Fun fact: Stokers widow actually sued the director of Nosferatu and won the case, thus all films of Nosferatu had to be destroyed, exept one survived, that belonged to a french guy that kept it hidden in his attic. Also, this movie is where we get the whole sunlight kills vampires thing.
@@nicksaysboo17 Ohh it is quite interesting, the whole how Stoker was "inspired" by an immigration wave in England, and the fear of those immigrants (mostly slavic/balkan ppl). He also turned Vlad Dracula into a monster( I mean he is in a way but if you ask a Romanian person he is a folk hero) and his book is where ppl confuse Vlad Drakula with Count Dracula. Fun facts!
The original version was actually color tinted. But the surviving print was from an American cut that was in black and white, which is also why the dialogue cards are in English
Hi Nick! I actually live in Transylvania, I’ve been here all my life but just last year I visited the Bran Castle (aka Dracula’s Castle) and it is amazing! There is an exhibition of ways of torture and sometimes, when you Walk up the stairs to the next floor, the walls are very close and I almost passed out, but I managed to do it. There is a room with a coffin, but I’ll let you discover all this by yourself. Hope you’ll visit someday! 😊
Max Schrek was a super cool actor too! He's one of the few actors that was able to continue acting when movies got sound added in, and he played various villains (like the one in Casablanca) to help spread awareness to Americans to what was going on in Germany to help with the WWII effort, after he and his wife left Germany at the time.
Max Schreck wasn't in "Casablanca." Max Schreck's last movie was called "The Last Four on Santa Cruz" made in 1936. "Casablanca" was made six years after that, in 1942. The German villain character in "Casablanca" was called "Major Strasser." He was played by actor Conrad Veidt. Conrad Veidt and HIS wife (who was Jewish) left Germany because they opposed the Nazis. They settled in Hollywood and he made films trying to persuade Americans to join the war effort. He only agreed to play a Nazi officer in "Casablanca" on the condition that the character Major Strasser be completely evil. He wanted him to have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. The US joined the war effort after Pearl Harbor, December 1941. They started filming "Casablanca" a few months later in May of 1942. The film was released in November of 1942, long before anyone knew who would win the war. Amazing, wonderful film.
The film originally had night scenes tinted blue and day scenes tinted yellow. (Hand tinted which is very tedious and time consuming.) There are versions out there that reproduce the effect. The music varies with each version as we don't have the original score that was played live when it debuted. The results are definitely a mixed bag with some versions better than others. Edit: Nosferatu is another term for vampire. Not a proper name. You might figure it out as I'm commenting at 33 minutes in.
Thank you so much for this information Topher! Because all through out Nick's reaction, I had vivid flashbacks to when I first watched this movie (on VHS back in 1989 or there about) and I destinctly remember color and a completely different and more "spooky" underscore. And it really makes it a completely different movie experience. 😏 Still a Great movie though!!
i don't know where this version of the film came from but its out of date i'm afraid. "kino" and "criterion" have since re-released many of these films in their restored, original forms with proper title cards and color tinting. (not to be confused with "colorization" which is a historical abomination.) many of these films were originally released with certain scenes color tinted and even had musical scores written for them. along with "the cabinet of dr caligari" (also tinted and expressionist) "nosferatu" is one of my favorite silent films. be sure to check out eisenstein's "battleship potemkin" (with the original score) and chaplins "the kid." louise brooks in "the diary of a lost girl" and lon chaney's "phantom of the opera" (tinted). and of course we can't forget the great expressionist films "the golum" and "metropolis." both fully restored. and that's just a short list of great silent films being restored and re-released.
Knock is Renfield... the bug eater and insane asylum resident. Bulwer is Van Helsing.... the scientist who studies carnivorous bugs and vampires. Count Orlock is Count Dracula, Nosferatu is just another name for vampire. Also, the mallet game they were playing and in Heathers is called croquet.
@@cheloniadaycare8872 Yeah, I'm eagerly waiting for that... by Robert Eggers, one of my current fave directors who did The Witch, The Lighthouse and The Northman. I also like the 1979 version by Werner Herzog starring Klaus Kinski.
As far as color versions go, there's the Werner Herzog 1979 remake 'Nosferatu the Vampyre' with Klaus Kinski as the vampire. There are two versions, one in German and one in English -- if I recall correctly, the scenes were shot back to back, one in each language. It's well worth a watch even if not for the review for the channel.
The last time I saw this was at a small playhouse. They played the movie, and had a musician play an organ ( not that one, geez so dirty minded ) to go along with the movie. It was rather amazing. Thank you for reminding me of this wonderful memory. ❤
I'm so happy you did this! It's been awhile since I've watched Nosferatu and this is a great way to revisit it. Thanks Nick! Now that you've seen it I highly recommend Shadow of the Vampire, a fantastic and fun reimagining of how this film was made.
Silent movie makeup was definitely more prominent and obvious than we're used to seeing, closer to stage makeup. I know the film technology of the time required it, but it was probably also a carry-over from the older art form of theater.
