Nosferatu

__**  Welcome to the cinema!
 * __ Nosferatu

It is about now, as you walk through the heavymetal door as you should ideally feel a sense of regret as you start to wonder whether you should turn back and go elsewhere...but stay! I assure you it'll be worth it at the end.

As you start wiggling around, preparing to relax in the cinema's awfully comfortable armchairs you gob a handful of popcorn and slurp a glug of coca-cola. The version of Nosferatu that you're about to enjoy - or, shall I say, dread was originally a silent film made in 1922. The recent version includes far better graphics and sound quality making viewers jump unexpectantly (hence the potential danger of bringing a full tub of popcorn into the cinema!) [|Nosferatu: A symphony of horror]) was made by F.W Murnau and stars Max Schreck (whomedia type="youtube" key="lLyEf6M0xGI&hl=en&fs=1" height="344" width="425" playing the leading role – Count Orlok). The German Expressionist film was shot last year and has only just been released. We are all familiar with the all time classic “Dracula” and one could argue that Nosferatu is a copy. Nosferatu was nevertheless published due tocharacter’s names and smaller insignificances being edited.  The latest remake (released last year under the title of ‘Nosferatu: The Ultimate Edition’) has far higher definition and includes two discs –the German film complete with English intertitles, and the other being an hour long documentary on how the film was made & the filmmaker’s input.  Hold on to your seats as I give you a brief overlook of the plot of the chilling plot!  Thomas Hutter is an employee at an estate firm in Wisborg, Germany and is happily living with his wife. One day, his employer, Knock, receives a mysterious letter written in strange symbols. Knock decides to send Hutter to visit Count Orlok in the Carpathian Mountains to finalize the sale of a house. Once Hutter has nearly reached his destination, he boards at an inn where locals become frightened at the mere mention of Orlok's name, and attempt to discourage him from visiting his castle. Hutter is left to finish his journey on foot after his driver refuses to cross the bridge to the castle. After being picked up by Count Orlok’s coach, he is welcomed by grotesque-faced Orlok whose features are hidden by a hat. At midnight a bell rings, as Hutter cuts his thumb. Count Orlok tries to suck the wound but is repelled by a cross hung on Hutter’s neck. After waking having discovered fresh wounds thought to have been caused by mosquitoes, Hutter reads ‘the book of the vampires’ and senses that Orlok is Nosferatu. At midnight Orlok enters Hutter’s closed room. Hutter’s wife is found sleepwalking and in a comatose state which distracts Orlok from harming Hutter. As coffins are shipped down the river a pretrified Hutter attempts to flee the castle via the window, failing miserably as he falls to the ground and is knocked unconscious. Meanwhile Hutter’s employer, Knock has escaped from his confinement cell in a psychiatric ward after being admitted for biting his doctor and eating insects. Hutter warns his town against Count Orlok but is too late as coffins, infested with rats and soil, arrive in Wisborg the following morning. As the ship is inspected the dead captain is found with wounds on his neck. Doctors discover that the town will soon be ridden with the plague the residents start to panic. Despite Hutter's forbidding, his wife reads a book on vampires. She learns how to kill a vampire: a woman pure in heart must make him forget the rooster's first crowing. The town is flooded with corpses and its people chase Knock, mistaking him for a vampire. Orlok stares at the sleeping Ellen. She opens her window to invite him in but faints. As Hutter leaves to get help, Orlok enters and drinks her blood, forgetting about the dawning day. A rooster crows and Orlok goes up in smoke as he tries to escape. The last image of the movie is Orlok's castle in the Carpathian Mountains.