It is also a remake of a silent film from over a century ago.

Originally, the 1922Nosferatuwas bannedand almost disappeared completely, and this was because it was an unauthorizedDraculaadaptation.

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He does not need to be an action hero that runs on the rule of cool.

Instead,Van Helsing can lean more into the gothic roots of his source material, Bram Stoker’sDracula.

Nosferatu tells the tale of a young woman who falls victim to a vampire utterly infatuated with her.

Ellen screams while being strangled by a creepy hand in a scene from Nosferatu 2024

An edited image of Nicholas Hoult as Thomas Hutter and Bill Skarsgard as Count Orlok in Nosferatu.

Nosferatu is a remake of the 1922 silent film of the same name from director F. W. Murnau. Robert Eggers is crafting his own version of the story for the reboot as writer and director, with Bill Skarsgård stepping into the shoes of Count Orlok. Nosferatu tells the tale of a young woman who falls victim to a vampire utterly infatuated with her.

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Willem Dafoe with Lily Rose Depp in Nosferatu and Dafoe as Count Orlok in Shadow of the Vampire

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