‘Nosferatu’ First Reactions Call Robert Eggers’ Remake ‘Devilish’ and ‘Classically Haunting’: It ‘Goes Harder Than Any Other Horror Film This Year’
variety.comRobert Eggers‘ “Nosferatu” finally debuted to film press and first reactions are calling the horror drama a “knockout” with impeccable below-the-line craft.
A reimagining of F. W. Murnau’s 1922 silent German Expressionist film, “Nosferatu” stars Lily-Rose Depp as a young woman who becomes the object of desire for the terrifying vampire Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård).
Eggers’ supporting cast includes Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney and Willem Dafoe.
The director penned the script for “Nosferatu” himself. Variety senior awards editor called the film “gorgeous and horrifically brilliant,” saying Depp is “haunting” and Skarsgård is “menacing.” Indiewire chief film critic David Ehrlich highlighted all the sweaty “writhing” in the movie, perhaps a superlative amount.
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