F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu

NOSFERATU (1922)

A FILM BY F.W. MURNAU

Eureka! Entertainment to release newly restored silent cinema horror classic, F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu for Halloween 2013 as part of their award-winning The Masters of Cinema Series.

 

MAX SCHRECK | GUSTAV VON WANGENHEIM | GRETA SCHRÖDER

1922 | 100 min. approx. | 1.33:1 OAR | Germany | Horror

Released theatrically in the UK – 25 October 2013

• The earliest adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula

• One of the most iconic and of all horror films – and silent films – in the history of cinema

• Ranked #21 in Empire magazine's 2010 poll of the 100 greatest films in world cinema

• Included on the latest Critic's Poll by Sight & Sound magazine of the 250 greatest films ever made

• The film behind E. Elias Merhige's John Malkovich-starring Shadow of the Vampire

• Directed by F. W. Murnau, the director of such legendary masterworks as Sunrise, Faust, Tabu, and The Last Laugh

• With an incomparable lead performance as the vampire by Max Schreck — whom some believe to have been an actual vampire

• The inspiration behind Werner Herzog's Klaus Kinski-starring 1979 feature adaptation

• Eureka! Entertainment’s 2013 theatrical release will feature as part of the BFI’s GOTHIC: The Dark Heart of Film

Eureka! Entertainment are delighted to announce the Halloween 2013 theatrical and home video releases of an eagerly awaited new restoration of F. W. Murnau's legendary silent cinema horror classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922), expertly restored in Germany by the world-renowned Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung (FWMS). 

This revival of a horror classic, one of the most famous of all silent films, follows Eureka! Entertainment's hugely successful restoration showcases of Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927) in 2010 and Carl Theodor Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) in 2012. 

Nosferatu's UK theatrical run will be co-ordinated by Eureka! Entertainment and will open in selected cinemas nationwide on Friday October 25, 2013, just in time for Halloween, and will also feature as part of the BFI’s GOTHIC: The Dark Heart of Film which runs from 21st October 2013 – 31st January 2014. This year the BFI will take Britain back to darker times and thrill the nation by uncovering, as never before, the dark heart of film. With over 150 titles and around 1000 screenings GOTHIC features spectacularly terrifying special events to thrill every corner of the UK. GOTHIC will explore film’s most popular theme, spawning some of the medium’s most iconic, powerful and terrifying scenes and characters whose lasting popularity just refuses to die www.bfi.org.uk/gothic .

Blu-ray, Blu-ray SteelBook and DVD releases of Nosferatu will follow with a raft of special features to be announced nearer the release date, as part of Eureka! Entertainment's award-winning The Masters of Cinema Series  www.mastersofcinema.org .

Ron Benson, head of Eureka! Entertainment, comments: “Eureka! Entertainment have had the real pleasure of releasing some of the absolute classics of silent cinema, and there are arguably no more iconic than F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu, the grandfather of all vampire films, which continues to thrill, chill, and horrify audiences nearly 100 years after it was made.”

Craig Keller, producer of The Masters of Cinema Series, adds: “This new restoration of Nosferatu has been meticulously prepared and looks truly outstanding. It will allow a new generation to experience afresh one of the greatest of all cinematographic horrors, and a monument of German expressionism, looking better than ever. The film is uncanny, legitimately terrifying – to see it on the big screen in the midst of the Halloween season will make for an unforgettable experience.”

Critical praise for Nosferatu:

"The first and probably the greatest of all vampire films." –Jonathan Rosenbaum

"[F. W. Murnau is] the greatest film director the Germans have ever known." – Lotte Eisner

Online:

Eureka Entertainment website www.eurekavideo.co.uk
Masters of Cinema Website www.mastersofcinema.org
Twitter: @eurekavideo / @mastersofcinema
Facebook:  www.facebook.com/EurekaEntertainment

Hobbit - now streaming on Netflix!

