Number: 30

Country: UK, 92 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, German

Genre(s): Horror, Drama

Director(s): E. Elias Merhige

Cast: John Malkovich (as Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau), Willem Dafoe (as Max Schreck), Udo Kier (as Albin Grau), Cary Elwes (as Fritz Arno Wagner), Catherine McCormack (as Greta Schröder)

Medium: VHS tape,

Storyline: Shadow of the Vampire is a film about the making of a German all time classic silent horror-movie from 1922 called Nosferatu-Eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu-a Symphony of Horror). The production of Nosferatu had to deal with a lot of strange things (some crew members disappeared, some died). This movie focuses on the difficult relationship between Murnau, the director, and Schreck, the lead actor.

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1