That Time Dracula Sued Nosferatu

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Everyone is talking (and discoursing) about Robert Eggers' Nosferatu, but did you know this movie was almost never made? Back in the 1920s, the widow of Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, sued Nosferatu (1922) for copyright infringement and the court ordered all copies be burned. So how did this horror icon survive? Come learn with me!

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The Vampire Film: From Nosferatu to Bram Stoker’s Dracula by Alain Silver and James Ursini

Constructing the Vampire Myth in Cinema: A Short Analysis of Nosferatu (1922), Dracula (1931), and Dracula (1958) By Yuri Garcia

Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen by David Skal

“Foreign Films Here,” The Film Daily, February 10 1924 page 10

“Murnau Film Premiere Set,” The Film Daily, May 15, 1929

“Guild Defers Premiere,” The Film Daily, May 17, 1919

The Vampiric Film: Intermedial Incorporation in Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror (1922) by Barbara Laner

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror by Cristina Massaccesi

The Authoritarian Nature of Copyright Law in Derivative Works, Or the Bloody Truth about Nosferatu by Lorena Moirón

“Nosferatu and the Unholy War to Bury a Classic 100 Years Ago” by David Crow for Den of Geek https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/nosf...

“How Did “Nosferatu” Make It To The U.S.?” by Lea S. For Silent-Ology https://silentology.wordpress.com/202...

“Dracula vs. Nosferatu: A True Copyright Horror Story” by Jonathan Bailey for Plagiarism Today https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2011/...