That image always makes me think of the title sequence from Ernest Scared Stupid 😂 I think you would enjoy Shadow of the Vampire- a movie about the making of this movie where Nosferatu (played by Willem Dafoe) was an actual vampire ❤
Hey Nick, Dracula's wifes, Renfield and Van Helsing are all characters from the original novel :) The wifes appear in the beginning and around the end of the novel. Renfield and VanHelsing are there for most of the story. (Fun Fact: In contrast to 'Dracula' in pop culture media all of these characters, as well as other main characters from the story, are constantly making fun of Dracula; especially his wifes. He's pretty much the opposite of the 'charming' and 'seductive' version most people know him as. In the book he is more similar to Count Orlok) Hope, this makes sense, I usually don't comment on TH-cam lol Loved your reaction, as always!
You should consider rewatching/reaction to the old Salem's Lot miniseries from 79. I rewatched it recently and it still scares me, especially its 'Nosferatu'. It has this dark, desperate atmosphere that is so well done.
Hello, you are correct there are different adaptations of "Little Shop of Horrors". The 1960 version which has Jack Nicholson and the 1986 version with Rick Moranis, which is based on the 1982 off-Broadway musical of the same name.
3 things: 1) the actor for the Vampire is Max Schreck! I was today years old learning that Tim Burton was referencing Nosferatu with Christopher Walken's character in Batman Returns! 2) I used to work with a man who looked very much like Count Orlock....he was in his 60's and had been teased about his resemblance to this vampire since he was a young man 😢 His name was Gordon and he was very soft spoken and loved fishing. 3) believe it or not silent movies used to be done in colour and that only stopped when they tried to introduce sound into movies as the chemicals in the dyes used to colourise the movies would disrupt the sound. If a silent movie was shot and kept in black and white then it was done intentionally.
The words that show up in between are called "Title cards", since you asked. :) Dracula's castle in Romania has very little left of it except rubble. You can still visit what's left of it, but for tourists the Romanians designated Castle Bran as Dracula's castle as he did stay there once and it's still all there. Yes, our lead's name is Hutter. Orlock was chosen as a name for the vampire to try and get around copyright law but it didn't work and all copies were supposed to have been destroyed. Fortunately for us they weren't all destroyed. I've been watching this since back in VHS VCR days before they added a musical score and before they adjusted the film to run at the proper speed. Silent films were filmed at a slower speed than "talkies" so when they were shown on a modern projector everything was sped up, and yes, there is a color version on youtube now. To me even when I was a teen Hutter's wife, Ellen, always looked like a man in drag, LOL! Europe, at least back in the day, rarely had extreme heat, being more of a temperate climate. Yes, that's how folks washed up in the mornings before indoor plumbing. Using a pitcher and a bowl, and then dumping the used water out the open window. which in cities could get you drenched on the sidewalk if you passed by at the wrong time. Not only in "Angel", this style of vampire also shows up in "Salem's Lot", and on "What We Do In The Shadows" :) Yes, the Nosferatu is Count Orlock, Nosferatu being another name for vampire although it's sort of a made-up name as before this movie there wasn't such a word in existence if I remember right. Hutter passed out after his exit from the castle from loss of blood, having been fed on by Orlock for a few nights. Schooner is pronounced as "Skooner" and yes, it is a ship. That's how Dracula travelled to England in Bram Stoker's novel as well. Galaz is the German spelling for Galati, a city in eastern Romania. It is a port city on the Danube. The 3 wives are mentioned in Stoker's novel and make a brief appearance in 1931's "Dracula" starring Bela Lugosi. When you consider that the only way to shave back then was by using a straight razor it begins to make sense why a lot of men chose to grow beards and moustaches. In Transylvania there are necks...but they belong to people who know how to guard against vampires using garlic, crucifixes, etc. In Germany (or England) vampires were a myth, a superstition and so a vampire could feed easier there than in Transylvania. And yes, you DID know that vampires carried their soil in which they were buried in their coffins because you said you've seen Dracula and in it Van Helsing plainly states to Dr. Seward that vampires must sleep in the soil in which they were buried. Seward say's, then Dracula would have to travel to Transylvania every night to rest by morning and that's impossible. Van Helsing then say's "Then he must have brought his native soil with him, boxes of it!" Knock, in this movie played the part of Renfield in the novel of Dracula, a real estate agent who had previous dealings with the Count and went mad because of it. In the 1931 Dracula movie, Renfield plays the part that Hutter, or in the novel, Jonathan Harker plays. I hope that helps to clear up your confusion a bit.
You should watch Shadow of the Vampire next. It's a horror/comedy based on the making of this movie. Stars Willem Dafoe as Nosferatu. It's honestly an underrated gem! One my all-time favourites.
I'm not sure if Nosferatu is the first or The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari was but you have gone about as far back as you could with horror film. Congratulations you have seen back over a century. OMG look at 5:56. I'm sensing a drag moment and a distinct similarity in the two faces on screen.
I've actually never seen this before either, so this was a treat! I'm glad I waited until I got off work and dinner cooked so I could eat while watching this and enjoy myself. I'm not even halfway through but already loving it!! Also, I hope your move goes smoothly!!
15:28 The creature ‘playing’ the ‘werewolf’ is a stripped hyena. They’re common in Northern and Eastern Africa, all through we’ll the Middle East, and even Pakistan and India.
The night and day times were indicated by different colours, originally: Yellow for day, blue for night, rosé for morning and evening, forrests green. This was lost, and restored by official restored versions such as the one by the Walter Murnau foundation.
