There’s been no scarcity of vampire films and TV reveals within the final couple of years. There was Renfield, Abigail, Interview with a Vampire, What We Do within the Shadows, and extra, all exploring totally different genres (with various levels of success) by the lens of everybody’s favourite creatures of the night time. However we haven’t had many actually scary vampires not too long ago, and it looks like Nosferatu is right here to right that reality.
The most recent remake of the basic German horror film — itself an unlicensed adaptation of Dracula — comes from The VVitch and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers, who appears to be leaning into the oppressively darkish and creepy environment of the unique movie.
The film follows Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult, who was additionally in Renfield) and all of the unusual issues that occur to him after he visits the citadel of the mysterious and vampiric Depend Orlak (Invoice Skarsgård). Within the authentic story, this consists of (arguably) prompting the Depend’s transfer to town in pursuit of Hutter’s spouse, who appears to have already been bewitched by the vampire.
The primary trailer for the film, which went on-line Monday, is all about establishing a temper, stuffed with darkish rooms and pitch-black castles. We see glimpses of Orlak’s citadel, however the majority of the trailer is targeted on the oldsters again in London, who appear to be eagerly anticipating his dreadful arrival. After all, we don’t actually get to see a lot of Orlak, higher referred to as Nosferatu — solely his silhouette, giving us a fantastically scary ending to the trailer.
The film’s stacked solid additionally consists of earlier Eggers collaborators Willem Dafoe and Ralph Ineson, in addition to Emma Corrin and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Within the grand custom of counter-programming that has included films like Wolf of Wall Road and Woman with the Dragon Tattoo, Nosferatu is about for launch on Christmas Day. So you’ll be able to take the entire household to satisfy the Depend.
