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Nosferatu

Advantages: Creepy silence
Disadvantages: None, unless you dislike silent movies

Nosferatu was and still is one of the creepiest horrors of all time. The silence throughout the film adds to the atmosphere in a very unsettling way. Nosferatu was originally meant to be based on Bram Stokers Dracula but was denied the rights making the director change the title and vampires name to Count Orlok. It was banned in Sweden because of its graphic nature at the time but the ban was lifted in 1972. Even though it is dated and considered ...

nautilis 28.05.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Nosferatu (DVD)

Nosferatu

Advantages: The first vampire movie
Disadvantages: not so special second disc

...disc one remastered print of Nosferatu has very sharp nice image quality considering this movie is over 70 years old. This movie has been colour tinted a reddish colour. Audio is in 5.1 surround, it appropriately fits in well with what's going on and is never overbearing. Also on the disc are two featurettes, one entitled NOSFRATOUR which consist of a tour of some of the original shooting locations. The other consists of conceptual and promotional ...
...full of interesting information, but I did feel at times the person speaking dug too deeply into things. Disc two contains nothing but an older un-re-mastered dirty scratchy version of the same movie with half the scenes missing. Not really worth an extra disk but the re-mastered tinted version is nice. ...

foxtailuk 03.09.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Nosferatu (Special Edition) (DVD)

NOSFERIFFIC! - a must see horror!

Advantages: Chilling horror movie, good lighting effects/
Disadvantages: slow to start with, some unfitting soundtrack

...classic novel by Bram Stoker, Nosferatu is a must see horror flick. Very unknown and underrated this film was made in 1922 starring famous German actor Max Schreck as the repugnant Nosferatu. The DVD itself is beautifully restored to crisp quality and the soundtrack is done much the same justice. The lack of extra features is understandable as they probably didnt think about this in 1922! I wouldnt say the film was deathly scary, but on the other ...
...- the famous scene where Nosferatu (Max) climbs the stairs to his victims chamber. Using a silent wind up camera, the shot is taken within an eerie dark circle, lit only by the few candles in the castle. Written around the same period as Castle of Otranto, Nosferatu was at the very forefront of Gothic Horror and set the standards for films of this kind to this very day. I reccommend this to anyone who has a liking in horror, finds silent horror flicks ...

theskysthelimit 05.01.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Nosferatu (DVD)

Dracula at its very best

Advantages: The original and the best
Disadvantages: Not for those who dislike silent movies

...over 80 years later. Nosferatu was remade in 1979 and starred Klaus Kinski, although this was also a good film, nothing compares to the suspense and the wonderful soundtrack of the original. This DVD is a 2 disc Special Edition which includes artwork, postcards, original sketches, theatrical posters, documentaries and commentaries, as well as the digitally remastered black and white masterpiece Watch both of the Nosferatu films and judge for yourselves ...

mistresslenore 07.01.2006 · Read full review
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Death Note Movie Version (DVD)

Advantages: totally worth to collect
Disadvantages: if you not a DN fan or movie freak, then you will not really interested in it

Death Note (デスノート, Desu NÅto?) is a series of two live-action Japanese films released in 2006 and based on the Death Note manga and anime series by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The films primarily center on a university student who decides to rid the world of evil with the help of a supernatural notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it. The two films were directed by ShÅ«suke Kaneko, produced by Nippon Television, and distributed ...
...as the "Death Note". The Death Note's instructions claim that if a person's name is written within it while picturing that person's face, that person shall die. Light is initially skeptical of the notebook's authenticity, but after experimenting with it, he realizes that the Death Note is real. Soon he is visited by the Note's original owner, a shinigami named Ryuk. After that meeting, Light seeks to become "the God of the New World" by passing his ...

QieRa 30.12.2009 · Read full review
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