... timeless questions through art that makes art so valuable in the first place. In horror films many of these themes appear again and again, throughout the genre. Even if the stories aren't exactly the same, many of the same themes remain identical. Such is the case with the films Nosferatu, Vampyr, ... , the vampire, but also symbolizing Orlock's heightened power through the sheer scale of the shadow. Vampyr takes this idea one step further still. In this film shadows become an extremely integral part of the story. "The History of Vampires" tells us that in the world of this story "Shado...

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