{"id":9571,"date":"2017-10-01T20:01:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T20:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.9deuce.tv\/blogs\/?p=9571"},"modified":"2019-09-05T21:44:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T01:44:01","slug":"nosferatu-1922","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.9deuce.tv\/blogs\/nosferatu-1922\/","title":{"rendered":"Nosferatu (1922)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am ashamed of this, but I have never seen this film. \u00a0This is one of the OG\u2019s or horror, so I was very excited to start this year off right by watching an all time classic. \u00a0I know that it\u2019s a silent film, and I am cool with that. \u00a0I\u2019m mostly excited about the imagery to be honest. \u00a0It\u2019s awesome to see what was once the top of the food chain. \u00a0This is film that has been referenced countless times, including in American Horror Story Hotel and Are You Afraid of the Dark. \u00a0I will be blogging as I watch, so I am labeling that as spoilers. \u00a0If you wish to just skip that, the last paragraph will be my final thoughts and my rating. \u00a0Please enjoy.<\/span><\/p>\n

SPOILERS<\/span><\/p>\n

So \u00a0this begins in 1838. \u00a0The writing is in German I believe, so that could make this a tad difficult. \u00a0Oh, hello English subtitles, come to Big Poppa. \u00a0So there is a Hutter and his wife, Ellen, and they have a cat and live in Wisbourg, Germany. \u00a0These are not handsome people. \u00a0Knock, is a property agent who pays his people well and has a lot of rumors swirling about him. \u00a0Count Orlok wants to buy a house in their nice town, so Knock wants Hutter to take care of it. \u00a0Knock\u2019s eyebrows are something to behold. \u00a0Knock wants him to offer Orlok the house across the street from his, and Hutter is cool with traveling to the land of spectres and thieves, and Ellen seems worried. \u00a0Oh, and utter has to travel to meet Orlok at his castle\u2026.in Transylvania\u2026.dun dun dun!!! \u00a0\u00a0Hutter has Ellen stay with shipowner Harding and his sister because Ellen is overly concerned. \u00a0Man, Harding is a dapper looking gent. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Hutter\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Ellen <\/a> <\/div>
\"Knock\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Orloks <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Hutter shows up in town at a tavern and wants food quickly so he can get to Orlok\u2019s castle, and the room goes quiet. \u00a0The great looking barkeep warns him of not going out tonight due to a werewolf. \u00a0In his room, Hutter finds some literature on Nosferatu, the vampire. \u00a0The guys taking Hutter on the horses and carriage refuse to go anyplace beyond the pass. \u00a0They are scurred. \u00a0This dude dressed very uniquely under a cloak and whatnot, comes and gives him a ride and directs Hutter to the right area. \u00a0Even the horses got all dressed up. \u00a0How nice. \u00a0He arrives and Orlok is pissed at how long he had been waiting. \u00a0So ends Act I.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Barkeep\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Orlock <\/a> <\/div>
\"Orlok <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Hutter cuts himself while slicing off a piece f bread and Orlok has a raging clue. \u00a0Orlok explains that he goes to bed around sunrise. \u00a0Hutter wakes up with 2 tiny marks on his neck and a table full of good eats.Now it is Hutter with the raging clue. \u00a0Hutter writes Ellen about mosquitos and the bite marks. \u00a0Hutter is showing Orlok some paperwork and a locket or some picture of Ellen falls on the table, so Orlok is all about complimenting her lovely neck. \u00a0Now he will buy the house. \u00a0He\u2019s got a neck fetish apparently. \u00a0By the way, the clock at Orlok\u2019s is fucking amazing. \u00a0Hutter checks on Orlok and is creeped out after reading that book again, but there\u2019s no easy way out. \u00a0Ellen is out and about sleepwalking on a balcony. \u00a0Ellen is having nightmares about Hutter. \u00a0Hutter got a note from the doctor about Ellen\u2019s condition, so he wanted to leave at sunrise as he wasn\u2019t doing too well himself. \u00a0Hutter finds Orlok in the basement or crypt, sleeping in a coffin. \u00a0He witnesses Orlok get some coffins on a wagon and the horse tow them away with him inside of one. \u00a0It was cool looking. \u00a0The cargo gets on a cool raft. \u00a0Hutter tries to leave. \u00a0End of Act II.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Orlok <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Hutter <\/a> <\/div>
\"Orlok <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Orlok <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Raft\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Some farmers brought Hutter in to a doctor and he had a fever and is freaked out by coffins. \u00a0The coffins end up on the Empusa ship and are to be taken to Wisbourg, and it is 6 coffins filled with dirt. \u00a0They inspect a coffin and there\u2019s dirt and rats. \u00a0The rats attack. \u00a0We see Professor Bulwer teaching students about carnivorous plants and we see a venus flytrap trap a fly. Knock has apparently lost his shit and is infected and ravenous. \u00a0Ellen hung out on the beach a lot and seems to be mopey, but gets hype when she gets Hutter\u2019s letter. \u00a0We find out that there is a plague going around at the very least. \u00a0Now a sailor has fallen ill. \u00a0He wakes up and sees a vision of Orlok it appears. All but the captain and a shipmate fell ill during their voyage. \u00a0The shipmate has had enough as he brings a hatchet with him and tells the captain that he is going below deck for ten minutes. \u00a0He hacks open one coffin and out come the rats, but then Orlok rose out of his in a great scene. \u00a0Loved it! \u00a0Well the dude is spooked and he jumped ship, and the captain pissed and ties himself to the wheel. \u00a0Orlok goes after the captain. \u00a0End of Act III.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Ellen <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Captain\" <\/a> <\/div>
\"Captain <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Hutter is making his way back home. \u00a0Knock can sense that his master is near as the ship lands in the harbor. \u00a0Orlok rises from the bottom or the boat, looking creepy and hilarious. \u00a0Knock attaches a guard. \u00a0Ohhhh, vampires can only draw their shadow power from the accursed earth that they were buried in. \u00a0I never knew that. \u00a0Hutter finds Ellen, they embrace as Orlok is bringing his coffin around with him. \u00a0It\u2019s a tad ridiculous, but great. \u00a0The town people check out the ship and find the bleeding captain. \u00a0So there was a record stating a captain, shipmate, and 5 sailors, and they are all gone minus dead captain. \u00a0Reading the captain\u2019s notes give them an idea of the crew going nuts. \u00a0The Professor says there\u2019s a risk of plague and for everyone to go home. \u00a0A drummer plays in the street and everybody opens their windows and he reads out his proclamation. \u00a0Oh, they even said proclamation. \u00a0Basically, they don\u2019t want people traveling or wandering the streets in order to keep this plague under control. \u00a0End Act IV.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Ellen <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Orlok <\/a> <\/div>
\"Orlok <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Dead <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

