This one-night-only screening is part of the series The Road to Nosferatu, hosted by the Cinema Society of Kingston. The screening will be introduced by Cinema Society member Naz.

F. W. Murnau (John Malkovich) is struggling to create his silent classic “Nosferatu” on location in Eastern Europe. The director is obsessed with making this the most authentic vampire movie ever. To that end, Murnau has employed a real vampire, Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe), explaining to the crew that he is the ultimate of that new breed, the “method actor” — trained by Stanislavsky himself. Schreck will appear only in character and only at night.

A shockingly funny spellbinder. – Rolling Stone

“Shadow of the Vampire” is a gory and grandiose metaphor for the torments and sacrifices made, extracted, and endured in the name of art. – New Yorker