SKIN: Count Orlok's deathly pale skin has not seen sunlight for hundreds of years. Exposure to sunbeams is lethal to the nosferatu
LEGS: The nosferatu walks with a slow, stiff gait caused by sleeping in a coffin for so long.
MOUTH: The fangs at the very front of his mouth leave telltale puncture marks in his victims' necks. the nosferatu never consumes food, only blood.
HEAD: Large ears, bushy eyebrows, and a large beaky nose give Count Orlok an appearance like a rodent
EYES: His black-ringed eyes have a mysterious hypnotic power over humans and rats.Citizens of Transylvania live in fear of Count Orlok. No coach will dare to transport his visitors to his castle. Orlok is a nosferatu, a ghoul who emerges only at night. He sinks his fangs into the neck of his victim, sucking blood until he is full. His victims all die of the plague. Teetering between life and death, he walks jerkily, like a corpse. Locked doors do not stop him because he has the power to command any door to open. Orlok sails to Germany with coffins containing rats and his native soil. When the ship arrives, the crew is missing. Only the captain remains, and his neck bears bizarre puncture wounds.
Orlok feeds on the citizens of Germany, spreading plague and leaving mysterious fang marks on their necks. If a woman with a pure heart lures Orlok into the sunlight, he will die. One brave, pure woman invites him into her home. She faints at the sight of the nosferatu and he drinks blood from her neck. Absorbed in savoring his blood feast, Count Orlok forgets about the approaching dawn. Morning light floods through the window and he disintegrates, turning to smoke.
DID YOU KNOW?
-Count Orlok tries to suck the blood from a man's cut thumb, but is repelled by the cross he wears around his neck. By day, Count Orlok sleeps on a layer of Transylvanian soil, sealed in a coffin away from the daylight.
-The bite of the nosferatu spreads plague. he does not create new vampire.
-Unlike Count Dracula, Count Orlok casts a shadow and his image can be seen in mirrors.
-Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, popularized the word "nosferatu" as an exotic alternative to "vampire."
-The vampire Count Orlok was made famous by F.W. Murnau's 1922 movie Nosferatu. Max Schreck, the actor who portrayed Count Orlok in the movie, delivered such a convincing performance that it lead to rumors that he was, in fact, a real vampire.
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