Posts tagged Dracula
Halloween Horror: Spectres of Plague and Death in Murnau's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)
Halloween Horror: Spectres of Plague and Death in Murnau's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)

In Nosferatu, the corrupting power of the vampire is linked to that most symbolically potent infectious disease, the Black Death.

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Essays, (Re)Viewing the Canon, Halloween HorrorAnton BergstromNosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, German Expressionism, Gothic horror, horror, Germany, F. W. Murnau, Henrick Galeen, Bram Stoker, Max Schrek, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schroder, Alexander Granach, Ruth Landshoff, Wolfgang Heinz, silent film, vampire, plague, The Black Death, DraculaComment