Overview
A haunting exploration of immortality and the curse of eternal life.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Slow
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- meditative
- eerie
- melancholic
- late night viewing
- gothic horror marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly regard Herzog's film as a visually stunning, meditative horror classic distinguished by Klaus Kinski's intense and tragic Dracula.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Count Dracula is portrayed as weary, unloved, and condemned to endless life, giving the vampire pathos and loneliness.
Herzog emphasizes off-center compositions, controlled color, dramatic light and dark, plague-ridden streets, castles, and swarming rats.
The film preserves vampire terror while using slow, evocative imagery and a reflective atmosphere around Dracula's curse.
Dracula's arrival in Wismar brings coffins, rats, death, and plague into the town's domestic and civic spaces.
Films like Nosferatu the Vampyre, and why
Nosferatu
gothic vampire horror, expressionistic imagery, and tragic supernatural atmosphere
Bram Stoker's Dracula
literary gothic horror, doomed immortality, and atmospheric visual design
The Witch
meditative supernatural horror, bleak beauty, and outsider melancholy
Let the Right One In
stylized vampire mythology, nocturnal dread, and tragic romantic undertones
Movie Details
- Director
- Werner Herzog
- Release Date
- 1979-01-17
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (1130)
Cast
- Isabelle Adjani
- Bruno Ganz
- Klaus Kinski
- Roland Topor
- Walter Ladengast
- Dan van Husen
- Jan Groth
- Carsten Bodinus
- Martje Grohmann
- Rijk de Gooyer
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Night Flight Plus, Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Nosferatu the Vampyre about?
- Werner Herzog transforms the Dracula legend into a mournful, painterly nightmare about plague, desire, and the unbearable loneliness of immortality.
- What is Nosferatu the Vampyre like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Nosferatu the Vampyre as slow, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Nosferatu the Vampyre violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Nosferatu the Vampyre as moderate.
- What did critics think of Nosferatu the Vampyre?
- Critics broadly regard Herzog's film as a visually stunning, meditative horror classic distinguished by Klaus Kinski's intense and tragic Dracula.
- Which films are like Nosferatu the Vampyre?
- Films with a similar feel include Nosferatu, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Witch, and Let the Right One In.
- How long is Nosferatu the Vampyre?
- Nosferatu the Vampyre runs 107 minutes.
- Where can I watch Nosferatu the Vampyre?
- In United States, Nosferatu the Vampyre streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Night Flight Plus, Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel.