I watched this for the first time in 2020 when I had to shield and I remember having an ah-ha moment when I saw the silhouette of Orlock the vampire coming up the stairs. its one of the most standout moments and it has definitely deservedly so great video Nick 👍 😊
Oh. MY. GOD. You’re a legend for doing this reaction! 🖤 If you plan on watching Silent movies or old classic, here are some good recommendations! The Man Who Laughs (1928) Dracula (1931) Frankenstein (1931) Häxan (1922) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Faust (1926) The Phantom of The Opera (1925)
"Nosferatu" is a general word, like vampire. "Count Orlok" is the character's name, like "Count Dracula." (They changed all the names from the Bram Stoker novel.) "Knock" (with the eyebrows!), the estate agent who sent Hutter to sell the house to Count Orlok, is essentially playing the same part as "Renfield" (pathetic servant and crazy bug eater). "Hutter" is essentially the character "Jonathon Harker" from the book. "Van Helsing," and "Dr. Seward," and "Renfield," and the multiple women, "Mina" and "Lucy," those are all characters in the Bram Stoker novel. (You should read it. It's wild!)
It’s cool that you’re reacting to an older classic like this. Older horror is such a different vibe. I hope you react the the universal monsters movies too if you haven’t already seen them, they do have soundtrack/talking but are black & white.
You need to watch Shadow of the Vampire now, it’s a story about the making of the movie. Willem Dafoe plays Max Schrek playing Count Orlok. The director Murnau is played by John Malkovich and the actual producer of the movie is Nicholas Cage. It was an entertaining movie. Dafoe is great.
I didn't know you and Zzavid were collabing 😂😆 just kidding. This movie has always been on my list, but I've never taken the time to watch it...until now.
I’m 💯% sure that there are 2 scenes from the movie that we’re used on the show SpongeBob. The episode the graveyard shift. If you seen that episode, you’ll recognize it
I just recently watched Tarantino's Babylon. I loved it. I thought it was incredible. It's absolutely insane which is why I loved it so much because I know Hollywood was just like that back in the day. I think you would really like it. It shows how Hollywood was when they were doing silent films and starting to get into sound pictures. How everyone had to adapt and all the hard work and dedication and craziness that went into making movies.😊
funny that you compared the little nosferatu minion guy to de vitos penguin, hes been compared a lot to caligari but i really feel like that shape and hair must have also been an inspiration for the interpretation of the character! also, since you mentioned it, i think you would really like little shop of horrors, especially if you like musicals ✨
The production company thought they could get away with not paying Bram Stoker's widow any royalties of they changed the names. It didn't work and Mrs Stoker had nearly every copy of the movie destroyed. It was thought lost for decades.
edit to last post: i just remembered i may have the wrong film but i do know one carriage ride up to the castle, a few exteriors that still looked good and the tomb scene where they find orlock was of Cachtice castle ruins aka countess balthory's castle. which is kinda symbolic since she was a form of ference to bram's novel so for a vampire film to have parts of the castle that still stood as scenery is awesome.
@@nicksaysboo17 oh yes the ending just confirmed it i was looking at images of the castle and it's the same one you see in the ending right before the screen turns black
Director F.W. Murnau found Max Schreck “strikingly ugly” in real life and decided the vampire makeup would suffice with just pointy ears and false teeth. Savage.
There’s a fun movie from 2000 called “Shadow of the Vampire”, which posits that Max Shreck, who played Count Orlock in this movie, was actually a vampire
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (German: Nosferatu - Eine Symphonie des Grauens) is a 1922 silent German Expressionist vampire film, and is best viewed in a cinema accompanied by a piano playing the proper film music. It is a silent movie, and is not supposed to be completely destroyed by whining laughter or little silly comments. 😎🖤👍
Salem´s Lot scared the heck out of me when I was young. The Count in Nosferatu is creepy and scary but this one didn´t make me afraid to walk around alone at night the way Salem´s Lot did! Glad you finally got to this one, it´s a classic.
You really should watch "The Hunger" (1983) with Susan Sarandon, David Bowie, and stunning Catherine Deneuve. It heavily inspired American Horror Story: Hotel. The opening of that AHS season is a direct homage to the opening of the movie, and Gaga's vampire is based on Deneuve's character from the movie. It's not a great film, but it's a cult film with a queer following.
Nosferatu means the undead and Count Orlok is the name of the vampire. Dracula means son of the dragon but the vampire's name is also Dracula since it is taken from Vlad Tepisch who was the son of Vlad Dracul. In Romanian the "a" at the end of a last name means the son of, so Vlad Tepisch took the name Dracula after his father.
Renfield and Van Hellsing are originally from the book. Renfield is Dracula's thrall, familiar, ghoul what have you. The new Renfield movie that's out is actually a semi-sequel to the Legosi film!
The remake of this film from 1979 is amazing too and my favorite vampire film. It is completely melodramatic and shakespearian. It also had an ending I never expected upon first watch.
One of the best silent horror films. I recommend The Phantom Carriage, Haxan and The Golem, also if you want a creepy older film then watch Dead of Night (1945)
I don’t know if anyone else has suggested it, but there’s a film from 2000 called Shadow of the Vampire that’s semi-fictional about the making of Nosferatu. It says that Orlok/Dracula was played by a real vampire. Willem Dafoe plays the vampire. It might be interesting now you’ve seen Nosferatu
Yes, that was a hyena. And in the 1931 version of "Dracula" there were armadillos in Transylvania. I have no idea why. I guess the studios figured the audience wouldn't know the difference.
