- Also Known As:
- Unknown
- Year:
- 1931
- Country:
- Predominant Genre:
- Horror
- Directors:
- Outstanding Performances:
- Premiss:
- An ancient vampire preys upon the virtuous.
- Themes:
- Alienation
- Atheism
- Christianity
- Coming-of-age
- Courage
- Destiny
- Emotional repression
- Empathy
- Grieving
- Guilt
- Humanity
- Identity
- Loneliness
- Nostalgia
- Original Sin
- Personal change
- Redemption
Self-expression - Solipsism
- White culture
- White supremacy
- Similar (in Plot, Theme or Style) to:
- Dracula
- Review Format:
- DVD
Classy Stuff
Wonderful old-time horror movie proving Bela LUGOSI was the best nosferatu of all.
Highly stylized and somewhat stilted, this eloquently creates the necessary gothic atmosphere: The only way to tell a story so replete with implicit sexual yearning and danger. Understanding how closely related are fear and sexual desire, makes it easy to see how LUGOSI seduces so many young women with his eyes and gentlemanly manners.
Helen CHANDLER is excellent as the ingenue who realizes she is turning intro a vampire yet who, out of love for her fiancé, warns him to stop loving her. Her inner conflict of a woman unable to focus her sexuality against the polygynous attractions of the undead is well expressed.
Dwight FRYE is also superb as an everyday estate agent who then goes mad - in the kind of way Peter Lorre would rightly envy - after being bitten by the eponymous lead character.
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