Overview
Director F.W. Murnau makes a Faustian pact with a vampire to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."
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Auto-generatedShadow of the Vampire (2000), directed by E. Elias Merhige, is a darkly inventive drama-horror set on a film shoot. Its conceit imagines director F.W. Murnau striking a Faustian bargain with a real vampire cast in his 1922 silent classic Nosferatu, blurring the line between obsessive filmmaking and genuine monstrousness. Eerie and wickedly witty, it explores artistic ambition, the predatory cost of creation, and the mythology of early cinema. The mood is gothic and self-reflexive, equal parts unsettling and sly. Recommended for fans of cerebral horror and movies about moviemaking. It holds a MagicMovieScore of 6.7.
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Top Cast
John Malkovich
F. W. Murnau
Willem Dafoe
Max Schreck
Udo Kier
Albin Grau
Cary Elwes
Fritz Arno Wagner
Catherine McCormack
Greta Schröder
Eddie Izzard
Gustav von Wangenhein
Aden Gillett
Henrik Galeen
Nicholas Elliott
Paul
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Movie Info
Release Date
August 30, 2000
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
R
Genres
Drama, Horror
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