Robert Eggers’ gothic remake of NOSFERATU tells the horrific tale of the obsessive Count Orlok (played by an unrecognizable Bill Skarsgård) who summons Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult) to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp). After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile, Orlok’s servant, Knock (Simon McBurney), prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.
The Hollywood Reporter – “It’s a Gothic horror nightmare heaving with sumptuous visual detail, groaning under the weight of portentous dread, writhing with both convulsive violence and sweaty eroticism and leavened by sly hints of fiendish camp.” (full review here)
The Playlist – “Bloodcurdling to the last delicious drop, Nosferatu is extraordinarily compelling, one of the best films of the year, and an unforgettable, phantasmagoric experience for theaters that will astonish.” (full review here)
The Independent – “Depp does magnificent work in embodying the sense of existing out of place, not only in the violent contortions and grimaces of supernatural possession, but in the way Ellen’s gaze seems to look out beyond her conversation partner and into some undefinable abyss.” (full review here)
The Daily Beast – “A monument to dark desire and the corruption it breeds, and a masterpiece of unholy terror that instantly takes its place alongside the genre’s hallowed greats.” (full review here)
