Nosferatu

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Dracula1931

Bela Lugosi's Count is the other foundational vampire, all velvet menace and hypnotic stare, made almost simultaneously with sound instead of shadows doing the talking.

But Stagey and stiff by today's standards, with long dialogue-heavy stretches that feel more theatre than cinema.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari1920

The German Expressionist film that taught Murnau his tricks — jagged painted sets, warped perspective, a somnambulist doing someone else's bidding. Pure nightmare logic.

But Deliberately artificial visuals and a twisty structure can feel more like a museum piece than a scare.

Bram Stoker's Dracula1992

Coppola throws the novel's full gothic excess at the screen — swooning romance, extravagant costumes, in-camera effects that still look uncanny. Lush where Nosferatu is spare.

But Overripe performances and maximalist style might feel like too much after the original's austerity.

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Cast

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  Max SchreckCount Orlok
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  Gustav von WangenheimHutter
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  Greta SchröderEllen
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  Georg H. SchnellHarding
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  Ruth LandshoffRuth
• 
  Gustav BotzProfessor Sievers
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  Alexander GranachKnock
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  John GottowtProfessor Bulwer
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  Max NemetzA Ship Captain
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  Wolfgang HeinzSailor 1
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  Albert VenohrSailor 2
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  Eric van VieleSailor (uncredited)

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