2022 marks the centenary of one of the most influential horror films of all time in F.W. Murnau’s unauthorised Dracula adaptation Nosferatu, and audiences will soon be able to experience the terror of Max Schreck’s hideous Count Orlok on the big screen with Eureka Entertainment announcing a 100th anniversary re-release of the film at cinemas in the UK and Ireland throughout the year.
Sink your teeth into the new trailer for Nosferatu’s centenary re-release here…
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The turning point in the career of legendary director F.W. Murnau (SUNRISE, THE LAST LAUGH), the screen’s first, albeit unauthorised adaptation of Bram Stoker’s DRACULA (which itself celebrates its 125th Anniversary this year) features Max Schreck’s unforgettable performance as the vampire Count Orlok, the most chilling portrayal of cadaverous evil in film history. Although a court order to destroy the film was successfully brought by Stoker’s widow, some copies escaped, and subsequently gave the 20th century some of its defining images of supernatural terror and dread. A decades-long search for the best surviving material and a re-recording of the original score by Hans Erdmann now allows us to see the film exactly as it premiered 100 years ago.
For details on screenings, visit the official website www.nosferatu100.co.uk.
