I was quite happy to find the movie in its whole on youtube when I googled it. I had the impression that it was going to be cut up into parts, and I was dreading the need to click through 10~15 minute videos to finish the entire 90. Although I had not expected a silent movie, I was not entirely surprised.
I’m sure we’re all used to the HD quality, surround sound system movies that we have to pay $20 to watch. And I’m no different. But previous I’ve watched Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Train Robber, where I got the impression that Nosferatu was going to be as comedic as Chaplin. I was diappointed to find very little comedy in a vampire horror movie.
Despite that, I wasn’t scared while watching the movie. I actually enjoyed it to some extent. I enjoyed the exaggerated facial expressions and the dramatic acting. Although it wasn’t as comedic as Charlie Chaplin, I did find some parts humorous. Like when the dude (I found it very hard to follow with character names) swung off the flag pole.
I think the main reason I enjoyed watching Nosferatu was because it reminded me of the Addams Family. I really loved watching the show when I was little, along with the morning Saturday cartoons. Especially around this time of the year, because it’s Halloween. It’s also a black and white show, but it incorporated humor and a good level of creepy, and of course had sound.
Nosferatu also reminded me of The Addams Family since I also used to watch the show and I absolutely love the movie. The Addams Family held a level of scary but incorporated comedy as it’s main message. I also thought that Nosferatu would be comedic and at some parts I laughed because I know how “fake” a scene was, but it’s intention was to completely scare the viewer. Unfortunately I have not seen anything with Charlie Chaplin, but I can understand how you related the two and expected something of similar quality to be the same genre. The old time movies from years ago definitely helped start the trend of bringing together different tones, such as horror and comedy, into one movie in order to make the reader experience different emotions.