Shadow of the Vampire is a film about the making of a German all time classic silent horror-movie from 1922 called Nosferatu-Eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu-a Symphony of Horror). The production of Nosferatu had to deal with a lot of strange things (some crew members disappeared, some died). This movie focuses on the difficult relationship between Murnau, the director, and Schreck, the lead actor.... (Full plot summary below)
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Shadow of the Vampire is a film about the making of a German all time classic silent horror-movie from 1922 called Nosferatu-Eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu-a Symphony of Horror). The production of Nosferatu had to deal with a lot of strange things (some crew members disappeared, some died). This movie focuses on the difficult relationship between Murnau, the director, and Schreck, the lead actor.
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| San Diego MetropolitanJean LowerisonThere's enough fun in this to make it worth seeing, and Dafoe's performance is a must-see. |
| Movie MomNell MinowIt makes some good points, but ultimately just stops rather than ends. |
| Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachPaints a vivid and darkly humorous picture of a world where directors are all-powerful and vampires are real; whether you want to buy into either fantasy is up to you. I did, and had a grand old time. |
| Toronto StarPeter HowellDafoe brings a terrifying realism to a character long steeped in mystery. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonUltimately, Shadow of the Vampire is more a gift for film buffs than casual moviegoers. |
| MoviolaJorge Avila AndradeEn pocas palabras, una película que ningún fanático del género debe perderse |
| UK CriticIan Waldron-MantganiShadow of the Vampire might only play a few notes, but they're solid notes, expertly played. |
| New York Magazine/VulturePeter RainerIt's a marvelous, resonant joke that never quite succeeds: Stretches of the film resemble a Dario Argento horrorfest crossed with a Mel Brooks spoof. But the director, E. Elias Merhige, and his screenwriter, Steven Katz, occasionally bring some rapture to the creepiness, and Dafoe's vampire, with his graceful, ritualistic death lunges, is a sinewy, skull-and-crossbones horror who seems to come less out of the German Expressionist tradition than from Kabuki. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittShadow has an ending as perfect and complete as a stake through the heart. |
| Cincinnati EnquirerMargaret A. McGurkHorror is as old as movie pictures, but this film shows it still holds dark depths to explore. |
