I have not seen the original and yes there was a marked silence about Christ. He was relegated to the dark Carpathians along with the gypsies. The real power presented here was pagan. In all these ways it was anti-christian.
I went to see it as well, because I loved Dracula and the 20’s Nosferatu being a bit of a goth… I was a bit disappointed with this one, it lacked any of the subtlety of earlier versions (I was a bit naive, of course a modern version would be much more gorey and sexual) and there was a marked lack of Christ being the only way to fight the demon, apart from when Thomas was in the monastery, which was forgotten in Germany. The only thing Ellen could do was to succumb to the demon. It was a great production, but I too came out thankful that we aren’t so alone in the world.
I have not seen the original and yes there was a marked silence about Christ. He was relegated to the dark Carpathians along with the gypsies. The real power presented here was pagan. In all these ways it was anti-christian.
I went to see it as well, because I loved Dracula and the 20’s Nosferatu being a bit of a goth… I was a bit disappointed with this one, it lacked any of the subtlety of earlier versions (I was a bit naive, of course a modern version would be much more gorey and sexual) and there was a marked lack of Christ being the only way to fight the demon, apart from when Thomas was in the monastery, which was forgotten in Germany. The only thing Ellen could do was to succumb to the demon. It was a great production, but I too came out thankful that we aren’t so alone in the world.