The Story of the Gothic Classic: Nosferatu
Everyone has heard the name Dracula, most famously associated with Béla Lugosi, who portrayed the vampire in the 1931 movie adaptation Dracula. But what about the unofficial version of Bram Stoker’s creation, Nosferatu? Nosferatu caused quite a disturbance when it first came out in 1922. The silent film by F. W. Murnau took Dracula to another level of horror, renaming the monster Nosferatu. So, is Nosferatu Dracula, or are the two creatures of the night separate stories of cinema?