USA Today "...[A] silent masterpiece..." 01/27/1993 p.9DEntertainment Weekly "...The bloodsucker flick that sired them all..." 01/12/2001 p.61 Chicago Sun-Times "...NOSFERATU inspired dozens of other Dracula films, none of them as artistic or unforgettable..." 09/28/1997 p.5 Total Film "...A genius of silent cinema, Murnau uses a range of primitive but still startling techniques..." 09/01/2000 p.114 Sight and Sound "...[A] classic..." 04/01/2001 p.64 Premiere "...Haunting....The nightmarish appearance of Max Schreck as history's favorite vampire remains an indelible image of horror..." 12/01/2003 p.3 Empire 5 stars out of 5 -- "[E]ven across the oceans of time since it was made, it still creeps you out like very few creature features have ever done." 01/01/2008 p.201 Uncut 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The film] remains the template of vampire cinema....Max Schreck still registers as one one of the eeriest ghouls of horror cinema." 01/01/2008 p.131 |