Beloved hobbit Bilbo Baggins is back in a visually spectacular tale inspired by The Lord of the Rings and likewise directed by Peter Jackson. Joining the effort to free the Kingdom of Erebor, Bilbo also faces a fateful encounter with Gollum.

Now available to view on netflix.com

Marmalade Publishing Brings Stunning Stories to iOS and Android with FableScapes 2

Marmalade Publishing today announces the global launch of the creative storytelling game FableScapes 2 from Indie developer Balzo. The game is available now on iOS and Android.

FableScapes 2 is a fun educational storytelling game that unleashes your imagination to create fantastic fables and terrific tales. FableScapes 2 gives children and parents a virtual puppet theatre to play with. Inside, you’ll find a whole world of stories and images for kids which can be created, changed, saved and shared.

Exercise your imagination and intelligence, and have fun while exploring creative storytelling at its most amazing: with you in control! With a wide range of inspiring scenarios, FableScapes 2 gives you all the characters and objects you could ever want. It’s so easy to create wonderful animated adventures for all the family.

Will the brave knight rescue the princess from the dragon? Will the pirates keep theirburied treasure? Use your creativity to decide in FableScapes 2!
FableScapes2 is the enhanced version of FableScapes, nominated in the top-ten apps in December 2010 by App4Kids

Features

• Creativity unleashed: Develop self-awareness and creativity in your child by promoting role-play, spatial relationships, cause-and-effect, and narrative reasoning.

• Imagine, then create: Encourages children to participate in the interactive process of creating a story

• Discover your imagination: Parents can collaborate with kids to make memorable stories that will last forever

• Express yourself: Construct your very own personalized fable by selecting landscapes,characters and the characters’ expressions and roles

• Easy story: Fun, simple actions and smart characters that kids really love

• Create and collaborate: kids and parents tell stories together, with important roles for both

Age Rating: 3-9

Price: Free with 2 in-app unlockables of new scenarios (Pirate adventures and Space Journey) priced at $3.99/£2.49 each

Available from:
The App Store: 
https://itunes.apple.com/app/fablescapes-2/id667362345?mt=8
Google Play: 
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marmalade.fablescapes2.android2

The Film4 FrightFest returns with five days of fearsome films

The Empire Cinema Leicester Square, London, UK, once again hosts the Film4 FrightFest this August Bank Holiday weekend. The home of horror, the festival has been running at this location since 2005 and has rapidly grown in popularity. With five days of screenings (22nd -26th August 2013), audiences can expect to be scared witless with a devilishly delightful line-up of premieres, previews and special screenings of fantasy and horror films. For visitors travelling from outside of the capital, a great selection of central London hotels can be found on LondonTown.com.

This year's festival opens with the world premiere of The Ford Brothers' latest offering, The Dead 2: India. The first international zombie film shot in India, it follows on from the Ford Brothers' critically acclaimed zombie road movie, The Dead. Set against the scenery of Rajasthan, the film offers a far bigger canvas with plenty of thrilling action, death-defying stunts and, of course, lots of fright. This is one of ten world premieres to be screened in London for the festival, with others including Banshee Chapter, produced by Star Trek's Zachary Quinto; Christoph Behl's Argentinean apocalyptic, The Decent; Kit Ryan'sDementamania; and retro Spanish chiller For Elisa.
The UK premiere of Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado's revenge thriller, Big Bad Wolves closes the festival. Described as 'part OLDBOY, part Hitchcock and part Coen Brothers', the film is a black comedy thriller that sees a series of brutal murders put the lives of three men on a collision course. Back in 2010 Keshales and Papushado's Rabies was the most requested film on the FrightFrest line-up so Big Bad Wolves is sure a see the festival conclude with a bang.

With many films expected to sell out, this year the festival organisers have introduced FrightFest Extra. Securing additional screening slots at Empire 2, many of the bigger films will be given repeat screenings, thus creating more opportunities to enjoy the films. Festival goers can choose between three ticket types: festival passes, day passes or individual tickets for single films.

Find out about all the best film, music and food festivals happening in London throughout the year on LondonTown.com.