E. Elias Merhige — Director · CriticCrunchE. Elias Merhige
DirectorTitles3
With scores3
Peak decade2000s
Oscar nominated1 title
E. Elias Merhige has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2000s.
- CriticCrunch Career Percentile
- Top 56%
- Titles Scored
- 3
- Highest-Ranked Title
- Shadow of the Vampire (Top 56%)
- Primary Role
- Director
Career Overview
By decade
Top 5%Top 6–25%Below 25%Unranked
By genre
Titles can span multiple genres.
the vibe
E. Elias Merhige’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe
measureddarkintenselayered
serious
intimate
haunting
unsettling
gritty
Recurring themes
obsessionfate destiny
pacing
measured 3/9measured 3/9
intensity
intense 7/9intense 7/9
complexity
layered 7/9layered 7/9
humor
serious 2/9serious 2/9
scale
intimate 5/9intimate 5/9
spirit
haunting 3/9haunting 3/9
- CriticCrunch Signature Pacing
- measured (mode across filmography)
- CriticCrunch Signature Tone
- dark (mode across filmography)
- CriticCrunch Signature Intensity
- intense (mode across filmography)
- CriticCrunch Signature Complexity
- layered (mode across filmography)
- CriticCrunch Signature Humor
- serious (mode across filmography)
- CriticCrunch Signature Scale
- intimate (mode across filmography)
- CriticCrunch Signature Spirit
- haunting (mode across filmography)
- CriticCrunch Recurring Themes
- obsession, fate destiny
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E. Elias Merhige Filmography
3 with scores · sorted: best firstQuick slices
1
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Director F.W. Murnau makes a Faustian pact with a vampire to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."
Dir. E. Elias Merhige · With John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Udo Kier
Audience Score
6.7/10
686 votes
Quality Score
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Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.
Dir. E. Elias Merhige · With Brian Salzberg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry
Audience Score
5.9/10
360 votes
Quality Score
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A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers.
Dir. E. Elias Merhige · With Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss
Audience Score
5.5/10
389 votes
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