Oh my lord yessss!!!!!! Idk if this was announced or not but this makes me happy Nosferatu is actually the film that got me into filmmaking It is cheesy yeah but for it’s time? A masterpiece and imo still to this day a lot can be learned from this movie Also “Just say no homo” had me dying😂
Definitely can open a world of new options going into public domain territory. Two other iconic silent horror movies would be The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari or John Barrymore's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, both from 1920 I think. Very minimalist makeup for Jekyll and Hyde, Drew's granpda was just a very talented actor
i don't know where this version of the film came from but its out of date i'm afraid. "kino" and "criterion" have since re-released many of these films in their restored, original forms with proper title cards and color tinting. (not to be confused with "colorization" which is a historical abomination.) many of these films were originally released with certain scenes color tinted and even had musical scores written for them. along with "the cabinet of dr caligari" (also tinted and expressionist) "nosferatu" is one of my favorite silent films. be sure to check out eisenstein's "battleship potemkin" (with the original score) and chaplins "the kid." louise brooks in "the diary of a lost girl" and lon chaney's "phantom of the opera" (tinted). and of course we can't forget the great expressionist films "the golum" and "metropolis." both fully restored. and that's just a short list of great silent films being restored and re-released.
I just really love watching your videos so much . If I managed to get patreon someday it will be only your videos that I am gonna watch and pay for . Your commentary are so good and genuine. I am such a fan . 🤗 I wish you could see this.
10 minutes in, to respond to you - yeah, Orlok is Dracula. They didn't have the rights to adapt Dracula, so they just changed all the names. I think they ended up being sued over it.
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Fun fact: Stokers widow actually sued the director of Nosferatu and won the case, thus all films of Nosferatu had to be destroyed, exept one survived, that belonged to a french guy that kept it hidden in his attic.
Also, this movie is where we get the whole sunlight kills vampires thing.
Oh that's really interesting actually! I'm gonna have to look that up, I wanna know all the drama.
@@nicksaysboo17 Ohh it is quite interesting, the whole how Stoker was "inspired" by an immigration wave in England, and the fear of those immigrants (mostly slavic/balkan ppl). He also turned Vlad Dracula into a monster( I mean he is in a way but if you ask a Romanian person he is a folk hero) and his book is where ppl confuse Vlad Drakula with Count Dracula. Fun facts!
The original version was actually color tinted. But the surviving print was from an American cut that was in black and white, which is also why the dialogue cards are in English
@@gugurupurasudaikirai7620 Wow, didn't know this one! Interesting!
@@nicksaysboo17 a good film to watch, if you haven’t already, is Shadow of the Vampire. It’s a fictional retelling of the making of Nosferatu.
Hi Nick! I actually live in Transylvania, I’ve been here all my life but just last year I visited the Bran Castle (aka Dracula’s Castle) and it is amazing! There is an exhibition of ways of torture and sometimes, when you Walk up the stairs to the next floor, the walls are very close and I almost passed out, but I managed to do it. There is a room with a coffin, but I’ll let you discover all this by yourself. Hope you’ll visit someday! 😊
OMG I MUST GO!
Are you Romanian?
Max Schrek was a super cool actor too! He's one of the few actors that was able to continue acting when movies got sound added in, and he played various villains (like the one in Casablanca) to help spread awareness to Americans to what was going on in Germany to help with the WWII effort, after he and his wife left Germany at the time.
Max Schreck wasn't in "Casablanca." Max Schreck's last movie was called "The Last Four on Santa Cruz" made in 1936.
"Casablanca" was made six years after that, in 1942. The German villain character in "Casablanca" was called "Major Strasser." He was played by actor Conrad Veidt.
Conrad Veidt and HIS wife (who was Jewish) left Germany because they opposed the Nazis. They settled in Hollywood and he made films trying to persuade Americans to join the war effort. He only agreed to play a Nazi officer in "Casablanca" on the condition that the character Major Strasser be completely evil. He wanted him to have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. The US joined the war effort after Pearl Harbor, December 1941. They started filming "Casablanca" a few months later in May of 1942. The film was released in November of 1942, long before anyone knew who would win the war. Amazing, wonderful film.
The film originally had night scenes tinted blue and day scenes tinted yellow. (Hand tinted which is very tedious and time consuming.) There are versions out there that reproduce the effect.
The music varies with each version as we don't have the original score that was played live when it debuted. The results are definitely a mixed bag with some versions better than others.
Edit: Nosferatu is another term for vampire. Not a proper name. You might figure it out as I'm commenting at 33 minutes in.
Oh I had no idea! Thanks for clearing that up for me.
Thank you so much for this information Topher! Because all through out Nick's reaction, I had vivid flashbacks to when I first watched this movie (on VHS back in 1989 or there about) and I destinctly remember color and a completely different and more "spooky" underscore. And it really makes it a completely different movie experience. 😏
Still a Great movie though!!
i don't know where this version of the film came from but its out of date i'm afraid. "kino" and "criterion" have since re-released many of these films in their restored, original forms with proper title cards and color tinting. (not to be confused with "colorization" which is a historical abomination.) many of these films were originally released with certain scenes color tinted and even had musical scores written for them.
along with "the cabinet of dr caligari" (also tinted and expressionist) "nosferatu" is one of my favorite silent films. be sure to check out eisenstein's "battleship potemkin" (with the original score) and chaplins "the kid." louise brooks in "the diary of a lost girl" and lon chaney's "phantom of the opera" (tinted). and of course we can't forget the great expressionist films "the golum" and "metropolis." both fully restored.
and that's just a short list of great silent films being restored and re-released.
