Why is this movie considered a classic?


I was wondering, why this movie is considered a classic?

I just finished watching the black and white version of Nosferatu and I must admit that i was a bit disappointed. Comparred to other classics at the time (The General, The kid, The passion of Joan of Arc etc.), I found that the quality was very bad, the acting was poor and the obvious mistakes made it hard to take movie seriously.

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Max Schreck

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Maybe because it was the ripoff that Bram Stoker’s wife couldn’t kill.

And she tried.

Looking forward to the remake with Doug Jones.

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spongebob is why. at least for my generation. this guy scared the living shit out of me as a kid and i never even seen the orginal movie just his face from spongebob

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I think this may have been the 1st film ever shown in a movie theater, so it gets fame off of that

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When you initially asked this question (10 years ago as I type this), I would’ve agreed with you. I sat through Nosferatu a couple times over the years and was never impressed. Last year, though, I bought the Blu-ray that had the original soundtrack and I found it riveting. Maybe it was the music, maybe it was the better picture; whatever it was, the movie grabbed me.

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