768
    @robertcarter3768 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I agree 100%. I have read lots of Vampire lore and have always said that they were walking corpses who lived on blood. Hollywood glamorized him starting with Bela Lugosi. His attention to historical detail is amazing, the costumes and yes, the moustache!!! I have already seen the new film twice and is now one of my Favorite Vampire movies EVER!!!

  • @DrDeadsy42
    @DrDeadsy42 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    One thing that is important, is the difference in looks between Hutter and Orlock. Ellen was abandoned by her father when she reached out for a connection. Orlock came and took her with patriarchal force of dominance and obsession. Hutter, on the other hand, respects her, gives her her own space, his love is soft and gentle (and no, I‘m not talking about that one scene, which was either a result of stress or not even real in the first place).

  • @jellyfish74
    @jellyfish74 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I was iffy about it at first but I really like the stache. It’s so Eggers to include it and I always appreciate and enjoy his attention to historical accuracy, bringing lore of old into the real world. Regardless of a more “human-esque” appearance, Orlok got the full evil updated treatment which was made fully clear to me during the shot of him greedily and convulsingly GULPING down the blood of Thomas while latched onto his chest like a leech. THAT scene cemented Orlok into vampire infamy for me

  • @ThePokemonBeader
    @ThePokemonBeader 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    I personally dont see the big deal behind the mustache. I thought it was cool! Robert Eggers wanted to do his own version and make it his own, and he did. Historically accurate or not, im overall just glad he got to make this movie ^^

    • @riftdancer1349
      @riftdancer1349 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      3:58 This shot right here. I believe that without a mustache, it would appear somewhat goofy instead of eerie. All the places where we search for emotions are hidden by a big mustache and no eyebrows. Because you have nothing to rely on but terror, his stare is far more terrible in this situation. The design disrupts our ability to empathize. To me, The original Orlok always looked like he was surprised about something with those big eyebrows of his.

    • @ThePokemonBeader
      @ThePokemonBeader 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @riftdancer1349 thank you! Someone finally said it!

  • @spiderlime
    @spiderlime 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    having seen the film twice already, i understood that this adaptation has achieved an excellent balance between stoker's novel and murnau's vision. count orlok looks like an undead version of vlad tepes while the story itself is a homage to the early days of vampire literature, before stoker. this is a tale in which the occult replaces the modern science of stoker's time entirely, thus bringing it closer to the romantic vision of byron, polidori and le fanu.

    • @blackspring3207
      @blackspring3207 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      this is a very interesting point i hadn't thought about!

  • @WilliamCelandine
    @WilliamCelandine 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    The fact that he has and grooms a moustache just shows that he's clinging to the earthly life he seems to yearn for. In folklore, I think that's often an attribute of revenants - they crave the life they once had, even if it's just to sate their lust, get revenge or deal with unfinished business.
    And the image of him grooming and combing through his moustache is downright creepy. It also points to his humanity which is inherent to his being; he is a living cadaver.
    And also it makes him look like he was simply left alone as he was buried, which is how vampires and revenants were reported to have looked after their grave was identified
    His humanity which is underlined in part by his moustache is unsettling because it connects us as human beings to the monster.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @WilliamCelandine a big part of it Eggers said is he keeps it to appear more human AND to hide his sharp teeth.

  • @jeffbilby9415
    @jeffbilby9415 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I to was very impressed with Eggers Nosferatu, the century's old vampire Orlok gives us a whole new look with his nobleman mustache, it wasn't till the end that you really got to see this dead corpse on the bed and all his decay and rotten flesh.., being 1838, so far removed from the vampires of the past 100 years, well done movie, like a dream fairy tale imagery and artistic statement really not scene in modern film making, I will eventually buy the movie and relive this and slowly take it in, the movie on the screen gave so much detail to take in

  • @simongrushka983
    @simongrushka983 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    i liked your video and i did like the Orlok's look. he is more terrifying looking like that than in 1922 version tbh

  • @joebenzz
    @joebenzz 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Orlok looks more like Dracula than what Dracula become over the years. I wonder how the transilvanian locals reacted to his appearance.

  • @seanhastings4432
    @seanhastings4432 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I kept expecting Mustache Orlock to transform into Classic Orlock

  • @johnclarke851
    @johnclarke851 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    At first I was taken aback by the stache but it grew on me ( he he) As much as I love the 1922 original I be often chuckled at the idea of the hutter character not turning around immediately after the original Orlock emerges from the shadows to greet him. He’s literally an inhuman demonic thing. It makes more sense in the Eggers version because the mustache humanizes him enough on first meet that as creepy as he looks Hutter could still believe he’s just an old Romanian count who needs a manicure and so he would stay could complete the real estate transaction.

