In what appears to be a brazen act of vandalism on the famed horror director F.W. Murnau, his head has been reportedly stolen from the family plot at the cemetery where the director was laid to rest, according to Variety.

Murnau was perhaps most famous for his direction of Count Orlok, who doubled as Count Dracula, in the 1922 silent film "Nosferatu." The film had many controversial issues associated with it, which included the unauthorized use of material originally written by Bram Stoker in his novel Dracula.

"Nosferatu" was at one time recognized as one of the scariest movies of all time, given its eerie portrayal of the creepy vampire. The film was revolutionary for its time and depicted the vampire with a gothic and terrifying presence that Murnau captured on the film.

Murnau passed away in 1931 after a successful career in Hollywood. He was laid to rest in the family plot, at a cemetery in Stahnsdorf, Germany. German authorities and news outlets started reporting the criminal act by the vandals on Tuesday.

Daily Mail reports that the apparent incident appears to be straight from a script of one of his horror films. The U.K.-based media outlet said that the grave had been used as a place for devil worshippers to gather since his death in 1931.

They also report that the grave was opened and his embalmed body was exposed. That is when the head of the horror director was removed from the coffin and taken from the property.

There were no leads as to who may have committed the brazen act, but there was what appeared to be the remains of melted black candlewax left at the scene. Due to the site's propensity to attract devil worshippers from all around, the candlewax could have also been left there by people that had nothing to do with the crime.

See video below of Murnau's famed film "Nosferatu."