Nosferatu in Venice (1988)

Back in 1979, Klaus Kinski made a memorable and grotesque Nosferatu for Werner Herzog; he reprises the role here in this Italian-made riff on the old theme.  However he is a funny sort of vampire raised after 200 years -- he goes about in daylight, no crucifix can faze him, and he even casts a mirror reflection.  His antagonists are Christopher Plummer's vampire hunter and ineffectual priest, Donald Pleasance, and neither of them can cope.  If anything, Kinski plays this version as a unstoppable romantic lead -- and for an ugly man, he nearly looks attractive.  The Venetian atmosphere is thick enough to cut and there's a dreamy quality throughout; however if truth be told , it's all a bit muddled and adds little to the genre -- a curiosity at best.