Shadow of the Vampire

Broader and wilder than Gods And Monsters, this in-reference fest for frightfilm fans has enough chuckles and shudders even for those who’ve never heard of Nosferatu.

Shadow of the Vampire, a wicked new movie about the making of Nosferatu, has an explanation for Schreck's performance: He really was a vampire.

Dafoe and Malkovich pull out the choke and drive headlong at each other, trailing black comic smoke in their wake.

Classic horror buffs will delight in Steven Katz's knowing screenplay, which Merhige brings to the screen with equal parts solemnity and mordant humor...

...a feast of fangs bared acting by two exemplars of the form, John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe.