The Horror Films of F.W. Murnau (Nosferatu, Phantom, The Haunted Castle and Faust)

From Nosferatu to Faust, Dark Corners classics take an in-depth look at the silent horror films of F. W. Murnau.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau was one of the most talented directors of the 1920s, and a key figure in the movement known as German Expressionism. Expressionist cinema produced such films as Metropolis, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari and The Golem, and started the careers of men like Fritz Lang and Conrad Veidt. It was an influence on the Lon Chaney films made by Tod Browning, on Universal’s Frankenstein, and on Film Noir. Its imagery has stood the test of time, and perhaps the most iconic film to come from the movement is Murnau’s Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror. Adapted (without permission) from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and starring Max Shreck as Count Orlok, the film almost perished following a lawsuit, and is now recognised as a horror classic, and the most influential vampire film ever made. But this was not the only horror movie made by the director. Starting with lost films like Satanas and Der Januskopf (based on Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde), via psychological horrors The Haunted Castle and Phantom, we chart Murnau’s journey as a horror film director, paving the way to his epic, Faust.

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Written and presented by Robin Bailes @robinbailes
Directed and Edited by Graham Trelfer
DARK CORNERS OF THIS SICK WORLD: Nosferatu and the horror films of F.W. Murnau