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My great grandfather was born in 1911. He was 11 years old when this movie released in 1922. He remembered seeing a screening of this movie in South Africa in the 1920s when he was 11 or 12, and it scared the everliving sh*t out of him. Flash forward to 2002, and a 4 year old me was taken to visit my 91 year old great grandfather in the retirement home in San Diego. I would watch cartoons on the TV as I'd sit by his feet. At that point he just kind of sat there. The Hash Slinging Slasher episode came on, and when Nosferatu showed up my great grandfather screamed "AHHHH NOT HIM!" Amazing he saw the movie's "premiere" AND lived to see the Spongebob episode too. I miss you great grandpa Mick. He taught me how to tie my shoes when I was 7. He died in 2006 when I was 8.

Crazy that one of the earliest and most iconic horror movies ever, is essentially an indie knock-off of Dracula. And that it was nearly destroyed and lost forever because of it.

Nosferatu scared the SHIT out of me when he appeared in that one spongebob episode. I swear they only showed that episode after 10pm as well

It's not just a piece of iconic film history, this is vampire history. As noted, Dracula didn't die from sunlight in the book. The idea that sunlight kills them was first shown here.

This movie is so old, the Titanic was only under the ocean for 10 years at the point the movie came out

The fact that the first major horror movie villain of all time was played by a guy named Shrek (albeit with a different spelling) will never not be hilarious.

1:33 i think the funny thing about Noseferatu in SpongeBob is not only the fact that this even happened completely out of nowhere, but the characters just seem so nonchalant about Noseferatu being at the Krusty Krab let alone underwater, and everyone’s just like “oh you” I find that very hilarious

The SpongeBob joke is so iconic that it raised an entire generation of people to think Count Orlock’s name was Nosferatu. Good on ya, SpongeBob!

My great grandmother saw Nosferatu back when it first came out on a trip to Germany.

Many many years later we were snuggled up on the couch watching cartoons before I went to bed when a certain episode of Spongebob came on.

When the Nosferatu joke came on, I didn't really get the joke, but I thought it was funny either way. My great granny however just sat staring at the screen for about 5 minutes before I asked her what was wrong.

She then proceeded to tell me the story of Dracula and Nosferatu and how she saw it about 90 years ago and never heard a single mention of it since then.

I miss you

I completely forgot that I was watching a Kill Count up until those six ship crew members died lol. I was so invested in James telling the story of the film that once their deaths were counted & the graphic was shown, I was like “Oh, shit, that’s right! I’m watching a show DEDICATED to counting movie deaths!” Lmao happy holidays to everyone on the Dead Meat team. Keep up the great work!

Mother: We posess Draculian antagonists at the manor.
The Draculian antagonist at the manor:

The movie about the guy for flickering the lights from the Krusty Krab.

This movie is so old, the older dude at 04:52 was probably born before germany was a thing. He might even be born before electric light was a thing. Crazy to see so such olden people move and act.

One thing that I find fascinating about this movie is that we can't ask anyone involved in the film for trivia or behind the scenes facts because every single person in front of the camera and behind it are long gone (the last member of the cast and crew, Loni Nest - who played the girl at 15:40 - died in 1990). We'll never know what happened behind the camera or what it was like making the film that isn't already written down, and I find that almost spookier than the film itself.

In defense of Florence Stoker, she was skint broke at the time, since Dracula was not yet an icon and her husband had done little to ensure she would be taken care of after his passing. It's pretty sad

6:42 "with it's terrifying gaze!"
Hyena: 🥺

Fun fact SpongeBob writer Jay Lender knew the name of Count Orlok but wrote his name as Nosferatu in the show because he said it sounded better and was more recognizable. To this day he still gets messages of people correcting him for calling count Orlok "Nosferatu" even though he already knows.

I like how Dead Meat is covering classic horror films. Hopefully he covers the Bride of Frankenstein soon to follow up his Frankenstein video since it is often considered one of the best Universal Monsters films of the classic era.

This movie was partially shot in my hometown Wismar. It's a really small town and I always felt like it was boring. But once I became a horror fan I thought it was so cool that one of the earliest horror flicks was shot in my small humble hometown.  The shot At 2:28 depicts a building which I passed through daily on way my to school and later my job. I lived just 3 minutes by foot from that place. I love this so much. the Theater group from our town built a huge Nosferatu puppet ( like 2.5m in height) and took it out for some nights to pay homage and spook some locals. First time I saw that thing I almost shat myself. Edit: ok you actually mentioned it being filmed in Wismar. I have never felt so ecstatic seeing my town in your videos. You pronouncing it also has made my week.