"N" is the letter for the
A-Z Challenge today. I'm back in the classic monster mode and almost posted about some classics like Nymphs and the
Night Monster. Instead, I decided to stick with one sick (not sexy) monster, Nosferatu. He's definitely a classic and *shivers* gives me the heebie jeebies.
Released in 1922, this black and white horror film was an "unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula." Because the film makers couldn't purchase rights to the original classic, they made some changes to the script like switching the words "vampire" to "nosferatu," which means vampire in old Romanian. Long story short, Stoker's heirs sued and all copies of the film were deleted. All except one survived and has since immortalized it's way through the last century as an iconic masterpiece. Read more about the film
here.
I've never watched this film in it's entirety, only bits and pieces. I think what made this film a classic was the suspense and the utter horror of the inevitable blood sucking. I know we've seen enough of vamp films over the years, but I swear I can still watch parts of this and it gives me the creeps. That's kind of cool for being a 90+ old film.
