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Nosferatu: the Film That Wouldn’t Die, a History of the Vampire Film From Its Birth to the Present Day

Tim Kane asked: There is no doubt that Freidrich Willhelm Murnau’s Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie des Grauens (Symphony of Horror) is a piece of landmark cinema, both for its Expressionist filmmaking and its unique treatment of the vampire as plague. Yet few people saw this monumental film prior to 1960. Though slated for destruction by Bram… Read More »