It suggests these dark fears in the very style of its visuals. Much of the film is shot in shadow. If he had lived, the rest of his career would have been spent making sound films. He probably would have made some great ones. There is no repartee in nightmares.
Human speech dissipates the shadows and makes a room seem normal.
Those things that live only at night do not need to talk, for their victims are asleep, waiting. John Gottowt Directed by F.W. Murnau . Screenplay by Henrik Galeen , inspired by the novel by Bram Stoker .