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  • Septimus Pretorius (Dr.) (c. 1400 - present), father of Johann Georg Faust by a German Countess and Count Orlok through the vampire Countess Elizabeth Bathory, creator of the The Borrowers race as well as the miniature Dracula soul-clone Vlad the Drac, also the mentor to Grigory Rasputin and Henry Frankenstein.

    Archive 2010-01-01 Sean Levin 2010

  • Septimus Pretorius (Dr.) (c. 1400 - present), father of Johann Georg Faust by a German Countess and Count Orlok through the vampire Countess Elizabeth Bathory, creator of the The Borrowers race as well as the miniature Dracula soul-clone Vlad the Drac, also the mentor to Grigory Rasputin and Henry Frankenstein.

    Of Wikis and Wold Newton: Part 10 Sean Levin 2010

  • Can someone with the requisite skills construct a "Separated at Birth" for Guiliani and Count Orlok the Vampire from Murnau's 1922 "Nosferatu"?

    Rudy Cutting Back On New Hampshire Ads 2009

  • Stage actor Max Schreck's performance as the blood-sucking Count Orlok, replete with ratlike incisors and elongated fingernails, was so otherworldly that it encouraged the urban legend that he was really a vampire.

    The Arty Horror Picture Show 2009

  • With each passing suicide bombing and each innocent death, Count Orlok grows stronger and stronger.

    Rudy: Bhutto's Assassination Is Reminder That You Should Elect Me President 2009

  • Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim), a young real estate agent, has been sent by his maniacal boss, Knock (Alexander Granach) to the castle of Count Orlok (Max Schreck), where he must negotiate a contract that will bring the mysterious Count to Wisburg.

    Row Three » The Vampyre Chronicles: Nosferatu (1922) - Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions 2008

  • The character of Count Orlok, as portrayed by Max Schreck, is easily one of the most recognizable monsters ever committed to film. and, 80+ years later, his vampire is still the most chilling in cinematic history.

    Row Three » The Vampyre Chronicles: Nosferatu (1922) - Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions 2008

  • His Count Orlok is such a monstrosity that, on his own, he is capable of representing a virtual plague, a xenophobic and anti-Semitic fear of a nation being swamped by odd-looking, sexually threatening foreigners who mean to seduce our women and suck the lifeblood out of a population.

    AvaxHome lom404 2010

  • Arriving at an inn, his announcement that he is going to visit the castle of Count Orlok is regarded with shock, disbelief and even fear.

    AvaxHome lom404 2010

  • Nosferatu had Count Orlok chasing after another man's wife, but there was no way he was going to score.

    Dallas Observer | Complete Issue 2009

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