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A curious young boy travels to the castle of the evil Nosferatu, to the horror of the people in his village. However, Nosferatu isn't evil at all and just wants to be left alone to live his alternative lifestyle in peace. The villagers disagree...
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"This film came about due to a brief in university, to make a counterstyle film using a 50 year old, wind up bolex 16mm camera. We decided to focus on 'silent' cinema i.e. in the cinema is it ever really silent, with the whispering/crisp-munching going on behind you?
We went for an alternative take on a very specific character in ‘Nosferatu’ imagining that maybe he was just misunderstood and wanted to live his alternative lifestyle in peace.
The shoot was a disaster and we had to reshoot the entire film after our original camera managed to cloud the film stock beyond all recognition. Luckily we managed to secure some amazing locations in Wales which added a huge amount of atmosphere. Also, the music, done by the amazing Red Eye Music, was important as we wanted it to tell the story quite literally at times and I think that works quite well.
All in all it was a very pleasant second shoot and we enjoyed playing with the conventions of silent and horror films. It is a clearly a student film but it has always gone down very well. Dave Berry who (until recent retirement) was the National Screen and Sound Archivist for Wales, wrote: "features some stunning compositions and is free from the clunking parody that permeates many modern versions of classics".
Finally, the name, 'Die Zwoelfte Stunde – Eine Nacht des Grauens' means 'The Twelfth Hour, a Night of Horror'. After the original release of Nosferatu, the film reels were bought by a German entrepreneur who recut the reels and renamed the film as that. Enjoy!"
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art dept Jane Lander
production assistant Richard Bowen
still photography Jane Lander
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- Nosferatu Wayne Curley
- Raymond, the boy Liam Collins
- The Old Man Thomas Leary
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© 2004 Keri Collins
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