Let's start things off with a nice little review of Eureka! Entertainment's Masters of Cinema release of the definitive version of the 1922 horror classic Nosferatu in a very satisfying 2-disc set.

Quite honestly, where do I start with this one. The thing is a true wonder. I am sure everyone is familiar with the story of Nosferatu but allow me to elaborate a bit. Countless interpretation of the writings of Bram Stoker have been representative on film but F.W. Murnau is the first and in the eyes of many, the best. The story follows just has many have over and over a man and his run in with a very un-human being who is not only out for his blood but also the blood of his loved one. Possibly one of the most terrifying performance of the great blood sucking vampire ever contained on film, Murnau's Nosferatu set the bar pretty high when he created this legendary film.

Now on to Eureka! Entertainment's release of the film. This thing is the most, and probably will stay the most, pristine transfer of the film ever released. For starters, the cover art is one of the coolest damn images I have ever seen gracing the front of a dvd box. The transfer and restoration of the film is in a whole other league all its own. A few US companies whom will remain nameless have attempted to do the film justice but have never reached this level of purity. The tinted print has been remastered to created, in my mind, hands down the best look of the film to ever see the light of day. This Masters of Cinema release even managed to not only add the original German intertitles (with English subtitles, of course), instead of newly created English language ones but they also were able to dig up the original Hans Erdmann score, which many release before it has instead chosen to reconstructed it by a more recent composer. The Erdmann original has not been heard for over 85 years until now.

Finally, there is the great extra features found on this disc. To start things off on disc 1 we are fortunate enough to have the pleasure of hearing silent film historian Dixon Smith along with film critic Brad Stevens talk exclusively about the film and silent films in general. Disc 2 sheds more light on the film with a the nearly hour long documentary The Language of Shadows which gives us even more information on the making of Nosferatu and the work of director F.W. Murnau. Finally the disc treats us to a mini restoration of this fantastic edition of the film. But that's not all, also found in the set is a 80 page booklet which is just a absolute pleasure to read after watching the film.

So what are you waiting for. Go and buy this baby right now. Where can I get this, you say? For your easy and comforted, I have listed a handful of links below:

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