I sure thought the music sounded way too crisp and clear to be from 1922. This info explains why.
Knock is Renfield... the bug eater and insane asylum resident. Bulwer is Van Helsing.... the scientist who studies carnivorous bugs and vampires. Count Orlock is Count Dracula, Nosferatu is just another name for vampire. Also, the mallet game they were playing and in Heathers is called croquet.
@Scary__fun Nosferatu (2024).
@@cheloniadaycare8872 Yeah, I'm eagerly waiting for that... by Robert Eggers, one of my current fave directors who did The Witch, The Lighthouse and The Northman. I also like the 1979 version by Werner Herzog starring Klaus Kinski.
As far as color versions go, there's the Werner Herzog 1979 remake 'Nosferatu the Vampyre' with Klaus Kinski as the vampire. There are two versions, one in German and one in English -- if I recall correctly, the scenes were shot back to back, one in each language. It's well worth a watch even if not for the review for the channel.
Ooo thanks for letting me know!
I love these public domain watches. A lot of them, I have never seen either, so it's fun to watch them with you, Nick! ❤️🤗
Too bad TH-cam's copyright thing doesn't want to acknowledge that it's public domain so I can't monetize this one 💀😞😡
But a promise is a promise!
@@nicksaysboo17 Boooooooo!
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The last time I saw this was at a small playhouse. They played the movie, and had a musician play an organ ( not that one, geez so dirty minded ) to go along with the movie. It was rather amazing. Thank you for reminding me of this wonderful memory. ❤
Mhm. 🤨
But in seriousness that's awesome. I really want to go to something like that for Halloween or Jurassic Park.
I'm so happy you did this! It's been awhile since I've watched Nosferatu and this is a great way to revisit it. Thanks Nick! Now that you've seen it I highly recommend Shadow of the Vampire, a fantastic and fun reimagining of how this film was made.
Hope you enjoy, Jason!
@nicksaysboo love to see you react to Silent hill. ✨️😃
Shadow of the Vampire is amazing! Willem Dafoe and Eddie Izzard!
@@gacchan and John Malkovich, lest we forget! Everyone turned up to 11 in delightful black comedy fashion.
I read that Bill Skarsgard (Pennywise from 2017) is gonna be Count Orlok in the remake!
Very excited for that! Bill is fantastic!
Silent movie makeup was definitely more prominent and obvious than we're used to seeing, closer to stage makeup. I know the film technology of the time required it, but it was probably also a carry-over from the older art form of theater.
That image always makes me think of the title sequence from Ernest Scared Stupid 😂
I think you would enjoy Shadow of the Vampire- a movie about the making of this movie where Nosferatu (played by Willem Dafoe) was an actual vampire ❤
Oooo that sounds interesting. I'll have to look that up.
@@nicksaysboo17 you should, it's such a good movie!
Zzavid did an amazing job as Nosferatu. 10/10 ❤
@ironwoman2012 Nosferatu (2024).
There is something so beautiful and transcendent to me about watching a movie that came out more than 100 years ago! Great video Nick
Thanks so much!
Zzavids first feature role awwwwww your a great friend supporting another hehehehe 🥹✊🏽😳😅😂 love you both
More of these please. Not many likes but those of us who appreciate these we really really fucking appreciate them ❤
another one coming next week ✌️
@Maewolf Nosferatu (2024).
Hey Nick,
Dracula's wifes, Renfield and Van Helsing are all characters from the original novel :)
The wifes appear in the beginning and around the end of the novel. Renfield and VanHelsing are there for most of the story.
(Fun Fact: In contrast to 'Dracula' in pop culture media all of these characters, as well as other main characters from the story, are constantly making fun of Dracula; especially his wifes.
He's pretty much the opposite of the 'charming' and 'seductive' version most people know him as. In the book he is more similar to Count Orlok)
Hope, this makes sense, I usually don't comment on TH-cam lol
Loved your reaction, as always!
Oh That's actually really interesting that they would make fun of him. I never would have guessed as such.
A true classic, I love this movie ❤
You should consider rewatching/reaction to the old Salem's Lot miniseries from 79. I rewatched it recently and it still scares me, especially its 'Nosferatu'. It has this dark, desperate atmosphere that is so well done.
I was actually thinking about doing that for Patreon, since I've already seen it. Plus it's like 3 hours long 💀
Hello, you are correct there are different adaptations of "Little Shop of Horrors". The 1960 version which has Jack Nicholson and the 1986 version with Rick Moranis, which is based on the 1982 off-Broadway musical of the same name.
i watched this for the first time myself last halloween. my family and i went to a screening with a live orchestra, it was great. super atmospheric!
This movie actually set the tone for all vampires dying / burning by sunlight. Fun Fact.
TIL
3 things:
1) the actor for the Vampire is Max Schreck! I was today years old learning that Tim Burton was referencing Nosferatu with Christopher Walken's character in Batman Returns!
2) I used to work with a man who looked very much like Count Orlock....he was in his 60's and had been teased about his resemblance to this vampire since he was a young man 😢
His name was Gordon and he was very soft spoken and loved fishing.
