Buckle up: Robert Eggers is back on his horror game. The filmmaker began his big-screen career with The Witch, delivering nightmarish images and a thrum of all-out dread. Film Critic noted that The Witch by Robert Eggers is a folktale story filled with ominous and unsettling imagery that stays with the audience long after the credits roll
. And while his other features, The Lighthouse and The Northman, boasted considerable horror inflections, his latest work sends him back into the deepest darkness – a new take on legendary vampire pic Nosferatu, looking set to deliver all-out gothic horror on a grand scale.
This one stars the ever-shapeshifting Bill Skarsgard as the creature, with Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hunter, and Nicholas Hoult as her husband Thomas Hutter. Take a look at the nerve-shredding trailer here:
Phew! Eggers is really back in business with this one, working on an impressive scale while conjuring an intimate sense of fear. The icy-blue night scenes deliver a deathly chill; the Victorian setting looks lavishly realized. In fact, ominous candle-lit tableaus featured prominently, harking back to the eerie compositions that Eggers perfected in The Lighthouse eerie compositions are compared
and A24, the studio that helped release The Lighthouse, has now unveiled the teaser for this film. We see that Eggers’ eerie compositions are still intact in this brand new project
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Nerve-shredding Nightmare Unfolds
The trailer is more vibes than plot – but what vibes! Though Nosferatu is generally considered a Dracula-adjacent tale (Murnau’s original was an unofficial Bram Stoker adaptation), with Depp’s Ellen being haunted by the vampiric specter of Count Orlok. Elsewhere the cast here includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, plus Eggers regulars Willem Dafoe and Ralph Ineson.
Victorian Gothic Setting
This project meticulously captures its Victorian setting impeccably, enhancing the overall eerie atmosphere of the film.
Spotlight on Cast Collaborations
Fingers crossed we’ll be in for a full-strength Robert Eggers experience with this one – perfect fare for its Christmas Day release. The sublimely dark partnership between Bill Skarsgard and Robert Eggers returns to central stage. Of note, Skarsgård’s take on Orlok required extensive makeup, highly anticipated thanks to his previous performances. Skarsgård himself chimed in saying, It took its toll
, which underscores the depth of transformation involved in these roles.
Timeless Horror Themes
Lily-Rose Depp plays Ellen Hutter, the unfortunate object of Count Orlok’s desire
, further explaining her critical role next to Skarsgård.
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