  • @crableg1384
    @crableg1384 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I personally wished we got the mustache, but making it more thin and shabby, like the hairs have been falling out “naturally” or like he’s been plucking them out.

    • @Ljounieh
      @Ljounieh 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Absolutely agree, too full

  • @HENCOL
    @HENCOL 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    for me his appearance had a "funny reaction". Everything was done so incredibly, but my "funny reaction" was that he looked more like a Cossack nobleman with his clothes, hat, mustache and hairstyle. by the way, in the video 1:02 - 3:54, a portrait of Ivan Sirko, a Ukrainian ataman sorcerer, was shown twice. This is for the sake of the fact that it is not Orlok in the portrait

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@HENCOL Everyone knows that isn't Orlok in that portrait. Also, it's so funny to me that everyone is saying Cossack nobleman blah blah blah, only because that's Eggers' justification; nobody ever uttered those words before this. 🤣

  • @callmestorm23
    @callmestorm23 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I personally loved the mustache. My only complaint might have to be the eyes. In my opinion, I think the look of Orlok would have been scarier if his eyes were pure white or pure black. Pure white eyes, to make him look more undead. Pure black eyes, to make it look like you're staring into the abyss

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Nice!

    • @14margott
      @14margott 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Dead people's eyes after long sojourn in the freezer of the morgue are blurry grey-white. The colour of Orlok's eyes were so correct.

    • @Ljounieh
      @Ljounieh 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He's too human looking!!

  • @Cree8Ball
    @Cree8Ball 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    That goofy ass mustache was literally the only thing I didn't like about this movie and wasn't expecting to be in such a minority lmao

  • @jumpda5
    @jumpda5 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Many people write here about the moustache, but it's not just about them. It's the combination of elements, for example, the forelock hairstyle, that makes him a very unusual Slavic character for Western pop culture. Because Hollywood rarely touches on such historical periods, peoples and regions in which such a style existed. Usually, everyone exploits the stereotypical image of Dracula as in Western illustrations for Bram Stoker, which is rather tasteless.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jumpda5 sit down.

  • @AJsFigures
    @AJsFigures 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I love how it hides his mouth a little bit. It makes his expressions and intentions harder to read, similar to a bandana or a mask.

  • @Digital_Piss
    @Digital_Piss 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I don't get it, he has a home, he fills out paperwork, he wears a hat and clothes, why can't he have a moustache? If anything it's one of the only things he still holds onto and grooms and feels handsome as the human he once was

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      He keeps it to hide his sharp teeth.

  • @riftdancer1349
    @riftdancer1349 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    3:58 This shot right here. I believe that without a mustache, it would appear somewhat goofy instead of eerie. All the places where we search for emotions are hidden by a big mustache and no eyebrows. Because you have nothing to rely on but terror, his stare is far more terrible in this situation. The design disrupts our ability to empathize. To me, the original Orlok always looked like he was surprised about something with those big eyebrows of his.

  • @fieryeurochick3194
    @fieryeurochick3194 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I loved it! Made sense, added to the real character and didn’t take away from his ferocity.

  • @suddothfx
    @suddothfx 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Great video! I loved the mustache and I have been longing for an iteration of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, where the vampire finally looks like a real undead Transylvanian nobleman. The only reason some people prefer the bald bat lookin creature is because they are used to it. If the original 1922 film and all subsequent adaptations of Bram Stoker’s Dracula had been faithful to the literary source, showing the strigoi count with a thick mustache, nobody would be complaining. Us humans being creatures of habit, we don’t actually decide what we prefer. People prefer what they are exposed to for long enough and then come up with reasons why this is and then defend those beliefs until something challenges and changes them.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@suddothfx but the 1922 version's design makes Nosferatu unique, as he should be.

  • @BeyondTheGraveMedia
    @BeyondTheGraveMedia 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    This video is excellent!

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@BeyondTheGraveMedia ty!!

  • @hoibsh21
    @hoibsh21 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Lovin the stache, Nos !!