3) believe it or not silent movies used to be done in colour and that only stopped when they tried to introduce sound into movies as the chemicals in the dyes used to colourise the movies would disrupt the sound. If a silent movie was shot and kept in black and white then it was done intentionally.
The words that show up in between are called "Title cards", since you asked. :) Dracula's castle in Romania has very little left of it except rubble. You can still visit what's left of it, but for tourists the Romanians designated Castle Bran as Dracula's castle as he did stay there once and it's still all there. Yes, our lead's name is Hutter. Orlock was chosen as a name for the vampire to try and get around copyright law but it didn't work and all copies were supposed to have been destroyed. Fortunately for us they weren't all destroyed. I've been watching this since back in VHS VCR days before they added a musical score and before they adjusted the film to run at the proper speed. Silent films were filmed at a slower speed than "talkies" so when they were shown on a modern projector everything was sped up, and yes, there is a color version on youtube now. To me even when I was a teen Hutter's wife, Ellen, always looked like a man in drag, LOL! Europe, at least back in the day, rarely had extreme heat, being more of a temperate climate.
Yes, that's how folks washed up in the mornings before indoor plumbing. Using a pitcher and a bowl, and then dumping the used water out the open window. which in cities could get you drenched on the sidewalk if you passed by at the wrong time. Not only in "Angel", this style of vampire also shows up in "Salem's Lot", and on "What We Do In The Shadows" :) Yes, the Nosferatu is Count Orlock, Nosferatu being another name for vampire although it's sort of a made-up name as before this movie there wasn't such a word in existence if I remember right.
Hutter passed out after his exit from the castle from loss of blood, having been fed on by Orlock for a few nights. Schooner is pronounced as "Skooner" and yes, it is a ship. That's how Dracula travelled to England in Bram Stoker's novel as well. Galaz is the German spelling for Galati, a city in eastern Romania. It is a port city on the Danube. The 3 wives are mentioned in Stoker's novel and make a brief appearance in 1931's "Dracula" starring Bela Lugosi.
When you consider that the only way to shave back then was by using a straight razor it begins to make sense why a lot of men chose to grow beards and moustaches.
In Transylvania there are necks...but they belong to people who know how to guard against vampires using garlic, crucifixes, etc. In Germany (or England) vampires were a myth, a superstition and so a vampire could feed easier there than in Transylvania. And yes, you DID know that vampires carried their soil in which they were buried in their coffins because you said you've seen Dracula and in it Van Helsing plainly states to Dr. Seward that vampires must sleep in the soil in which they were buried. Seward say's, then Dracula would have to travel to Transylvania every night to rest by morning and that's impossible. Van Helsing then say's "Then he must have brought his native soil with him, boxes of it!"
Knock, in this movie played the part of Renfield in the novel of Dracula, a real estate agent who had previous dealings with the Count and went mad because of it. In the 1931 Dracula movie, Renfield plays the part that Hutter, or in the novel, Jonathan Harker plays. I hope that helps to clear up your confusion a bit.
You should watch Shadow of the Vampire next. It's a horror/comedy based on the making of this movie. Stars Willem Dafoe as Nosferatu. It's honestly an underrated gem! One my all-time favourites.
Others are recommending that as well. I will have to check it out!!
i CANNOT wait for Robert Eggers' interpretation of this movie! The vvitch and the lighthouse were both horror masterpieces.
Finally Zzavid forced you to watch biopic about him!
I'm not sure if Nosferatu is the first or The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari was but you have gone about as far back as you could with horror film. Congratulations you have seen back over a century.
OMG look at 5:56. I'm sensing a drag moment and a distinct similarity in the two faces on screen.
I feel so accomplished!
@ILoveBE2 Correct, it came out in 1920, 2 years prior
I've actually never seen this before either, so this was a treat!
I'm glad I waited until I got off work and dinner cooked so I could eat while watching this and enjoy myself.
I'm not even halfway through but already loving it!!
Also, I hope your move goes smoothly!!
Thanks sm Candace 🥹
I love this reaction its so interesting to see how movies were made back then,I wanna go to Dracula's castle too honestly
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The creature ‘playing’ the ‘werewolf’ is a stripped hyena. They’re common in Northern and Eastern Africa, all through we’ll the Middle East, and even Pakistan and India.
The night and day times were indicated by different colours, originally: Yellow for day, blue for night, rosé for morning and evening, forrests green. This was lost, and restored by official restored versions such as the one by the Walter Murnau foundation.
This movie was actually filmed with sound! The sad thing is that every known copy of the movie with sound is lost
I think it would be really cool to hear the movie with sound and see it with color.
It’s been many years since I read the book, but the wives, Renfield, and Van Helsing all appear in the original novel by Bram Stoker.
I watched this for the first time in 2020 when I had to shield and I remember having an ah-ha moment when I saw the silhouette of Orlock the vampire coming up the stairs. its one of the most standout moments and it has definitely deservedly so great video Nick 👍 😊
Oh. MY. GOD.
You’re a legend for doing this reaction! 🖤
If you plan on watching Silent movies or old classic, here are some good recommendations!
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Dracula (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
Häxan (1922)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Faust (1926)
The Phantom of The Opera (1925)
"Nosferatu" is a general word, like vampire. "Count Orlok" is the character's name, like "Count Dracula." (They changed all the names from the Bram Stoker novel.)
