I dressed my first born as Nosferatu for his first Halloween because he came out looking like a goblin vampire. This year he turned 3 and we watched the OG as his first horror movie.
absolutely agree with your assessment on the problematic elements. this stuff in old media should be addressed without ignoring it but also without getting defensive about it. really a shame that so much horror is lost to time though. maybe loss of media was the real horror all along.
I was blessed to watch this film for the first time with a live orchestral accompaniment, in a famously haunted theatre, on Halloween night. With a preface from a silent film expert talking about it's history. Genuinely one of the best experiences of my life. I had so much fun. I remember a young kid got really scared at one point and his mum had to carry him out while he was crying so it can definitely still pack a horror punch or at the very least traumatised that one kid
Somehow, you forgot the most important element of the film: Scary Armadillo! Jokes aside, great video, and for once one about a movie my usually horror-avoiding self has seen!
On the hateful imagery topic, feel it might also be worth entertaining the idea of reverse iconography. These tropes and ideas definitely predate the movie, but there's a wide array of tropes in that vein (pun). But the success of the movie led to it being ADOPTED by the antisemites as a simple and accessible point of reference. "THOSE people, ya know, like Count Orlock!" This would, of course, not be mutually exclusive to your point, that the racism was a sort of background radiation that influenced the movie indirectly in how it was made.
I absolutely agree with you on this. I really think that Goebbels et al built on the images they had already seen, particularly with the likes of Jud Suss, equating the visions of rats carrying "plague".
Shadow of the Vampire is an excellent movie about a fictional retelling of the making of Nosferatu where Nosferatu really is a vampire. That was my first exposure to Nosferatu. Side note, Eddie Izzard is phenomenal in SotV!
Circling back to this one after the Robert Eggers trailer dropped. Don't know if you're planning for a video on it, but I'd love to hear your thoughts after it comes out.
....if only they can locate 1 print of LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT.... Nosferatu is the best and most iconic vampire movie created. I have three different versions of it: 1) The Type O Negative version 2) fully restored to it's original German symphony 3) fully restored with English subtitles Looking forward to seeing how Robert Eggers is going to treat us with his version of Nosferatu. I am currently watching THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER. Not a great movie but a solid rendition of the voyage.
Everyday we get a little higher on those fundraiser goals. Keep it up ya lovely people!
Damn, why doesn't this channel have more subs?
That's what I ask myself everyday 😭
Thank you for the history lesson- I haven’t heard of many of these shorts and films, gotta add them to my TBR for sure
Brilliant video Skeledan. Love the depth you went into on this one. And also the care and variation and selections of the entire series tbf 👏
Appreciate the love!
The rabbit hole I’ve gone down since discovering nosferatu should be studied😂😂
I dressed my first born as Nosferatu for his first Halloween because he came out looking like a goblin vampire. This year he turned 3 and we watched the OG as his first horror movie.
Phenomenal overview of the movie and its legacy, loved watching this. Would definitely be interested in some more historical horror deep dives.
absolutely agree with your assessment on the problematic elements. this stuff in old media should be addressed without ignoring it but also without getting defensive about it.
really a shame that so much horror is lost to time though. maybe loss of media was the real horror all along.
German cinema in a northern accent. You-tube auto-subs really didn't stand a chance.
I like to give them a challenge.
Absolutely loved the intro. 🖤
(5 words for the algorithm ~)
I was blessed to watch this film for the first time with a live orchestral accompaniment, in a famously haunted theatre, on Halloween night. With a preface from a silent film expert talking about it's history. Genuinely one of the best experiences of my life. I had so much fun. I remember a young kid got really scared at one point and his mum had to carry him out while he was crying so it can definitely still pack a horror punch or at the very least traumatised that one kid
The production and educational value on this video is insane?!?!! How does this only have 7k views??? Great work
Thank you so much! If you like this there's 99 more videos in this series 😊
Amazing vid. Can’t believe it only has 10k views. You’ve earned a sub!
Thank you so much!
And to think this movie was almost lost to history
Somehow, you forgot the most important element of the film: Scary Armadillo!
Jokes aside, great video, and for once one about a movie my usually horror-avoiding self has seen!
That one episode of SpongeBob brought me here. If you know, you know.
BUT WHO WAS FLICKERING THE LIGHTS!?
@DanDrambles You got it! 😂 Great video my friend.
The version of Nosferatu i originally watched was the one with the score from Type O Negative
What an entertaining well researched video! Just watched the film for the first time today and was great to learn more about it.
Thank you so much!
This is an absolutely incredible video. Your passion is on full display and it's irresistible.
Thank you so much! That really means a lot.
Rewatching this after coming home from seeing the Robert Eggers version ❤
On the hateful imagery topic, feel it might also be worth entertaining the idea of reverse iconography. These tropes and ideas definitely predate the movie, but there's a wide array of tropes in that vein (pun). But the success of the movie led to it being ADOPTED by the antisemites as a simple and accessible point of reference. "THOSE people, ya know, like Count Orlock!"
This would, of course, not be mutually exclusive to your point, that the racism was a sort of background radiation that influenced the movie indirectly in how it was made.
I absolutely agree with you on this. I really think that Goebbels et al built on the images they had already seen, particularly with the likes of Jud Suss, equating the visions of rats carrying "plague".
You've outdone yourself this time
Thank you very much! Put a lot of effort in with this one. Glad it's showing.
Here after the new nosferatu! Man it was good
Shadow of the Vampire is an excellent movie about a fictional retelling of the making of Nosferatu where Nosferatu really is a vampire. That was my first exposure to Nosferatu. Side note, Eddie Izzard is phenomenal in SotV!
Without classics like Nosferatu or Phantom of the Opera 1925, Nightmare on Elm Etreet wouldn't have bene possible.
Circling back to this one after the Robert Eggers trailer dropped. Don't know if you're planning for a video on it, but I'd love to hear your thoughts after it comes out.
Almost definitely will!
I've always loved this movie and yes it was pretty much the birth of horror.
spongebob bought me here
I think Van Helsing is supposed to be Dutch. Anyway, great video!
....if only they can locate 1 print of LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT....
Nosferatu is the best and most iconic vampire movie created. I have three different versions of it:
1) The Type O Negative version
2) fully restored to it's original German symphony
3) fully restored with English subtitles
Looking forward to seeing how Robert Eggers is going to treat us with his version of Nosferatu. I am currently watching THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER. Not a great movie but a solid rendition of the voyage.
The black and white is whatever, but I always use subtitles so I think I could have watched this with silent movie text (*if the music is tolerable).
I wouldn't call it the first horror movie considering how nonscary this is.
It was probably scary for the time period it came out
Me watching nosferatu for the first time just cause the remake trailer dropped. "I-Is nosferatu a jewish stereotype?"
I'm glad I wasn't crazy