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  • Dr. Phibes
    Member
    • Feb 2, 2008
    • 83

    Shadow of the Vampire

    Mentioned in Creature remake thread are references to Dracula movies and various remakes...you all might want to check out a Willem Dafoe movie called Shadow of the Vampire. This is a really goog and dark humored movie about shooting the first vampire movie...well worth a watch and I think if you like it can be had for 5-10bucks.
  • Bo8a_Fett
    Pat Troughton in disguise
    • Nov 21, 2007
    • 3738

    #2
    That is one great movie...loved DeFoe in it...superb
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    • toys2cool
      Ultimate Mego Warrior
      • Nov 27, 2006
      • 28605

      #3
      Yeah it's a good movie
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      • monkey tennis
        "Kiss my face."
        • Jun 8, 2007
        • 2267

        #4
        I'll have to check it out...Willem Dafoe is always good
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        • Type3Toys
          Home Of The Type3 Body
          • Jan 18, 2005
          • 619

          #5
          Very creepy movie to say the least. One of the coolest takes on the vampire theme, IMO.
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          • Seeker
            Neptunians RULE!
            • Feb 20, 2008
            • 1954

            #6
            It is a great movie. I recommend watching the original Nosferatu first. This is the film that Shadow is about making. If you know the actual history like the director really was a bit nuts or that Max Shrek was a pretty mysterious guy really add to the "huh I wonder if that really happened" story.
            Lo there do I see my Father.
            Lo there do I see my Mother and my Sisters and my Brothers.
            Lo there do I see the line of my people back to the begining.
            Lo they do call me.
            They bid me take my place among them.
            In the halls of Valhalla where the brave may live forever.

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            • Bo8a_Fett
              Pat Troughton in disguise
              • Nov 21, 2007
              • 3738

              #7
              Originally posted by Seeker
              It is a great movie. I recommend watching the original Nosferatu first. This is the film that Shadow is about making. If you know the actual history like the director really was a bit nuts or that Max Shrek was a pretty mysterious guy really add to the "huh I wonder if that really happened" story.
              Good point Seeker....and Nosferatu is a great film too....watch the original not the remake (although that's still good).
              ENGLISH AND DAMN PROUD OF IT British by birth....English by the grace of God. Yes Jamie...it is big isn't it....

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              • toys2cool
                Ultimate Mego Warrior
                • Nov 27, 2006
                • 28605

                #8
                what the original with no sound?
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                • Gorn Captain
                  Invincible Ironing Man
                  • Feb 28, 2008
                  • 10549

                  #9
                  Shadow is a great movie, with a good sense of humour about it.
                  Almost feels like a "making of".
                  The actor of Nosferatu (Shreck) sure seemed to be one sick puppy...
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                  "When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party."

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                  • Werewolf
                    Inhuman
                    • Jul 14, 2003
                    • 14616

                    #10
                    Shadow of the Vampire was a really cool movie. Even though the actual filming of Nosferatu was brief and uneventful and the real Max Schreck was not really all that mysterious either. He was a fairly well known character actor in Germany.
                    Last edited by Werewolf; May 27, '08, 3:24 PM.
                    You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...

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                    • chalwa
                      Mego Philomath
                      • Jun 8, 2007
                      • 592

                      #11
                      Originally posted by toys2cool
                      what the original with no sound?
                      My copy has a soundtrack by Type O Negative and it friggin' rocks the house!
                      I can't watch it without that soundtrack now!

                      Type O Negative - Nosferatu (2006, DVD)

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                      • Seeker
                        Neptunians RULE!
                        • Feb 20, 2008
                        • 1954

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Werewolf
                        Shadow of the Vampire was a really cool movie. Even though the actual filming of Nosferatu was brief and uneventful and the real Max Schreck was not really all that mysterious either. He was a fairly well known character actor in Germany.

                        Max was an odd loner with an offbeat sense of humor. He enjoyed playing grotesque roles. Which is good I suppose if your name in your native tongue means to cause terror.

                        His favorite pastime was to spend long hours walking around the forest near his home at night.

                        There was some confusion as to his actual date of birth and death.

                        If fact dispite his many film credits and war record so little of his personal life was known or had conflicting facts that many folks at the time thought he was acting under a pseudonym.


                        Soooo Was he just an odd duck with wierd habits, the victim of bad record keeping OR an undead creature of the night, bit by the acting bug, faking his actual identity ??? Da da daaaaaaaaaaa.
                        Last edited by Seeker; May 27, '08, 7:37 PM.
                        Lo there do I see my Father.
                        Lo there do I see my Mother and my Sisters and my Brothers.
                        Lo there do I see the line of my people back to the begining.
                        Lo they do call me.
                        They bid me take my place among them.
                        In the halls of Valhalla where the brave may live forever.

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                        • Goblin19
                          Talkative Member
                          • May 2, 2002
                          • 6108

                          #13
                          Shadow was a good movie, with 2 great performances, but I remember it petering out a little toward the end. It was still a good movie, though.

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