Dracula vs. Nosferatu: How Murnau’s Vampire Improved on Stoker’s Classic

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/ 2.09 The Art Of Adaptation, 2. IGNITE YOUR WRITING TECHNIQUES

Reading Time: 3 minutesCryptic and shadowy greetings, my Fang-Inflicted Fiction Igniters! Bram Stoker’s Dracula is the granddaddy of all vampire tales, but F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (1922) didn’t just adapt the novel—it transformed it. This wasn’t just about changing names to avoid copyright issues; Murnau’s changes actually made the story stronger, darker, and more thematically cohesive. One of the […]

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