"Shadow of the Vampire" is a fictional story about the making of the film "Nosferatu".
John Malkovich plays director F.W. Murnau and Willem Dafoe plays actor Max Schreck. Malkovich is good in his role as the crazed director that will do anything for his film. The real star of the film is Dafoe, however. Dafoe was nominated for an Oscar for this role and it was well deserved. He really transforms himself into this crazy vampire posing as an actor. It is a marvel to watch.
The best scene of the picture is when Dafoe grabs a bat out of the air, bites off its head, and sucks the blood out. It is creepy as hell. The only thing that bugged me about the scene were the reactions of the people Schreck was with. It didn't really seem to bug anyone else that this "man" grabbed a living creature and ate it. I thought that was kind of strange.
Even though this is a great idea for a movie and it has some incredible acting, the film is just a little too slow. Too much of the film was about the making of "Nosferatu". I wanted to see more of how Schreck lives his life.
This could have been just an average vampire film, but thanks to Willem Dafoe, "Shadow of the Vampire" is really a frightening tale based around true events. Could Max Schreck really have been a vampire? Did we witness real murders in "Nosferatu"? It was a very intriguing concept, indeed.
B I recommend it.
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