"Knock" (with the eyebrows!), the estate agent who sent Hutter to sell the house to Count Orlok, is essentially playing the same part as "Renfield" (pathetic servant and crazy bug eater).
"Hutter" is essentially the character "Jonathon Harker" from the book.
"Van Helsing," and "Dr. Seward," and "Renfield," and the multiple women, "Mina" and "Lucy," those are all characters in the Bram Stoker novel. (You should read it. It's wild!)
It's INSANE that we're having (another) remake more than 🤯100 years🤯 after the original was released.
I'm SO excited for the new one 🤘
It’s cool that you’re reacting to an older classic like this. Older horror is such a different vibe. I hope you react the the universal monsters movies too if you haven’t already seen them, they do have soundtrack/talking but are black & white.
Renfield became Dracula’s thrall and became insane eating bugs, and things, and knock is the Wrenfield stand in in Nosferatu
OH THAT MAKES SENSE NOW
Very brave of you to attempt this incredibly old film - and without edits. But thank you. I haven’t seen it in years.
I love old films!
If you want to see a creepy silent film, watch Haxan. I believe that also came out in 1922.
You need to watch Shadow of the Vampire now, it’s a story about the making of the movie. Willem Dafoe plays Max Schrek playing Count Orlok. The director Murnau is played by John Malkovich and the actual producer of the movie is Nicholas Cage. It was an entertaining movie. Dafoe is great.
"If it's over 80 degrees I don't leave my house," Nick is my soul brother. End of story. 🤣🤣
I don't have time for heat, none at all.
The names here are different from the novel because the novel wasn't in the public domain yet. I know that's weird to imagine from our vantage point.
I didn't know you and Zzavid were collabing 😂😆 just kidding. This movie has always been on my list, but I've never taken the time to watch it...until now.
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well....😉🤫
I’m 💯% sure that there are 2 scenes from the movie that we’re used on the show SpongeBob. The episode the graveyard shift. If you seen that episode, you’ll recognize it
I just recently watched Tarantino's Babylon. I loved it. I thought it was incredible. It's absolutely insane which is why I loved it so much because I know Hollywood was just like that back in the day. I think you would really like it. It shows how Hollywood was when they were doing silent films and starting to get into sound pictures. How everyone had to adapt and all the hard work and dedication and craziness that went into making movies.😊
funny that you compared the little nosferatu minion guy to de vitos penguin, hes been compared a lot to caligari but i really feel like that shape and hair must have also been an inspiration for the interpretation of the character!
also, since you mentioned it, i think you would really like little shop of horrors, especially if you like musicals ✨
I'm usually 50/50 on musicals so we shall see!
The production company thought they could get away with not paying Bram Stoker's widow any royalties of they changed the names. It didn't work and Mrs Stoker had nearly every copy of the movie destroyed. It was thought lost for decades.
The actor who played Count Orlok (Dracula) was named Max Schreck. His last name (Schreck) means fear in German. A fitting name for Dracula.
I didn’t know Zzavid was in this movie
'Yup that's him it was just the hat that was throwing me.' you're to funny lol.
The music was recorded for a different cut so thats why it is off at places.
so glad you decided to watch this! I remember viewing this for my film class and being blown away with how effective it was!
edit to last post: i just remembered i may have the wrong film but i do know one carriage ride up to the castle, a few exteriors that still looked good and the tomb scene where they find orlock was of Cachtice castle ruins aka countess balthory's castle. which is kinda symbolic since she was a form of ference to bram's novel so for a vampire film to have parts of the castle that still stood as scenery is awesome.
WHAT?! THATS AWESOME
@@nicksaysboo17 oh yes the ending just confirmed it i was looking at images of the castle and it's the same one you see in the ending right before the screen turns black
Director F.W. Murnau found Max Schreck “strikingly ugly” in real life and decided the vampire makeup would suffice with just pointy ears and false teeth. Savage.
There’s a fun movie from 2000 called “Shadow of the Vampire”, which posits that Max Shreck, who played Count Orlock in this movie, was actually a vampire
That's what the kids keep requesting!
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (German: Nosferatu - Eine Symphonie des Grauens) is a 1922 silent German Expressionist vampire film, and is best viewed in a cinema accompanied by a piano playing the proper film music. It is a silent movie, and is not supposed to be completely destroyed by whining laughter or little silly comments. 😎🖤👍
Salem´s Lot scared the heck out of me when I was young. The Count in Nosferatu is creepy and scary but this one didn´t make me afraid to walk around alone at night the way Salem´s Lot did! Glad you finally got to this one, it´s a classic.
Yessssssss, a classic! Full length babyyyyy
You really should watch "The Hunger" (1983) with Susan Sarandon, David Bowie, and stunning Catherine Deneuve. It heavily inspired American Horror Story: Hotel.
The opening of that AHS season is a direct homage to the opening of the movie, and Gaga's vampire is based on Deneuve's character from the movie. It's not a great film, but it's a cult film with a queer following.
It's on my list to react to at some point!
Nosferatu means the undead and Count Orlok is the name of the vampire. Dracula means son of the dragon but the vampire's name is also Dracula since it is taken from Vlad Tepisch who was the son of Vlad Dracul. In Romanian the "a" at the end of a last name means the son of, so Vlad Tepisch took the name Dracula after his father.
The man who was eating the bugs was the man who gave the other man the info to go to Orlok's castle to have Orlok sign the papers.
