4/5 Great performances from Malkovich and Defoe.
  by Delores Montana (El Cajon, CA USA)
I find this story to be very well-written and (vampire)beautifully filmed. I appreciate that it was done without a lot of computer graphics. It's also a very interesting premise in the story line. Willem Defoe is so believeable in this role I forgot that I was watching an actor. And Malkovich performed with his usual and expected level of excellence in this character. This film maker was intense and detached. And he was appropriately torn and at the same time totally driven. I found the ending to be quite unexpected.

5/5 must like dark comedy with pathos and layers
  by B. Lafave (lakeland , fl)
a lot of vampire films should be held up for ridicule . i won't mention any by name here . the proliferation of reverent vampire films and related filmaking with long leather jackets and romance and pretentious scripts is a silly trend . a trend targeted at a young , white , male/female demographic that is too young and/or oblivious to seperate the wheat from the chaff . visit this film or "THE HUNGER" , hammer's "CURSE OF DRACULA" , "BLADE II" , "THIRTY DAYS OF NIGHT" , television's "THE NIGHT STALKER" , "FRIGHT NIGHT" , JOHN CARPENTER'S "VAMPIRES" and LON CHENEY JR. as "THE SUN OF DRACULA" just to name a few . why ? so as to get clued into the fun and possibilities of vampire pictues . i love a lovely goth girl as much as the next guy . lighten up and keep an open mind though . it's entertainment .

4/5 Shadow of the Vampire (2001)-Cool, and really strange!
  by Keith Mirenberg (www.spaceanimations.org)
Shadow of the Vampire was almost as strange as the movie it "documented" the making of, "Nosferatu". It actually shouldn't be called a documentary because of the "supernatural on top of supernatural" theme it employed. Still, it was a very interesting presentation that I enjoyed and rate at four stars.

5/5 Shadow of the Vampire
  by Mark Snider, Jr. (Lynchburg, VA)
This film is amazing, one of my favorite films. The story is good, John Malkovich is a tremendous actor.
Very well done.
buy this movie

5/5 Shadow of the Vampire Review
  by C. Egan
This movie takes place in the early 20's I believe. It is about a movie director who actually finds Nosferatu, and makes a deal with him that if he lets him film him he will let him have his leading lady as a victim at the end of the filming. It is so well done, it freaked me out the first time I watched it. John Malkovich is wonderful, as usual. The actor who plays Nosferatu does an incredible job: he is so disgusting and so much like what you would think Nosferatu would BE. A great movie to add to your vampire collection. I love it.