  • @newdrug1880
    @newdrug1880 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The human look doesnt get the same automatic impression of a chilling predator.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@newdrug1880 agreed

    • @Ljounieh
      @Ljounieh 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Absolutely

  • @shanehen
    @shanehen 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The mustachioed Orlok isn't as creepy as the original. That's why the Salem's Lot miniseries copied the 1922 film. And took it to a new level. I was hoping this movie would do the same. (I still liked the movie...)

  • @TheLunarnotes
    @TheLunarnotes 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I think the film was incredible but I have to say I was a bit disappointed in the appearance of Orlock, I think the gruesome body was on point but he was too hirsute, I wanted him to look a bit more alien and otherworldly, something a bit more terrifying to look at, in fact I wish his appearance had been more mysterious and hidden and only revealed at the end. That last shot of him deceased on the bed was pure horror though, stunning.

  • @blazingamr
    @blazingamr 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Someone unwitting now is facing a vampire undead Frederich Nietzsche and is dreading the mustache too.

  • @Nin_the_Shinobi
    @Nin_the_Shinobi 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    He doesn't just have a mustache but also has a little bit of hair on his head. Almost like a hybrid of Dracula and og Orlok

  • @bober770
    @bober770 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Orlok looks exactly like Ukrainian aristocrat for me. It was a common fashion for the whole region, though.

  • @nightwinger234
    @nightwinger234 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I will always commend Egger's attention to historical ideals and details, but I think that Nosferatu is such an otherworldly creature that giving him a moustache undercuts the horror. I think a bald-faced, bat eared, rat-toothed demon is more intimidating. A Transylvanian lord without the facial hair that his royal title would demand of him makes a statement of "he didn't fit in then, and he sure as shit doesn't fit in now." I also think that there is lost symbolism in getting rid of those rat teeth; rats were a core part of the Vampyre's dark plan, and to see some resemblance between man and rodent, to see the two infused, was a choice I personally wouldn't make if this were my movie.

    • @Ljounieh
      @Ljounieh 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Absolutely agree

  • @doombringer3498
    @doombringer3498 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    I guess, that's why:
    The Nosferatu vampire is commonly misunderstood as Dracula. But besides the movie is based on Stocker's novel, the vampire Orlok is based on Ukrainian historic figure, Pilyp Orlyk. He was Ivan Mazepa's trusted person and thus an ally for Carl XII of Sweden. Mazepa and Orlyk both were vassals of the House Romanov. After west of Russia was invaded by Carolus Rex and Russian Tzar's army suffered a major defeat near Narva, Ukrainian Getmans betrayed russian Tzar and pledged to emperor of Sweden. For such betrayal Mazepa and Orlyk were cursed by Orthodox Church's Liturgic Anathema.
    Peter the Great achieved victory in the Northern War.
    Russian Tsardom has become the Russian Empire. The Viking King fled from Russia, severely wounded by a cossack in the Battle of Poltava, with a handful of Drabants, without an artillery and with most of the army became casualties. Mazepa has died in Ukrainian steppe, he was left behind and literally drained of blood by mass of fleas and lices. But there is a legend about Orlyk has became an Upyr. The vampire. An orthodox Church's curse touched him this way. Anathema is a thing feared in Russia until today, afaik. He ate his former friend Mazepa dry along with his retinue and fleed to Europe. According to people who were the last to see the Hetman in Budapest, he looked like an embittered, hunted madman, slowly degrading into smth feral and ill. A demon-possessed corpse, pityful remains of once proud and educated cossack leader. A traitor now is a living hell of himself, It was said. He was hiding in cemetery Cenotaphs, lived in abandoned crumbling houses of passed away commoners or in ashes of burned-down barns. Local townsfolk rumoured that mad Cossack was seen feeding on carrion or devoured freshly buried corpses. In winter he attacked cattle with his teeth, trying to warm himself with their blood. It was witnessed that he even dared to broke into a church window while some people listened there to a Liturgy of the Epiphany night, but immediately ran into the dark from there, wailing in confusion and grief, likely unable to endure the sight of the crucifixion and the smell of incense. When the Habsburg authorities wanted to find out if count Orlyk, once brilliantly graduated from the University of Vienna, did really fallen so low, the hetman had already disappeared without a trace.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      WOW!!!!

