Book lifts (coffin) lid on star of eerie first Dracula film


	Book lifts (coffin) lid on star of eerie first Dracula film

CarnivalBorn

5-10-2008 5:09 PM

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5-10-2008 5:10 PM

CarnivalBorn

Schreck died of heart failure aged 56, and was buried in an unmarked grave near Berlin, where he was born in 1879.

5-10-2008 6:47 PM

alanocu

I've never seen this actor play "Dracula". Have you seen it? Does he take 'creepy' to a whole new level?

5-10-2008 7:11 PM

carrerinyes

:SHOCH
Ich bin eine Berliner

5-10-2008 7:32 PM

jklugman

"Eerie" is an apt description of Nosferatu. It's a film that you can't forget. I highly recommend it.

5-10-2008 11:33 PM

tanyamm

I've got a 1979 version which is pretty eerie. Id like to see the original.

5-11-2008 2:36 AM

Deepti

Wasn't the movie shadow of a vampire kinda loosely based on this guy?

5-11-2008 2:43 PM

CarnivalBorn

I have a copy of Nosferatu set to a soundtrack by Type O Negative. It's fantastic!! The original is definitely creepy. Highly recommended to anyone able to see the film. Shadow of a Vampire was indeed based on Max Schreck. I didn't get the chance to see it.

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