This movie is so meta since Willem Dafoe is a vampire in real life as well.
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Director F.W. Murnau makes a Faustian pact with a vampire to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."
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You know, I’m something of a vampire myself
I bet the makeup artists saved so much money working with Dafoe, since he kinda already looks like a vampire.
Common questions
What is Shadow of the Vampire about?+
The film follows the production of the 1922 classic Nosferatu, depicting a fictional reality where the director makes a dangerous deal with a real vampire to secure an authentic lead performance.
Who directed Shadow of the Vampire?+
Shadow of the Vampire was directed by E. Elias Merhige, an American filmmaker known for this unique meta-horror project.
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