Amazing 1922 German silent film about the vampire, Nosferatu. There has never been a more frightening portrayal of a vampire than in that film. The movie RULES!!!!!

Translates as "night creature", and can refer to any creature of the night; werewolves, zombies, vampires, demons, etc.

When used for vampires, it usually refers to the more grotesque breed (such as the creature from the original silent film "Nosferatu"), as opposed to the more popularized, handsome breed (such as the vampires from "Interview with the Vampire").

from latin nox (night) and fero (to bring/to carry). basically, a bringer/carrier of night. usually refered to vampires.

Means disease carrier and over time has become deluded and turned into Creature of the Night simply because Bram Stoker didn't give any clues as to what it meant In the Novel Dracula

The name of a vampire in a very old horror movie by the same name, it is sometimes used to refer to vampires in general, when one does not wish to use the popular term "vampire"

"disease carrier" or "plague bearer" is correct in most respects, but I believe it is more correct to think of nosferatu as "bringer of darkness".

It means "disease carrier." Not "Creature of the night." It is not latin, it is Slavonic.