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"Provide a reading of 'Nosferatu' and discuss how it established the Vampire sub-genre."
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"Provide a reading of 'Nosferatu' and discuss how it established the Vampire sub-genre." Nosferatu is a name that conjured fear into the hearts of early filmgoers. A masterpiece of silent film, the strength of this classic and the genre it spawned stands testament to the ability of German Expressionist F.W Murnau. Nosferatu pioneered the Vampire sub-genre of films. It was the first of its ilk, only placed in the genre retrospectively. Countless vampire films, cartoons, sketches, clichés and jokes have appeared over time, each drawing something from the original vampire film - none would exist as we know them if it was not for Murnau's silent nightmare. It was Nosferatu that developed many of the generic conventions one has come to expect from a vampire film. Bite-marks, fangs, blood, coffins and gloomy castles lit dimly from the eerie glow of the full moon all feature in Murnau's film. It was Nosferatu...
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