    • @vladyslavaoleksiienko2869
      @vladyslavaoleksiienko2869 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I've never heard such nonsense before

    • @filthycasual8187
      @filthycasual8187 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Interestingly enough, Pilyp Orlyk portraits kind of do resemble a living version of Count Orlok from the Eggers film, so that'd be a neat fan theory.
      However, you are in fact wrong. There's no evidence to support the notion that the character of Count Orlok was based on any real historical nobleman. In fact, even in the film itself, the backstory is that Orlok was created from the "seed of Belial," a demon.
      Even Count Dracula isn't literally meant to be Vlad the Impaler. Stoker never even knew Vlad's name or about the impalings; he just found the name "Voivode Dracula" (applied, contextually and inaccurately, to both Vlad II Dracul and Vlad III Dracula) in a biased Victorian history book about Romania that cared more about military history than culture, thought the name "Count Dracula" sounded better than "Count Wampyr" (which is the name the Count was originally going to have), and went with it while also claiming in-narrative that his count came from a later time than Vlad the Impaler, believing thanks to the book he read that the name "Dracula" translated to "Devil" and was a rewarded name to any leaders who had a reputation for courage, cunning, and/or cruelty.
      Y'all should actually read the book and the research material that went into it before claiming erroneous information as fact.

    • @doombringer3498
      @doombringer3498 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@filthycasual8187 yes, I made some research about "demonic" Nosferatu or "Non-Vlad Tepes" Dracula. While I can agree that this approach mostly removes "controversies", I must mention that Stocker's and all other visions of Vampires in fiction and pop-culture are heavily based on pan-Slavic folklore, legends and scary stories. Czech, Hungarian, Moldavian, Ukrainian, Russian and Balkanian folklore is full of Upyres, Vurdalaks, Varks, Strygas, Vyres and other kinds of supernatural predators of the night. Just like German folklore is abundant with Witches, Hexen and Werewolves. Historical figures were often involved or used to be mentioned in such stories as well.
      "Augustin Calmet, Dissertation sur les apparitions des esprits et sur les vampires et revenants, Einsiedten, Kalin, 1749" is one of the most obvious sources for any vampire-related fiction. Only a fraction of wast and diverse east-european mythology.

    • @doombringer3498
      @doombringer3498 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@vladyslavaoleksiienko2869 "Legendy i opowieści z dzikiego pola i Zakarpacia: trzy życia Słowa", Krakow, Gebethner i Wolff, 1962

  • @atheistmantis1264
    @atheistmantis1264 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This new Orlok is a perfect example of how a cult character can be reimagined and revitalised. Chapeaux!

  • @Justjoey17
    @Justjoey17 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    In addition to everything else, the mustache can even be seen as a homage to the weird fangs the original orlok had

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Justjoey17 he actually does have fangs, check our my community post from a day or two ago

  • @StuArch1
    @StuArch1 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Dradcula has a moustache in Stokers novel
    Duh, try reading

    • @finncullen
      @finncullen 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Dradcula? Try reading.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Dracula*. This is explained in the video (did you not watch it before commenting?). Also, Orlok is a rip-off of Dracula; there's no need to take visual cues from the original Bram Stoker novel, especially considering the '22 version didn't. Orlok and Dracula are two separate entities.

  • @positiveapproachcounseling1388
    @positiveapproachcounseling1388 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    In the immortal words of Peter Griffin, “Mustache Fart”

  • @ianc9545
    @ianc9545 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I'm in the bald head, pointy ears and rats teeth camp myself, Tobe Hoopers Barlow(1979) still remains the most menacing for me.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@ianc9545 dude same 💯

    • @ianc9545
      @ianc9545 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @TobattoVision I was expecting the rat teeth version if Im honest so I felt a bit disappointed but I understand Eggars reasoning, I'm going to give it a rewatch in a few months and see what I think , best wishes from the Uk, (subbed)👍🏻

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@ianc9545 He does actually have the rat fangs and they're visible, I think, in just one scene (not sure why they weren't featured more); I have a post on my community post section showing the shot of the fangs.

    • @ianc9545
      @ianc9545 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @TobattoVision will check that out, yeah agree needed to see those fangs a bit more, another great example of a tremendous pair of vamp fangs is the fabulous 30 days of night, now they looked sharp.

  • @kevinmcgovern5110
    @kevinmcgovern5110 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Can’t agree. Nosferatu doesn’t not need to be reimagined, simply properly retold. Period.

