The band Type 0 Negative wrote a modern soundtrack for this film and it was re-released as a TV-Movie in 1998. The modern soundtrack fits the movie very well and adds to the suspense built throughout the film. Students who are into film history, however, may find this modern soundtrack too modern for the silent film visual.
This is the original Dracula story. In fact, sources are noted at IMDB, Bram Stoker’s widow called them on it and all prints and negatives were to be destroyed. Copies were eventually found in other countries, which allows us to continue watching this classic film.
Max Schreck plays Nosferatu. Quite a fitting name for a horror film star. This film was deemed to include excessive horror to the point that it was actually banned in Sweden until the 1970s. Of course compared to today’s horror films, Nosferatu is just another monster story. This was the first to suggest that vampires couldn’t survive in the sunlight. It played on the stories of the spread of the plague and similar illnesses to create suspense through a graspable concept, leading to a stronger feeling of horror without the gore of modern horror films.