Remaking the immortal silent horror classic, the director of "The Witch" and "The Lighthouse" is finally ready to share his longtime passion project.

Just Robert Eggers? The writer-director’s upcoming Nosferatu remake stars Bill Skarsgård, Lily-Rose Depp, and — per Deadline — five thousand real rats. Why might he be so committed to making the set feel sinister?

Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult and Bill Skarsgård co-star in this eerie and opulent Focus Features release The post ‘Nosferatu’ Review: Robert Eggers Does Justice to a Classic in a Grim, Gorgeous Redo appeared first on TheWrap.

With the reverential early-horror tribute that is “Nosferatu,” Robert Eggers has crafted more than just a remake, but somehow less than a fully satisfying filmgoing experience. Visually striking as it is,

Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu injects fresh blood into the Dracula story with the most disturbing vampire we have seen in ages.

Nosferatu ends up being an excellent blend of the folk horror of The Witch and the grander scale of The Northman. In finally realising his passion project, Robert Eggers has treated us all to the best horror movie of the year. Nosferatu is released in US cinemas on Christmas Day and in UK cinemas on New Year's Day.

What makes 2024’s Nosferatu a special case is Robert Eggers. In less than a decade and with just three features on his filmography, Eggers has quickly established himself as one of the most exciting auteurs working in the medium today,

Murnau premiered his silent expressionist vampire film, Nosferatu, based on Bram Stoker’s 1897 gothic horror novel, Dracula. Since then, several iterations have come and gone with varying degrees of faithfulness to the source material.