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“NOSFERATU: THE NIGHTMARE HISTORY AND TERRIFYING LEGACY OF A CLASSIC HORROR FILM” #WeirdDarkness

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IN THIS EPISODE: The 1922 horror classic Nosferatu still turns up, on TV and on college campuses, every Halloween. And it’ll show up again this coming Saturday night, May 1st, at 9pm Central Time as our “Halfway to Halloween” Weirdo Watch Party film - complete with Drac as our horror host for the evening! (More info at https://weirddarkness.com/watchparty). A Weirdo family member suggested we take a look at the film’s history before this weekend’s watch party – to set up the fun even more. And I love the idea. So that’s what we’re going to do. How Nosferatu is terrifyingly relevant today, the controversial making of the film and the lawsuit by Bram Stoker’s wife, how the director of the film was involved in the occult… and how you would not have wanted to miss the film’s premiere which was an unforgettable event all by itself. That and a whole lot more about 1922’s Nosferatu, on this episode of Weird Darkness.
SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…
“The Message Nosferatu Has For Us Today” by Jim Beckerman for NorthJersey.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4h966w3w
“The True Story Behind Nosferatu” by Sam Markus for Grunge.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/zupyynu7
“Other Nosferatu Facts” by Mark Mancini for Mental Floss: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/zueums9f, and William Burns for Horror News Network: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/r6xbudh4
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library.
Background music by Midnight Syndicate from the album “Vampyre – Symphonies From The Crypt is used with permission: https://www.midnightsyndicate.com/product/vampyre/
Nosfertu’s main theme from the original 1922 film was written by Hans Erdmann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzAjA-H2Q6s
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