Actor Patton Oswalt Says Watching "Nosferatu" at Age 5 Is 'Still One of the Scariest Things I've Ever Experienced' Raven BrunnerSeptember 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM 0 Dark Sky Films; FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Patton Oswalt (left) and Max Schreck in 'Nosferatu' Actor Patton Oswalt reca...
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Raven BrunnerSeptember 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Actor Patton Oswalt recalls watching the 1922 silent German horror movie Nosferatu during a family day at a library when he was just 5 years old in the new documentary Chain Reactions
The documentary opens in New York City and Los Angeles on Sept. 19 and expands nationwide on Sept. 26
A remake of Nosferatu, starring Willem Dafoe and Lily-Rose Depp, was released in 2024
Patton Oswalt's first movie memory was nightmare inducing.
The actor, 56, was just 5 years old when he saw the 1922 silent German horror movie Nosferatu during a family day at a library.
Oswalt says in the new documentary Chain Reactions that he was attending a "Halloween activity day for kids" in Tustin, Calif., when the adults decided to put on the vampire flick amid the other festive activities.
"The adults meant well," he explains. "They're thinking, 'Oh, let's make pumpkin cookies and let's do cut-out black cats. And we'll show the kids an old silent movie, Nosferatu. That'll be safe for the kids."
But unfortunately, the movie screening ended up being a major scare for at least one kindergarten-age viewer. "It's still one of the scariest things I've ever experienced," Oswalt says.
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Patton Oswalt in 'Chain Reactions'
"It was just this square of light on a wall in a library activity room, and we were just pulled out of early '70s Tustin Meadows and into this nightmare logic German vampire world," he recalls.
The movie contained "really disturbing imagery" and "has its own creepy sense of time, gravity and logic," Oswalt says, adding, "It really, really messes you up."
F. W. Murnau's classic horror movie follows vampire Count Orlok as he haunts the wife of his real estate agent and wreaks havoc on a small German town.
A remake was released in 2024, written and directed by Robert Eggers. The movie had an all-star cast, including Lily-Rose Depp, Bill Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe, Emma Corrin and Nicholas Hoult.
Chain Reactions, directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, dives into the lasting impact of Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. It includes interviews with Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King and Karyn Kusama, as well as never-before-seen footage.
In the documentary, the King of Queens alum also recalls the first time he watched The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, which hit theaters in 1974.
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Max Schreck in 'Nosferatu'
"My first viewing of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre happened on my friend's small color TV in his living room with his ancient early '80s VCR," he says, adding that the device was "top loading, no rewind, no pause."
"You put it in, you hit play, boom, there you go," Oswalt continues.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre stars Gunnar Hansen as cannibalistic killer Leatherface, who attacks a group of friends in rural Texas.
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Chain Reactions opens in New York City and Los Angeles on Sept. 19 and expands nationwide on Sept. 26.
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