Nosferatu (1922) w/ Radiohead

Silents Synced pairs classic silent movies with epic rock music. The film will feature Radiohead’s “KID A (2000) / Amnesiac (2001),” paired with F. W. Murnau’s NOSFERATU (1923).

NOSFERATU X RADIOHEAD is directed and remixed by Josh Frank.

Unleashed upon the world in 1922, German filmmaker F.W. Murnau’s NOSFERATU is most certainly the most important horror film of the silent era, and one of the first vampire movies. The fact that it exists at all is something of a miracle, as it was almost completely lost when Bram Stoker’s widow sued the filmmakers for copyright infringement, and most of the prints of the movie were subsequently destroyed.

NOSFERATU tells the story of Hutter and Ellen, a couple from the village of Wisborg. Hutter travels to Transylvania to sell a piece of property in Wisborg to Count Orlok. Hutter stays in Orlok’s castle only to learn that the Count is a vampire. Orlok purchases a house next to Hutter’s, locks Hutter in the castle and travels to Wisborg. On the way, he manages to possess Hutter’s employer and Ellen and strike the village with an outbreak of the plague. Hutter rushes home to stop him before it’s too late.

CAST: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schroeder, G.H. Schnell

DIRECTOR: F.W. Murnau

RUN TIME: 94 min