There is so much to praise. Kinski and Ganz were terrific. Herzog's direction and the camera work was perfect. Fitted the themes which only made it more haunting and at times it left this chilling feeling down my spine. A very worthy entree in the Dracula based films.

The atmosphere is good, it's a feast for the eyes and every scene with Kinsky is fantastic, but there's not enough of him and the parts without him drag on for too long and feel empty and dull. Still a good watch, particularly towards the end.

Overall Enjoyment: 35/40, Plot/Themes: 15/20, Cinematography/Direction: 20/20, Acting/Writing: 20/20 ome of the best visuals and mis en scene I've ever seen. Great story and pacing. All around excellent movie.

Too slow and terribly overacted this film doesn't stand a chance against original Murnau's silent masterpiece of horror. It shows that Herzog has an eye for nature, but those long shots of cloudy mountains with eerie soundtrack would fit film like "Baraka" better. Kinski's Nosferatu looks were pathetic enough to make me eager to donate him some blood out of pity. Bad remake.

I'm torn between thinking this is irrelevant in some ways & glorying in its perfect revisioning.

Natural lighting? Awesome. It may not be cool to say, but this is an improvement on the original. Not only is it more accessible than the silent film, but it's just better all around. The suspenseful scenes are tenser, the exposition scenes make much more sense, I mean, it's all just better. There's all the little touches that only Herzog can pull off, like the rats in the coffins and the child playing violin. Oh, and Kinski is amazing. Well worth the watch.

Kinski as usual is fantastic, as well as Ganz. The atmosphere was really frightening. It was a little slow and needed more Kinski but I was happy with what I got which was another great Herzog/Kinski movie.

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84.375

Best of the "Dracula" movies. Blows away the boring silent Nosferatu.

Love the shot of the shitting pig. But seriously folks. On a whole the film was great, despite some issues with lighting, though I guess it gives the film more of an expressionist feel. I love Tom Waits and all, but this was also the best Renfield of all the Dracula movies.

Mesmerizing color remake of Murnau's classic. This vampire is no sexy count but a loathsome, disease-spreading creature; the film is fascinating as it evokes the wretched details of the pestilence, and quite haunting.

What an experience, watching two of the finest german-speaking actors under the the guidance of one of the best german directors. Kinski is of course as great as ever as the frightening count Dracul but Bruno Ganz doesn't miss out to be a great counterpart. And Herzog and his cameraman just did some awesome work delivering an exciting impression of the harsh, transylvanian environment. Surely a masterpiece of german filmmaking. 25/07/09

Quite well done . . . and certainly Kinski is creepy enough even without the makeup to do the Nosferatu thing. But there's a kind of hollowness to this otherwise good looking and well played movie; rather than leaving you chilled, it leaves you wondering why you bothered. And why Herzog bothered -- on principle, the original NOSFERATU still plays terrifically well, and is clearly not a movie that needed to be remade. Not anywhere near being Herzog's (or Kinski's) finest moment.

Herzog's remake of Nosferatu stands strong with the original. This is a film that should not be missed.

For the first two-thirds it's the standard Dracula tale told with Herzog's wonderfully eerie lens. Although it feels tame for him. But the final act is all his own and elevates the film above other adaptations.

Werner Herzog directs this tribute to the original "Nosferatu," which turns out just as good as the original, if not better. Kinski realizes he can't match the sheer horror of Max Schreck's portrayal of the legendary vampire, so he goes for a completely different approach. Kinski gives us a pathetic, ugly, creepy Dracula that we can actually feel sorry for. He let's us see his torment without overdoing it. It's a very subtle performance that brings a new dimension to the age-old vampire.

The visuals in particular make it obvious that Nosferatu '79 is the work of a master. It's basically a two-part story - first a Transylvania storyline, then one from Wismar - and each of these two parts is excellent but they have little in common. Part one is a character-based vampire tale, part two is an apocalyptic depiction of the plague with Nosferatu reduced to a vague presence. They share a feeling of helplessness but little else, and as such Nosferatu seems schizophrenic to me.

Spooky, funny, reverent. Kinski is magnificent as the good Count, and Adjani's classic beauty is utilized to the hilt.

Hands down the best vampire movie I've ever seen. Stunningly filmed and Kinski's Dracula is creepily magnificent.