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History time: In the original folklore, most vampires were peasants little different from the people they preyed upon. A succession of nineteenth century authors — Polidori, Rymer, Le Fanu, and ultimately Stoker — made them elegant aristocrats, whose attractiveness and dignified bearing disguised an inner corruption. And we all know what happened since.

In 1920, F.W. Murnau had a great idea. Since the German Expressionist movement was all about stylization, why not apply this to vampires? Why not create a vampire that looks the part of a monster, in this case like a humanoid plague rat? And so, Nosferatu got made, and very nearly destroyed.

But Murnau's character, Orlok, played by scary-ass stage actor Max Schreck, has become one of the most iconic vampires ever, and has spawned a flock of imitators, typically used as a contrast to the elegant, pretty vampires, who for some reason are more likely to be treated sympathetically, or at least respectfully.

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In order to qualify as a character who Looks Like Orlok, they must possess some combination of the following:

A form of Our Vampires Are Different; see also Classical Movie Vampire (resembling Bela Lugosi, who codified the look). Compare Looks Like Cesare (for characters based on classic German Expressionist horror films) and Feral Vampires for another throwback to traditional ideas of vampires. Also known for their Pivotal Wake-up.

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Count Chocula, the spokes-vampire for General Mills' chocolate/marshmallow cereal, isn't purely this trope — he has the Lugosian dark hair and widows's peak and tidy, aristocratic clothing, but he has the pointed ears, extra-long fingers with claw-like nails, narrow, hooked nose, and pointy little rat-fangs in place of his incisors rather than as canine teeth. He really owes more to Orlok than to Lugosi.

Anime and Manga

Hellsing, the antagonist Incognito's appearance seems to be based on that of Count Orlok. By contrast, Alucard is based on the more popular imagery of the suave Dracula. Then again, Alucard is Dracula.

Black Cat gives us Preta Ghoul. He used to have hair, though, until it rotted out.

The lizard chimera Bido of Fullmetal Alchemist is completely bald (with a speckled head) and has the requisite pale skin, hooked nose and sharp teeth, and he furthers the similarity by the cloak he always wears, so he can hide from normal humans. Granted, he also has a rather large tail.

Abidani of Gamble Fish. He's a vindictive, macabre, sadistic character with a bald head, a very angular face, spindly limbs, a hooked nose, elf ears, a slight hunch and spiky teeth. This appearance was caused due to Abidani being nearly electrocuted to death by an electric chair as a young man .

. Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders: the lecherous Serial Killer J. Geil has a number of Orlockian traits, such as a bald head, hunched posture, pointed ears, and sharp fingernails. The OVA gives him an even more Orlock-inspired design by adding a sickly gray complexion, rat-like incisors, and a narrow, bony jawline.

Comic Books

Fan Fic

The Watchmen/Dracula Fusion Fic Bram Stoker's Ozymandias features a vampiric version of Adrian Veidt who looks a bit like this (though with pointed canines instead of incisors, a full head of hair even if it's a bit thin, and an age-related stoop rather than a real hump) before he regenerates to his handsome, canon form.

Films - Animated

One of the vampires in Halloweentown from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Dracula's father, Vlad in Hotel Transylvania 2.

Films - Live Action

Literature

Live-Action TV

Music Videos

Tabletop Games

Many of the Nosferatu in game art take on this appearance in Vampire: The Masquerade, but it can differ quite a bit from the Orlokian norm, as long as it's hideous. This is likely intentional, since the clan has the same name as the movie Orlok came from and has abilities similar to his. The version of the Nosferatu in Vampire: The Requiem can take on many forms foul and fair, but regardless of appearance always has an unsettling aura that makes social interaction difficult.

Warhammer: Vampires of the Necrarch bloodline often resemble rotting corpses, while the Strigoi are giant, mutated batlike bloodsuckers that are barely human.

The Basic Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook GAZ3 The Principalities of Glantri had the vampire-like nosferatu monsters (inspired by Nosferatu), whose illustration looked like this. The text didn't mention them looking weird or standing out in a crowd, however. Later appearances by Mystaran nosferatu show them passing for human, so it's probably artistic license. D&D also has the Keepers, which are basically an Expy of the Strangers from Dark City. The D&D third edition Ravenloft books introduced the Vrykolakas, a subtype of vampires that look like Orlok. They are specifically described as "night scavengers and plague-carriers" to play up Orlok's plague rat aspects. One key difference is that instead of fangs they have a long, barbed tongue. Varrangoins, bat-like 3e magical beasts from the Abyss, have Orlok-style heads.

In Pathfinder, Nosferatu are one of several types of vampire in the game setting; and yes, they look like the gentleman pictured at the top of this page. They even have different abilities than the common-or-garden vampire, all of which are taken from the original film, such as telepathy, telekinesis, and the ability to turn into a swarm of rats, but just like Orlok, they can't create new vampires by drinking blood.

The Deadlands TTRPG has the Nosferatu as a subspecies of vampires. They look like Orlok. And ride macabre trains when raiding for victims.

Some of the races of Talislanta look a bit like this, such as the Na-Ku cannibals, Marukans, and Nagra. Even the Kang might fit, if Max Schreck had gotten really ripped at the gym and suffered a bad sunburn.

Vampires in Magic: The Gathering vary heavily depending on the set and artist. Some of the earlier ones like Sengir Vampire head in this direction.

head in this direction. In Shadowrun Ghouls and Nosferatu both have this look. They're both humans (or other metahumans) that have mutated as the result of viral exposure; they've lost their hair, grown fangs, have pointed ears, claws, and are generally pretty hideous.

Toys

Carpathias in the Four Horsemen's Mythic Legions line starts at "Orlok" and goes in a more bat-like direction.

Video Games

Web Comics

Imp of School Bites is said to be a "Nosferatu prince". However, he's actually generically cute.

Camille, the main vampire character of Bloody Urban is essentially the Cute Monster Girl version of Orlok- she has sunken in eyes, pronounced fangs on both her front teeth and canines, and large, bat-like ears.

Vampires in TRU-Life Adventures start out looking like themselves, but grow to resemble Orlok as they lose their humanity.

In Shadowgirls, a very Orlok-looking member of EoD was sent to eliminate a hospitalized cop. It 's a bit unclear if he was a vampire or something else, although the almost certainly wasn't human.

Although Count Chocula blended Dracula and Orlok as a cereal mascot, in Breakfast of the Gods, Brian Sanderson subtly played up the Orlokian aspects more. While he kept the elegant clothes and dark widow's peak, he's far more ratlike and sinister: his face is more pointed, his fangs are longer and more wedge-shaped, and his hands look more like the paws of a rat with long thin fingers and prominent knuckles.

Web Original

Count LeShoc of Transylvania Television is based on this type of vampire.

Zellie T of ASCZ's Horrorshow compares this video of El Chupacabra to Count Orlok.

of El Chupacabra to Count Orlok. The creatures guarding the statue in the aquarium warehouse in The Out Crowd look like this.

The eponymous character from Salad Fingers, despite not having any nose or ears, fits the bill. His gaunt figure, bald head, Creepy Long Fingers, misshapen teeth, and red eyes make up for it.

Western Animation