There’s been no scarcity of vampire motion pictures 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 means of the lens of everybody’s favourite creatures of the evening. However we haven’t had many really scary vampires not too long ago, and it looks like Nosferatu is right here to right that truth.
The newest remake of the traditional 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 ambiance 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 fort of the mysterious and vampiric Depend Orlak (Invoice Skarsgård). Within the unique story, this contains (arguably) prompting the Depend’s transfer to the 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 fort, however the majority of the trailer is centered on the oldsters again in London, who appear to be eagerly anticipating his dreadful arrival. In fact, 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 forged additionally contains 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 motion pictures like Wolf of Wall Road and Lady with the Dragon Tattoo, Nosferatu is set for launch on Christmas Day. So you possibly can take the entire household to meet the Depend.