A guy is going door to door to check for people who are alive and marking doors where there are dead ones. \u00a0Hutter told Ellen not to touch the book, so naturally she has to read it like a jackass. \u00a0Women\u2026.am I right? \u00a0\u201cTake heede that his shadow not ember thee like an incubus with gruesome dreams. \u00a0Wherefore no other salvation is possible, but that a maiden wholly without sin maketh the Vampyre forget the first crow of the cock. \u00a0Would that she give freely of her blood.\u201d \u00a0So there you have it. \u00a0She points across the street and sees Orlok just looking out his window staring at them and Hutter is a sad panda. \u00a0Harding\u2019s woman appears sick. Ellen watches as a line of men are carrying coffins. \u00a0Knock is running around town like a fucking maniac and the whole town is giving chase. \u00a0He ends up on a roof so people start pelting him with stones. \u00a0He climbs down the other side and flees. \u00a0This whole scene is solid. \u00a0The people attack a scarecrow as they can\u2019t seem to find Knock who is hiding in a field. \u00a0Ellen wakes up, grabs hr tit and is in a trance of sorts as she looks over to Orlok. \u00a0I\u2019m pretty sure Orlok just did the moves to Thriller. \u00a0Ellen asks Hutter to fetch Bulwer, so he goes a running, and then she gets up to look across the way, but no Orlok \u00a0His shadow comes up the stairs and he reaches for the handle. \u00a0That was great. \u00a0She is clutching her tit in terror. \u00a0The shadow grabs her tit and she loses consciousness. \u00a0Hutter wakes up Bulwer and Orlok is biting. \u00a0Knock has been captured. \u00a0The cock has crowed while Orlok is feasting, and he looks so disappointed. \u00a0Knock yells for his master. \u00a0Ellen\u2019s plan has seemingly worked and Orlok stand up, grabs his tit in dismay as he sees the sun coming up and he disappears, and Knock knows his master is dead. \u00a0So sad, terrible day for him. \u00a0Ellen wakes up and yells for Hutter who comes a running. \u00a0That\u2019s all this guy does in the final act, and she collapses. \u00a0Bulwer appears to be crying. \u00a0The great death has come to an end. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0End Act V.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Ellen <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Line <\/a> <\/div>
\"Knock <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Orlock <\/a> <\/div>
\"Shadow\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Shadow <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Boob <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Orlok <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Cock\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

End Film<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Final Thoughts – It was very interesting to say the least. \u00a0The music was really good and kept you interested. \u00a0The acting was, well it was what you would expect from this era. \u00a0Some over the top because they had to convey things without speaking. \u00a0Some of it was a little hokey, but it worked. \u00a0Max Schreck was really great in his role as Orlok, and Hutter and the captain were both pretty solid. \u00a0I didn\u2019t really care for Ellen, and I kinda want to blame it on the actress. \u00a0I don\u2019t think she was very good to be honest. \u00a0I think Harding\u2019s woman would have been better suited for the role. \u00a0We\u2019re 5 years away from this film turning 100 years old. \u00a0Think about that. \u00a0That\u2019s crazy, but cool. \u00a0I would recommend this film. \u00a0Let\u2019s face it, you know the era, you know it\u2019s silent, so you know whether or not you can handle this or not. \u00a0Some people will be bored to tears and put off by it. \u00a0The thing is, you know what you are getting into with this and if you sit through it, I feel you will have enjoyed the experience quite a bit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rating: 7.0 I don\u2019t even feel that it\u2019s fair for me to rate this film because the criteria is so different. \u00a0For it\u2019s time, it\u2019s a fucking masterpiece and worthy of a higher number. \u00a0By today\u2019s standards, it\u2019s very cheesy at times. \u00a0So no matter what rating I give, I can argue for it to be higher or lower depending on criteria. \u00a0Just watch it. \u00a0It\u2019s free on YouTube.<\/span><\/p>\n

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