As a Halloween treat we present the 1922 Dracula movie “NOSFERATU”.
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror Nosferatu is a 1922 silent German Exprossionist vampire film directed by FW Marnau from a screenplay by Henrik Galeen. It stars Max Schreck as Count Orlok a vampire who preys on the wife (Grets Schroder) of his estate agent (Gustav von Wagenheiim and brings the plague to their town. Nosferatu was produced by Prana Film and is an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stokers 1887 novel Dracula.
Even with several details altered, Stoker’s widow sued over the adaptation’s copyright violation, and a court ruling ordered all copies of the film to be destroyed. However, several prints of Nosferatu survived, and the film came to be regarded as an influential masterpiece of cinema and the horror genre. Nosferatu set the standard for horror films of the future.
In 1838, in the fictional German town of Wisburg, Thomas Hutter is sent to Transylvania by his employer, the eccentric estate agent Herr Knock, to visit a new client, Count Orlok, who is planning on buying a house across from Hutter’s own residence. While embarking on his journey, Hutter stops at an inn in which the locals are terrified by the mere mention of Orlok’s name. In his room, he finds a book about vampires, which he initially scoffs at but puts in his baggage. After his carriage refuses to take him further than the entrance to the mountain pass, Hutter travels on foot until after sunset, when he is met on the road by a coach and rides to Orlok’s castle in the Carpathian Mountains, where he is welcomed by Orlok himself. And the story of Dracula begins……….
Doors & Bar open 11am. Coffee, Tea, snacks and refreshments available. Tickets $15 and free for kids 13 and under. No need to book get your tickets at the door. Film duration 1 hour 32 minutes.