Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Tobias Burrows It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Nigel P The star of the show here is the location. Venice lends itself beautifully to the mythos of Nosferatu. The slow build of characters and their motivations are made compelling because of the flaking, ornate, weather-ruined magnificence around them. Chill sunlight shining through red curtains onto gleaming marble floors; the vampire chasing a hapless victim through crumbling streets; elegant silhouettes of Nosferatu on the water; beautiful dawn shots of Venice in all its haunting, craggy glory – all these things (and more) ensure this is a visual tour-de-force.This was a troubled production, with central actor and powerhouse Klaus Kinski allegedly causing many of the crew to resign due to his behaviour; Kinski also declined to repeat the make-up process used in the original Nosferatu; not many actors could pull of a shock of white hair, but Kinski not only pulls off the look, but appears engagingly menacing too. His vampire is not only a seducer, but a sexually charged one – and again, not many 62 year old men who could get away with that. When viewed in semi-darkness, with his darkened eyes and mouth, he exudes a truly unnerving skull-like appearance. Kinski was, for all his wayward behaviour, a tremendous actor.Christopher Plummer stars as an ineffective Van Helsing type (Professor Paris Catalano), despite a terrific performance. When he and Nosferatu meet, the vampire barely even acknowledges him or his prayers. Donald Pleasance is wonderful too, as the cowardly Don Alvise, despite being given very little to do.The production is not fluid. Some scenes drag on too long and some are abruptly cut and don't always appear to flow smoothly. The slower scenes are a lot more successful than when the story needs to take hold in a fast-past manner, and we are left wondering what happened at the end to key characters. At the close, Nosferatu has assumed the role of the tragic succubus. The last view we have of him disappearing into the mist, cradling the naked corpse of his would-be benefactor, is not the swansong of a monster, more of a haunted lost soul. This shift in character from the alien, lizard-like creature from the original is a shift in tone certainly, but an interesting and successful one.

mangawitch I've seen this film quite a few times and I don't think I've ever seen a sexier portrayal of a vampire in all my days! Brilliant film for the die hard vamp fan.The performance of Klaus kinski is evil, dark, oppressive and downright fantastic. OK, so it's a film that you'll watch alone and you'll be female but c'mon - it doesn't mater about the script - the background, the scenery, the images are more than enough to satisfy the vampire hunter in you! Should you watch this film I recommend you do it alone, with a glass of wine (red of course) and some good cheese and crackers. One of the ultimate vampire films of all time!

cannee This has it all. Klaus Kinski playing Nosferatu. A perfect match of this tortured magnetic egotistical actor who had imaginings of being something far greater: he toured for a time proclaiming himself as Jesus; albeit a rather more angry and vituperate Jesus. Kinski had played the role before in A Herzog film. So the experience alone should assure success. This Nosferatu is more glamorous and set in a decayed cosmopolitan Venice. For the audience a clue that things were going to go seriously wrong as they sat in the cinema was the appearance of more than one director. This always heralds serious problems in production. It starts promisingly a Gypsy camp summons up Nosferatu as their benefactor. Then he is off to Venice to avenge the royal family that have tried to destroy him. Here the narrative starts going awry and long periods of soft focus camera panning accompanied by string quartets show th holes left in the scripts due to arguments. The film tries to find its focus again by giving Nosferatu a love interest in the shapely black actress Maria. But its too late and too little point. Assuming that the intention is to see Nosferatus demise, the audience would already be asleep to see the interesting climax, which I am not going to reveal. You have to track it down and stay awake to the end

dimadick At long last a movie who focuses in the vampire itself.My fascination about the genre seem to have the desire to live,you could call it survival instict,but also the wish to die.That's about what every human being has,or else our lifes would be much different,but the vampires have to face both desires getting stronger through the centuries.This movie is has more drama and plot than many other movies.The leading star is much better than Christopher Lee and Bella Lugosi.If you want to see a vampire film which is not laughable this is it.