"Holy mother of eyebrows" is my new favourite exclamation 😂
Love a good classic!! The eyebrows and the mustache your face expression 😂😂. Hope you have a nice easy move.
Thanks Charlene!
Renfield and Van Hellsing are originally from the book. Renfield is Dracula's thrall, familiar, ghoul what have you. The new Renfield movie that's out is actually a semi-sequel to the Legosi film!
The remake of this film from 1979 is amazing too and my favorite vampire film. It is completely melodramatic and shakespearian. It also had an ending I never expected upon first watch.
The way the horse's were running so quick with Nosferatu on them 💀
I'd always wonder if they had Sarah Michelle watch a well known vampire movie because she was on a well known vampire show for meta irony.
Oh I'm sure she's watched a ton.
One of the best silent horror films. I recommend The Phantom Carriage, Haxan and The Golem, also if you want a creepy older film then watch Dead of Night (1945)
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE that you watched this!!!!!
I don’t know if anyone else has suggested it, but there’s a film from 2000 called Shadow of the Vampire that’s semi-fictional about the making of Nosferatu. It says that Orlok/Dracula was played by a real vampire. Willem Dafoe plays the vampire. It might be interesting now you’ve seen Nosferatu
I remember seeing this movie in the theatre a few years back, with a live band playing the music. It was such a unique experience !
I really want to do that for Jurassic Park tbh
@@nicksaysboo17 Such an awesome idea !
Yes, that was a hyena. And in the 1931 version of "Dracula" there were armadillos in Transylvania. I have no idea why. I guess the studios figured the audience wouldn't know the difference.
This man is so attractive for what reason. He's just watching a film, and I'm sweating 😭
Nosferatu?! I mean I shan't yuck your yum but he's DEAD.
I'm really loving watching reaction videos of you watching whole movies.
I hope you keep doing this type of reactions
Another one coming soon!
Oh my lord yessss!!!!!!
Idk if this was announced or not but this makes me happy
Nosferatu is actually the film that got me into filmmaking
It is cheesy yeah but for it’s time? A masterpiece and imo still to this day a lot can be learned from this movie
Also
“Just say no homo” had me dying😂
You have a real talent for this.
Yes! I quote that saying from buffy anytime I can tbh! The van-pire!
the movie Shadow Of The Vampire about the making of this movie was really good, it has Willem Defoe and John Malkovich
How you know you are an avid Scream & Nick fan... everytime he says Wisborg, you hear Woodsboro. 😂 😂 😂
You spoil us! 🎉🎉🎉
You should watch the 1925 “Phantom of the Opera” starring Lon Chaney Sr.
I watch this on its hundredth anniversary during last spooky season I loved it
I’m moving myself, so I understand
Hope your move goes smoothly!
@@nicksaysboo17 thank you same back to ya
Hutter gets there by train cuz he's one person, but Orlock takes the boat because he's in them crates.
Definitely can open a world of new options going into public domain territory. Two other iconic silent horror movies would be The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari or John Barrymore's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, both from 1920 I think. Very minimalist makeup for Jekyll and Hyde, Drew's granpda was just a very talented actor
There will definitely be more public domain films on the channel over time! Caligari I have seen tho!
28:26😅 now I want taco bell 🌮
your version looks better than on Pluto TV😮
Was seeing this almost exactly a year later after it was posted 😅
Full length reaction of a 100 year movie!
A lot of movies today are still filmed Day For Night. Filmed in the day, and treated to appear it's night.
You don’t say, “No homo” when someone wants to suck your blood. You say, “ No hemo” , as in hemoglobin. 🧛♂👎🩸
Clever, clever! 😂
I've never seen this before so I'm excited!!
Am I mistaken or is that Nancy's house on your window sill?
It is! I made it out of popsicle sticks.
I can't believe you have the haunted mask lol. I wanna see you put it on...
I tried and it got stuck lol
Nosferatu isn't a name. It's another word for vampire.
Somethings I just play this with my headphones on, and drift off to sleep.
And my glasses feel off, why did I have them on. 😅
i don't know where this version of the film came from but its out of date i'm afraid. "kino" and "criterion" have since re-released many of these films in their restored, original forms with proper title cards and color tinting. (not to be confused with "colorization" which is a historical abomination.) many of these films were originally released with certain scenes color tinted and even had musical scores written for them.
along with "the cabinet of dr caligari" (also tinted and expressionist) "nosferatu" is one of my favorite silent films. be sure to check out eisenstein's "battleship potemkin" (with the original score) and chaplins "the kid." louise brooks in "the diary of a lost girl" and lon chaney's "phantom of the opera" (tinted). and of course we can't forget the great expressionist films "the golum" and "metropolis." both fully restored.
and that's just a short list of great silent films being restored and re-released.
This makes me so happy!!!!!!
I just really love watching your videos so much . If I managed to get patreon someday it will be only your videos that I am gonna watch and pay for . Your commentary are so good and genuine. I am such a fan . 🤗 I wish you could see this.
Thank you so much for your kindness, it means a lot! 🥹
Another movie in the public domain I would love to see you do a full reaction to Horror Express starring Christopher Lee.
I'll look into it!
10 minutes in, to respond to you - yeah, Orlok is Dracula. They didn't have the rights to adapt Dracula, so they just changed all the names. I think they ended up being sued over it.
They were suing people back in 1922?!
@@nicksaysboo17 It's tradition 😂