Weekend read: The battle between Dracula and Nosferatu

Earlier this week, we shared that Bram Stoker’s Dracula turned 123.

Crime Reads, in honor of that milestone, shared a longform piece about the movie Nosferatu and how its creation borrowed from Dracula — to the dismay of Stoker’s widow.

Head here to take a deep dive into the heated copyright battle and the improbable survival of copies of Nosferatu.

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