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.
Historical tale of the Regency during the early 18th century, before Louis XIV's son comes of age. The Regent, Philippe D'Orleans, is well-intentioned, but nonetheless several small noblemen in Brittany decide to revolt against the economic misery of the times. The Regent's right hand, a cynical priest, uses this local uprising as a pretext to enlist the aid of Britain against Spain.
