Nosferatu the Vampyre
- Year: 1979
- Country of origin: West Germany, France
- Genre: Drama, Horror
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Length: 107 min
- IMDb rating:
Synopsis
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) follows a young estate agent who travels to Transylvania to finalize a property sale with a reclusive nobleman. As the nobleman reveals himself as a vampire and relocates to the agent’s town of Wismar, disease and death begin to spread among the townspeople while those close to the agent attempt to respond. This gothic horror film develops mounting pressure and growing unease, with contagion, desire, and mortality shaping events.
Selected disc options for Nosferatu the Vampyre
| Extras | Scream Factory BD-A 4K/US 2025 | BFI BD-ALL 4K/UK 2025 | Scream Factory BD-A/US 2014 | BFI BD-B/UK 2025 | BFI BD-B/UK/OOP 2014 | Anchor Bay DVD-1/US/OOP 2002 | Anchor Bay DVD-1/US/OOP 1999 |
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| Audio Commentary by Director/Writer Werner Herzog and Laurens Straub | has extra | has extra | has extra | has extra | |||
| Audio Commentary by Director/Writer Werner Herzog and Norman Hill | has extra | has extra | has extra | has extra | has extra | has extra | has extra |
| Introduction by Mark Kermode | has extra | has extra | |||||
| Contracting Vampirism: A Copyright History of Nosferatu - Video Essay by Nic Wassell | has extra | has extra | |||||
| Making of “Nosferatu the Vampyre” | has extra | has extra | has extra | has extra | has extra | has extra | has extra |
| Screen Talk: Werner Herzog - Interview with Director/Writer Werner Herzog | has extra | has extra | |||||
| Stills Gallery [BFI] | has extra | has extra | has extra | ||||
| Stills Gallery [Scream Factory] | has extra | has extra | |||||
| Biography: Actor Klaus Kinski | has extra | ||||||
| Biography: Director/Writer Werner Herzog | has extra | ||||||
| Spanish Theatrical Trailer | has extra | has extra | |||||
| Theatrical Trailer | has extra | has extra | has extra | has extra | has extra | ||
| US Theatrical Trailer 1 | has extra | has extra | |||||
| US Theatrical Trailer 2 | has extra | has extra |
Notes
- BFI’s 4K UHD and Blu-ray editions include a booklet.
- Scream Factory’s 2014 Blu-ray is also available in the “Herzog: The Collection” box set.
- BFI’s 2014 Blu-ray includes a 16-page booklet with writing by Laurie Johnson (“Of Monsters, Men, and Rats: Herzog’s ‘Nosferatu the Vampyre’”). It is also available in “The Werner Herzog Collection” box set.
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