2024 It was a great year for the horror genre. Both commercially and creatively, horror films are part of movie-going conversations on networks and festivals, thanks to offerings such as The first prophecy, MaXXXine, Long legs or the recent Smile 2. However, the final climax will come a few days after the annual movie season ends. We are of course talking about THE Nosferatu of Robert Eggers. A remake which has already been screened in certain media in the United States and enthusiastically received by critics. In short, on the other side of the pond we are talking about a story which features the “pure evil”like a dark delight that manifests itself through a “sinister nightmare”.
Eggers is one of those filmmakers who has been offering a qualitative leap to the genre for some time. Since its debut in 2015 with The witchthe American made it clear with The lighthouse that his good work behind the cameras was not due to chance and that now, after the commercial failure of The man from the northFocus Features once again entrusted him with the major challenge of covering the 1920s film by FW Murnau. For now, based on the feedback from the first screenings, it seems that the independent production company made the right decision in entrusting Eggers to the legend of the immortal vampire which was born precisely from not having the intellectual rights of the widow of the writer of “Dracula”, Bram Stoker. Besides the talent of the director, one of the main claims that Nosferatu It’s your casting. Featuring by Lily-Rose Depp and Bill Skarsgard In the role of Count Orlok, the film brings together a whole series of familiar faces. A cast full of stars which is completed thanks to the presence of Nicholas Hoult, Willem Dafoe, Emma Corrin, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Inesonamong others.
“Nosferatu”: first impressions
As a faithful representation of Stoker’s material, Nosferatu tells the story of the arrival of the count Orlok (Dracula, in the original book) to the city of London, after meeting lawyer Hutter at his homeland of Transylvania and manage the sale and purchase of land. However, when he sees a photo of his fiancée Ellen, he soon falls in love with her and plans to travel to the ship Demeter in the Anglo-Saxon country, where he will begin to sow terrible terror among the inhabitants and where a few courageous men will have to face his gothic figure.
Nosferatu had its first screenings last November 7 in New York and Los Angelesin addition to having a pass to the Academy with a presentation hosted by director Guillermo del Toro. Thus, the opinions were not long in coming and generally speaking, it seems that the specialized press agrees that it is one of the great feature films of the year.
One of the first to speak out was the critic Anne Thompsonn of IndieWirewriting on the social network Threads: “Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is a period delight, a fantasy horror story exquisitely staged and effectively told. “It is historically authentic and features a cast with a strong English accent.” On the other hand, Jordan Raup of The cinema scenesaid it was “strangely comforting” to see a film that seems drawn from the world’s darkest depths. “pure evil”.
Obviously, a large majority of critics focus on the paper and Skarsgård’s characterization, but many mention how gorgeous the actor’s daughter is, Johnny Depp. “A gothic, melancholic, erotic, razor-toothed horror film that grabs you by the throat and takes its time (…) Bill Skarsgård… you have to see it for yourself. But the main attraction for me is Lily-Rose Depp,” wrote critic Tomris Laffly.
A first blockbuster for Eggers?
Although he is a critically adored filmmaker, Robert Eggers he hasn’t had a blockbuster yet at the height of his quality as a director. Although this could change with the arrival in theaters of Nosferatu This Christmas The proposition is in itself an attractive claim and when you add the presence of all its star actors to the current interest in the genre, it could end up being the highest-grossing film of the short career of Eggers.
Nosferatu will be released in theaters next December 25.
