Annoying and shrill. Too camp to take itself that seriously. Badly acted all round, with the exception of Defoe. Disappointingly shallow; instead of being repulsed by his own sordid existence, Nosferatu is simply repulsive thanks to an abundance of prosthetic sores.
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Never a fan of the 'older man watches little girl grow up then pounces the second she resembles an adult' thing, but...the Debussy, the forboding beauty, the GREEN - yes, I enjoyed this a lot. I can see Hitch liked it too.
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