Rating: R
Length: 92 minutes

Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic)

ENGLISH: DTS 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1

English

This film is based on the making of the 1922 film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror with a twist; what if the man playing the vampire was really a vampire? How far would the director go to make the ultimate film?

The two lead actors; Malkovich as the head-strong "finish-at-any-cost" director and Dafoe as Max "I'm a creepy guy playing a vampire" Schreck. They obviously spent a lot of time researching the original film to accurately recreate the shots. The supporting cast was also very strong. Eddie Izzard was the perfect choice to play the unsuspecting realtor; his ability to do really outrageous facial expressions was spot on (if you haven't seen any of his comedy routines you should; I wonder how much it cost them for him to dress as a guy). Catherine McCormack was also good as the spoiled drug addicted actress; did anyone actually recognize it was her before reading the credits? I didn't.

Too short. It's only 11 minutes longer than the movie it's pretending to film. They could have at least touched upon the scene in the inn with the gypsies and the scene when the main character is picked up by the carriage.

• Audio Commentary with Director Elias Merhige
• Interviews with Director Elias Merhige, Actor Willem Dafoe, Producer Nicolas Cage
• Making-of Featurette
• Production Notes
• Photo Galleries
• Cast and Filmmakers Biographies
• Theatrical Trailers

Fans of the original Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror will like this film; you don't have to be familiar with it but it certainly doesn't hurt. All-in-all, this is simply a fun movie with some very good acting.

E. Elias Merhige   [Suspect Zero]

Willem Dafoe - Max Schreck

[Body of Evidence, Boondock Saints, Mississippi Burning, Once Upon A Time In Mexico, Platoon, Spider-Man, Streets of Fire, xXx: State of the Union]

Nicholas Elliott - Paul

Cary Elwes - Fritz Arno 'Fritzy' Wagner

[Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Bride, Days of Thunder, Glory, Hot Shots!, The Princess Bride, Robin Hood: Men In Tights, Saw, Twister]

Aden Gillett - Henrik Galeen

Norman Golightly - Reporter 2

Milos Hlavac - Innkeeper

Eddie Izzard - Gustav von Wangenheim

[The Avengers, Ocean's Twelve]

Marja-Leena Junker - Innkeeper's Wife

Udo Kier - Albin Grau

[Blade, Bloodrayne, Dracula 3000, End of Days, FeardotCom, Halloween (2007)]

Derek Kueter - Reporter 1

Sophie Langevin - Elke

John Malkovich - Friedrich Wilhelm 'F.W.' Murnau

[Being John Malkovich, Beowulf, Con Air, Empire of the Sun, Eragon, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, Napoléon]

Catherine McCormack - Greta Schröder

[28 Weeks Later, Braveheart, Spy Game]

Myriam Muller - Maria

Ronan Vibert - Wolfgang 'Wolf' Müller

[Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Tale of the Mummy]