  • @charliebryer2802
    @charliebryer2802 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Multiple versions of Frankenstein’s monster have been offered over the years, multiple variations of the wolf man or werewolves exist, the mummy is never exactly the same, the alien xenomorph, erm, morphs with every new entry into the franchise, it’s actually quite odd that the old Hollywood representation of Dracula has persisted as well as it has. Particularly as it was not very accurate to the books description, so I don’t see the controversy. It’s certainly created a ton of free publicity for the film so I can’t see it’s harmed the box office in any significant way.

  • @jcbjcb2042
    @jcbjcb2042 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    His look was strange at first but makes perfect sense. Also it’s original which is what really matters.

  • @Dissection39
    @Dissection39 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This video echos my sentiments exactly.

  • @brewberry3894
    @brewberry3894 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I liked the movie, but if they hadn't went with the mustache i would have loved the movie. I don't care about the logic of using the mustache in this version. It makes the character look silly.

    • @Ljounieh
      @Ljounieh 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It really does

  • @wcoonradt264
    @wcoonradt264 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I get all the talk that Orlok is different from Dracula, but the original Nosferatu was based on Dracula and names were changed because of copyright issues. Stoker's widow did sue the producers of the original Nosferatu and won. Now, I did watch the movie and Orlok is represented as a nobleman of Transylvania and Eastern European noblemen would more than likely have an extravagant moustache in life, and therefore the undead nobleman would probably have one as well.

  • @Sashman1234
    @Sashman1234 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I'll always prefer Max Schreck's Orlok. But I also like the new design, because we have many, many pop culture vampires who look a lot like 1922 Orlok. Blade 2's Jared Nomak, Buffy's The Master and the list could continue. That's why 2025's Orkok is quite new and fresh. I also like the rotten skin. And we musn't forget: Orlok was once a human.

  • @martinharris5017
    @martinharris5017 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Since there has already been a Nosferatu remake that stuck to the original look, it was good to see a different interpretation of the character that had some elements of the historical Vlad combined with Stoker's Dracula.
    I love Max Shrek's terrifying makeup in the original, but to simply replicate the look yet again would have been predictable.
    As a fan of historical attire, I appreciated the attention to accuracy in this film.

  • @apunktspunktkpunkt4271
    @apunktspunktkpunkt4271 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Count Orlok looks like an old slavic nobleman

  • @chantillycat5415
    @chantillycat5415 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If Orlock had been clean shaven, the very same people complaining about it would likely complain that Orlock was nothing more than a tired retread.
    Some people just need something to complain about.

  • @olympicnut
    @olympicnut 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I thought Orlok's face looked roughly like the description of Count Dracula in the original novel.

  • @Stigmatix666
    @Stigmatix666 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Yeah, no.
    I had a bad feeling when we heard Skardsgård's overdramatic voice/accent, which was borderline comedic. But when his look was revealed, the cinema erupted into laughter.
    Sorry Eggers, but you've just made the Nightmare On Elm Street and Psycho remakes look like freaking high art!

  • @ExileOnMainStream
    @ExileOnMainStream 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Great Video Brandon

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@ExileOnMainStream thank you!

  • @JarodFarrant
    @JarodFarrant 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Apparently, this count was a black magician, who made a deal with the devil(through a series of dumb choices) he was cursed with his unending hunger until the devil got his due, and given the amount of deaths, this man caused that his hand along with a key carried. I assume the devil has been making a special VIP treatment just for him. I can imagine him saying to Orlock “ do not be afraid, I will give you the same treatment you gave everyone else in life”

  • @Thomas-fy9yc
    @Thomas-fy9yc 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The movie was genius, once of the best new films I’ve seen this last year

  • @williamjackson6705
    @williamjackson6705 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Vlad the Impaler who the Dracula legend is based on sported a handlebar moustache. I would have preferred the traditional Orlok though.

  • @TheJohnnyCalifornia
    @TheJohnnyCalifornia 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Gary Oldman's Dracula in Coppola's film also had a mustache.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes, but Orlok isn't Dracula.

  • @controlflix
    @controlflix 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nice! Now make a video about why Mia Goth doesn't have eyebrows...
    Orlock's mustachio would have been fine if he went through form phases, getting revitalized somewhat overtime as he drew closer to Jenny Depp's character (as Dracula always does when he gets rezzed). As it turned out, the initial horror of the Nosferatu kind of waned for me over the course of the film because he stayed the same for all of it.

  • @MexieMex
    @MexieMex 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I thought the moustache was great, it was mentioned in the book and the guy the character is based off had one, so the children complaining are just showing how little they know about the topic, but most of the people complaining also thought Lily-Rose Depp was OK (or even more odd, good), so they clearly have no sense about stuff other than history too. She turned a potentially greta movie into a slightly below average attempt, what a waste!

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@MexieMex Orlok isn't Dracula. Stop being a 🤡.

  • @johnnahildebrand8762
    @johnnahildebrand8762 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I agree with the narrator. Eyes kept being drawn there instead of other facial features. And it's really big. It's not Dracula being portrayed. Just my preference. 😊

  • @TheShannie33
    @TheShannie33 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "It humanizes him in a way that is deeply unsettling." This.
    Orlock is scary and chilling, but in a way that's a little too human for me.
    The other ways he is grotesque are almost unnoticed as I stare at the villainous stash.
    I'm not sure if I am 100% for this choice or 100% against it.

    • @Ljounieh
      @Ljounieh 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Too human, exactly! 100% against here

  • @kristenlindesy95
    @kristenlindesy95 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    We all know it’s for mustache rides…

  • @Pssybart
    @Pssybart 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    3:53 "The moustache has grown on me..." 😂

    • @callmestorm23
      @callmestorm23 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Lol

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I think that went over most people's heads; I should have dropped in the drum joke sound effect.

  • @MD-cn1nt
    @MD-cn1nt 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    People complain about the implication that he would have to groom the mustache. But if he didn't have one, it would imply that he shaves. So either way you'd be dealing with the issue.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I think the hairless approach would imply that since being undead, he has since lost all his hair. I love the look, but will always prefer my Orlok to be more like the 1922 version than Vlad Tepes.

    • @frederickryeland313
      @frederickryeland313 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Well, vampires have no blood pressure either,if you know what I mean, but Orlok seems to be able to have intercourse. 😂😂😂

    • @finncullen
      @finncullen 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@frederickryeland313 He has blood pressure, just not with his own blood.

    • @MD-cn1nt
      @MD-cn1nt 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@frederickryeland313 Right, once you buy that the dead can walk, picking apart the rest is kind of academic... ;)

    • @WilliamCelandine
      @WilliamCelandine 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      And the idea of him grooming and combing through his moustache IS creepy, right?

  • @marcelodesouza9450
    @marcelodesouza9450 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    It didn't work at all for me...Put a mustache on anything and it becomes human instantly

    • @Ljounieh
      @Ljounieh 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      EXACTLY

    • @Ljounieh
      @Ljounieh 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      He just looks like an old dude with a Borat accent

    • @StephenPhillips-te8yv
      @StephenPhillips-te8yv 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Walruses?

  • @justasoulsfan9805
    @justasoulsfan9805 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Well I prefer the classic Nosferatu look any time of day. But Eggers deliberately chose this look for Orlok and I'm fine with it. I would say it's "okay". Not bad, not good. What I would like to add though, while Nosferatu 1922 is a reinterpretation of Dracula that changes names, setting and story... Robert Eggers' take is like a mix of the 1922 movie, the classic Dracula story and his own trademarks as director. The screenplay even says that ots based on the 1922 movie and the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. So with both works being in the public domain, there isn't really a need to name the Dracula novel anymore. Except Eggers' wanted to do it deliberately.

  • @frankmullins5333
    @frankmullins5333 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Nice accessment.💯

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@frankmullins5333 ty

  • @vanice4115
    @vanice4115 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I think the Orlok' mustache suits well to the character because of the reference to the Count Vlad III, the impaler.

  • @bivekhunjan2888
    @bivekhunjan2888 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Personally he should of just called the movie Dracula if he was going for the vlad look. He took away the very essence of the aesthetic of what made Orlock iconic

    • @finncullen
      @finncullen 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Should have, not should of.

    • @Scifi4life
      @Scifi4life 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      No

    • @Localjadedealer
      @Localjadedealer 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@finncullenShould’ve haded

  • @DouglasBull-i6w
    @DouglasBull-i6w 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I liked the stach it made him more realistic and intimdating.A man with a big stach back then was a show of power and wealth

  • @Oldmongreldog70
    @Oldmongreldog70 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    It’s a flavor savor

  • @helygg8892
    @helygg8892 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Eggers went straight cossack on orloks design.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ah yes, nothing says 'terrifying vampire' quite like a dash of cossack chic. Next stop: Orlok in a fur hat wielding a saber.

