Near Dark (1987)

Max Schreck as Graf Orlok in "Nosferatu" (1922)

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Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror." This 1922 classic of cinema based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (but with names changed) directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Max Schrek in one of films most famous and frightening make-up jobs.

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Rating: R

Release Date: Oct 2, 1987

Running Time: 95 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein, Tim Thomerson, Joshua Miller, Marcie Leeds, Kenny Call, Ed Corbett

director: Kathryn Bigelow

Near Dark

September 27, 2002

Director Kathryn Bigelow's gorgeous and gory 1987 film about a family of vampires who roam the modern West in a van never achieved more than cult status. Adrian Pasdar plays the stranger who gets bitten, and we view the horror through his eyes (check the killer scene in a bar).

Now, in this two-disc set with deleted material and a documentary, Living in Darkness, Bigelow's artful handling of the magic and menace of the night is hauntingly apparent. And, oh, that score by Tangerine Dream.

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