100 years ago, one of the first Horror films in history was released.



How are you gonna celebrate?

First time I saw it was in German class in 9th or 10th grade.

I've never seen it. The stills I've seen are really creepy.

Oooh, do so. No better time than its 100th Anniversary!

It's available streaming for free in many places: hoopla, kanopy, The Roku Channel (ads), tubi (ads), redbox (ads), AMC+ (ads).

I saw it in a big cinema with live orchestra playing at a film festival 8-9 years ago, and boy it was cool to see that way, except for the hipsters in the audience who kept laughing at bits that weren't actually funny, always kind of spoils it when an audience thinks they're too cool for an older movie. I still think the vampire scenes are some of the freakiest ever filmed, and boy, so influential.

I watched one of my copies last night. A few years ago they played this with a live orchestra at the Walt Disney Hall in DTLA but tickets were $100 and I couldn't justify the cost.

This is one that can never be improved upon since half of the creepy factor is the technology of the time.

Maybe not improved upon, but at least equaled, because Herzog/Kinski's was a masterpiece.

I'm not sure if I've seen this or not. Was there a scene where:

or was that Vampyr?

Yeah, I was struggling to find the right wording. There can be equals, and probably even better versions of the story but the 1922 version is just so creepy, in large part because it was made 100 years ago - and looks like it.

Going to watch Dracula: Dead and Loving It

I'm interested to see what Eggers does with the material.

Vampyr

Me neither. Should give it a watch though since I find the 1931 version to be overrated.

Cinemassacre did a nice video on Nosferatu's 100th anniversary.

For me it's still the best film version of Dracula.

It's on youtube in decent quality, too.


The movie is in the public domain, so I'll post it here.