  • @darkservantofheaven
    @darkservantofheaven 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Visually it works for me. However, the characters in terms of writing were kind of flat to me. I didn't feel anything for them. But it was beautifully filmed tale.
    Even though I didn't feel much for the characters, the mustache honestly added to his villainy and cruelty. Like a cruel authority figure
    I just wish the writing on the characters made me feel something for them other than sleepy

  • @zlostnypopolnik
    @zlostnypopolnik 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    For me, the mustache is a very good addition, because Orlok looks brutal with it. The old versions look ridiculous to me, not to mention the two long teeth. I can't get rid of the feeling that a bald guinea pig is looking at me.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I love the old look and the new. I was wrong, too, I found a screenshot yesterday that confirmed he did in fact have the rodent fangs (to an extent); I must have missed this quick shot when I saw it in theaters.

    • @zlostnypopolnik
      @zlostnypopolnik 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@TobattoVision Well, someone uploaded a pirated version of the movie on YT - his death and I can't see the teeth there, which makes me very happy :)) . Their kiss, it's so disgusting with the mustache, who knows how many hundred years he hasn't washed them, his rotten teeth, it all must stink so much and they're kissing, ugh :))

    • @clukazz
      @clukazz 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It's not an addition. It is also in the original novel "Dracula", from Bram Stoker.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @clukazz Everybody knows it's from Dracula but the point is it shouldn't have to borrow elements from Dracula since this is a rip-off of Dracula it doesn't matter what the source material says or doesn't say this is not Dracula this is nosferatu

    • @zlostnypopolnik
      @zlostnypopolnik 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@clukazz As TobattoVision already wrote, this is not Dracula, this is Nosferatu, although in one breath I have to say that Nosferatu is a Dracula rip off. For me, this Nosferatu is more authentic than the old one also because it looks believable considering the place and culture where he lived. I forgot to mention his "hairstyle", which also only adds to his brutality. Cossacks had hairstyles like that.

  • @redbandsteve6115
    @redbandsteve6115 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Well... Dracula has a mustache in the book and Since count orlok based off him...ya know .

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      However, Orlok is meant to be a rip-off in the first place, hence why so many people are upset by it; Orlok and Dracula are, for better or worse, two very different vampires when it all boils down to it. I love the mustache, but it should not be surprising when others don't. After all, Nosferatu isn't technically Dracula, so it shouldn't have to cater to the source material, visually.

  • @thedarkknaik
    @thedarkknaik 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Bram Stoker's Dracula (Chapter 2 - Jonathan Harker's Journal)
    "Within, stood a tall old man, clean shaven save for a LONG WHITE MOUSTACHE, and clad in black from head to foot., without a single speck of colour about him anywhere."

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@thedarkknaik we all know thus, but the point of the matter is that Orlok shouldn't adhere to dracula.

    • @thedarkknaik
      @thedarkknaik 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@TobattoVision I understand and even I felt it looked pretty odd until I understood Robert Eggars' point that Transylvanian noblemen used to have mustaches. It was a common practice in the 15th to 17th centuries.
      So he basically respected their cultural aspect and decided not to fully shave him.

  • @tahnadana5435
    @tahnadana5435 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    it he also have that little hair thing than its okay, if its only a mustache than its weird, its just done to be different, not because theres a back story behind it

  • @lsgramr
    @lsgramr 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    We must keep in mind that the original Orlok is a creation of german expressionism. That means he has deformed/exagerated features to convey the idea of a monster to audiences in the 1920's, watching a mute film. Just like his picturesque castle.
    Our idea of monsters and horror today are different.
    Also, Orlok is not Dracula. But he is a transylvanian noble, and as so, he would totally rock that proud stache.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Too close to Dracula for me. In my opinion, Orlok should be a nearly-hairless creature versus a nobleman or traditional romanian vampire.

  • @euripidesrodriguez8046
    @euripidesrodriguez8046 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Perhaps because the silent movie, Nosferatu, plagiarized Stoker the director didn’t copy Stoker’s description in order to claim originality. Lugosi was clean shaven, I guess, because facial hair wasn’t the style of the day. I didn’t find the mustache a hindrance. I thought it made Orlok more threatening.

    • @TobattoVision
      @TobattoVision  7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@euripidesrodriguez8046 but this is exactly why Orlok shouldn't look like Dracula.

  • @justinsampler5506
    @justinsampler5506 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I just wanted his eyes to kind of reflect the light in the dark like a predator