Vampires are wonderful people.
A long time ago, they also terrified us, no more so than in the 1922 classic Nosferatu , directed by F.W. Murnau. Director E. Elias Merhige visually pays homage to that day, while parodying the cult of personalities that directors and their leading stars cultivate. Having been rejected by the estate of Bram Stoker to adapt Dracula, Murnau decides on a parallel story, enlisting Schreck in the title role. Murnau explains away Schreck's odd behavior as a function of method acting. But it is only when the entire crew is isolated on an island to film the last scenes of the movie that Schreck suddenly shows that his is not just a master of method acting.