Nosferatu in Venice backdrop
Nosferatu in Venice poster

NOSFERATU IN VENICE

Nosferatu a Venezia

1988 • IT HMDB
September 10, 1988

Professor Paris Catalano visits Venice, to investigate the last known appearance of the famous vampire Nosferatu during the carnival of 1786.

Directors

Augusto Caminito

Cast

Klaus Kinski, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pleasence, Barbara De Rossi, Anne Knecht, Elvire Audray, Clara Colosimo, Maria Cumani Quasimodo, Mickey Knox, Yorgo Voyagis
Horror

REVIEWS (1)

MC

Marco Castellini

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Due to a séance, Nosferatu, buried in Venice during the plague of the 1700s, resurrects and sows panic among the aristocratic descendants of his former lover. The film, an unofficial sequel to Herzog's "Nosferatu," does not present any particular points of interest. Good are the performances of the "mad" Klaus Kinski and the always excellent Donal Pleasence, and excellent is the Venetian scenery, but little else. "Nosferatu in Venice" had no few problems during production: at first, the direction of the film had been entrusted to Mario Caiano, who then abandoned the set due to Kinski's outbursts (as Cozzi himself confided in the exclusive interview he gave to HorrorCult), even leading to a violent attack, with the throwing of a makeup mirror in the director's face! After Caiano's departure, the direction passed to Caminito, but in reality - as Cozzi confirmed - it was he who completed the project (his merit includes, for example, the excellent sequence of a corpse's decomposition, or even Nosferatu's flight over Venice). Not a masterpiece, but a dignified B-movie suitable for genre lovers.