This is a remake of F.W. Murnau's classic 1922 silent horror-fest Nosferatu and stars Klaus Kinski. A great deal of homage is paid to the original including the makeup style used by Murnau's leading man Max Schreck. Essentially this is a retelling of Bram Stoker's Dracula that misses the mark on a number of levels. Kinski fails to deliver the menace and madness that he managed so well in "Aquirre, the wrath of God", and Herzog fails to imbue the atmosphere with anything resembling tension or foreboding.
I can't fathom why Herzog embarked on this film. It does his other work a great disservice. Stick with the Murnau original.
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