I was pretty charmed by this! Low budget homage to a classic, with everyone delivering local stage esque performances on obvious green screen for the love of the game. The obvious draw is Doug Jones in makeup and prosthetic glory, living up to Shreck’s example. But while the movie itself can’t live up to the original’s innovation and cinematography, it carries a sort of camp b movie charm of its own. And it’s fun to see how they filled in some gaps with dialogue of their own and gave Tom his own arc. It’s a fun time for what it is.

_Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror_ is a faithful remake of the F.W. Murnau silent movie. The story follows a solicitor who’s sent to close a real estate deal with a foreign count and discovers that the count is a vampire. Doug Jones takes on the role of Count Orlok and does a pretty good job at emulating the performance of Max Shreck, and Sarah Carter bring a new dimension to the role of Ellen. However, the rest of the performances are pretty bad; though it’s possible that they’re trying for a silent era style of performance. Additionally, most of the film is green screened; and while the CGI backgrounds do an impressive job at recreating the original film sets, the actors and stage pieces aren’t integrated very well and stick out. The color tinting effects, on the other hand, are used rather effectively to convey the changes in mood. It’s an interesting experiment, but _Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror_ fails to capture the intensity and terror of the original.

I almost feel guilty for liking this one better than Robert Eggers'.

I really can't think of a single reason why you should watch this version of “Nosferatu” rather than the original or the remakes by Werner Herzog or Robert Eggers. To be fair, this adaptation by David Lee Fisher isn't really much more than a glorified fan film. The acting seems amateurish in places, and the visuals are also rather unpleasant. The closest thing that works is Doug Jones as the eponymous vampire, but even that is ultimately not enough to save the movie.