In 1922, F.W. Murnau directed what is regarded as one of the scariest horror movies ever made: A vampire movie called Nosferatu based on Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Nearly 100 years later, the film still has a 97% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes — despite decades of changing horror tropes, people still love it.
"Is Murnau's Nosferatu scary in the modern sense? Not for me. I admire it more for its artistry and ideas, its atmosphere and images, than for its ability to manipulate my emotions like a skillful modern horror film. It knows none of the later tricks of the trade, like sudden threats that pop in from the side of the screen. But Nosferatu remains effective: It doesn’t scare us, but it haunts us," Robert Ebert said of the film, putting it on his list of The Great Movies.
However, 84 years after F.W. Murnau died in 1931, Variety and German news outlets are reporting that his head has been stolen.
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While German officials don't know how the bandits got into Murnau's tomb, it is clear that his skull is missing.
Murnau was buried in his family's tomb in Stahnsdorf, Germany. Murnau died in a car accident in 1931, when his 14-year-old driver crashed into an electric pole in Los Angeles.
Authorities say that the robbery could be ritual or cult-related, as investigators have found wax on the floor. Another possibility is that it is a cruel prank.
Murnau shares the tomb with his two brothers. Reports say that each of the coffins had been opened. The skull has not yet been recovered.
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