Nosferatu and Harker's Creepy Boss

Film: Nosferatu
Year: 1922
Where I saw it:  DVD

So here goes nothing.  Nosferatu.  This film is creepy.  I mean everything's creepy.  The vampire's creepy, the other cast members are creepy and I have no proof, but I'm pretty sure the crew must be creepy as well.  But the creepiest person by far in the film is not the vampire but Harker's boss Reinfield.  Just watch the opening scene and you'll see what I mean.  No one would work for this guy much less do anything he says.  Picture yourself at where ever you work then picture your boss saying to you, "Hey, your next assignment may cause a little pain and blood."  Unless you work for the UFC or you happen to star on Deadliest Catch, you would probably be concerned.  Never mind the fact that your boss looks like a gremlin crossed with one of the Keebler elves with a dash of Humpty Dumpty. 

Being a silent film, you might think it would have trouble holding your attention but it doesn't.  I enjoyed it very much.  But I did have trouble telling whether scenes took place in the day or at night (all films had to be shot in the day or well lit area's at the time because of camera limitations).  For example, there's one scene where the vampire is walking down the street carrying his coffin under his arm in what looked to be the middle of the day and no one seemed to care or even notice.

One last point, Van Helsing, is not the Vampire Hunter we all know and love in this film.  In this film, he only teaches Biology to some extras and then we never see him again.

Thanks for reading!  - Scott Scene