February 20, 1936
On this day in Horror History, Maximilian Schreck passed away. Perhaps one of the most peculiar personalities in cinematic history, the famed actor’s role as Nosferatu would more than solidify him as a staple of the horror genre; it would lead to nearly a century of speculation that he was in fact a real vampire.
The talented and domineering personality that Schreck brought to the role in one of the first appearances of the blood sucking antagonist on film, would ultimately lead to being portrayed by Willem Dafoe as Count Orlok in Shadow of the Vampire (2000), a movie that celebrated the notion that Max’s prowess in personification was a result of actually being the creature he embodied. Schreck whose name literally translates to "terror" in German, continues to amaze horror fans, and will always be an icon of a time lost, but never forgotten.
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