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Release Date
• USA: Dec 29, 2000
• UK: 2 Feb 2001
DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 1, 2001
• R2: 11 Jun 2001
Budget $8,000,000
Official Website:
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MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 32 minutes
Country UK, USA, Luxembourg
Studio BBC, Delux Productions, Longshot Productions, Saturn Films
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Other Titles
• Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
• Burned to Light (1999)
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Comedy, Vampires, Black Comedy, Monsters, Satire, True Story, Showbiz, Campy, Drugs
Plot: F. W. Murnau (John Malkovich) is struggling to create his silent classic NOSFERATU on location in Eastern Europe. The director is obsessed with making this the most authentic vampire movie ever. To that end, Murnau has employed a real vampire, Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe), explaining to the crew that he is the ultimate of that new breed, the "method actor" -- trained by Stanislavsky himself. Schreck will appear only in character and only at night. If Schreck delivers a great performance -- and keeps his more unseemly urges under control -- Murnau has promised him the delectable neck of the film's star, Greta (Catherine McCormack).It soon becomes obvious that Schreck is unwilling or unable to control his bloodlust. During the very first night shoot, cinematographer Wolfgang Muller (Ronan Vibert) mysteriously takes ill and collapses. Murnau takes him to a hospital in Berlin and looks for a replacement. During the break, producer Albin Grau (Udo Kier) and scriptwriter Henrick Galeen (John Gillet) are sharing some schnapps when the strange Schreck joins them, answering their questions "in character." He tells them about his wife who died in childbirth but still returned to him at nights, and made him what he is now. As the director returns with a new
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Shadow of the Vampire successfully captures the heavy contrast between light and dark, the jagged contrasts between colors, and the general uneasy ambiance that is part and partial of German Expressionism. It is moody, it is atmospheric, and it will makeyour heart race without actually doing anything.--Cortney Fusco (Diabolical-Dominion.com)
This is one nice looking film with moody production design and a muted yet extremely interesting premise. ... For fans of horror films who respect the classics and want to see something much more different than usual; for non-horror fans just for the engrossing story and acting.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
What Shadow of the Vampire is, in fact, is the insightful and darkly humorous execution of a fascinating and original concept. It features humor surprising for such an ostesibly dark film.  --Jack Witzig (ColdSpot)
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John Malkovich
Being John Malkovich, Con Air, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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Blade, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Dogville |
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| "Shadow" is not a film for every horror fan. It`s truly a thinking man`s horror picture. There isn`t a high body count, very little action and the humor is understated. But it`s a marvelous little fear flick and its ending offers up one of the most horrifying on screen since the original "Blair Witch" scared the wits out of some of us in 1999. -- (eSplatter.com)
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