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I consider the vampire myth one of the richest and most fertile cinema has to offer. The images it contains have a quality beyond our usual experiences as film-goers; there is fantasy, hallucination, dreams and nightmares, visions and fear. - Werner Herzog

In 19th Century Germany, Jonathan Harker (Bruno Ganz) is sent off by his employer to assist the reclusive nobleman Count Dracula (an otherwordly Klaus Kinski) purchase a property. Despite warnings from the locals of Transylvania, Harker persists and soon finds himself and his wife (Isabelle Adjani) struggling to escape the attention of the Count.

A tribute to FW Murnau's classic Nosferatu 1922, Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre is a rich and haunting addition to the vampire film canon. In reimagining the story, Herzog places greater emphasis on the eroticism and tragedy of the vampire figure. Where the Count of Murnau's film is hideous and inhuman, Kinski's portrayal is tormented by carnal desires and a yearning for humanity.