The Seeker (2007)

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: PG

Release Date: Oct 5, 2007

Running Time: 99 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Emma Lockhart, Ian McShane, Gregory Smith, Austin Vaccaro, Frances Conroy, Alexander Ludwig, Christopher Eccleston, Amelia Warner, Gary Entin

director: David L Cunningham

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

The story of Will Stanton, a young man who learns he is the last of a group of warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the Dark. Traveling back and forth through time, Will discovers a series of clues which lead him into a showdown with forces of unimaginable power. With the dark rising, the future of the world rests in Will’s hands.

With the exception of an always stellar Ian McShane, everything in The Seeker reeks of a B-movie Harry Potteras in "budget" version and second-rate.

Story

Having recently moved to England from America with his large family, young Will Stanton (Alexander Ludwig) is finding it difficult to adapt. But it isn't so much the culture shock or calling his mom "mum" that's giving him troubleit's the fact that he is a warrior and doesn't yet know it. He is tipped off to the weirdness after witnessing two…