There is no escaping the darkness in the official trailer forNosferatu, Robert Eggers’ gothic horror about the titular vampire.
“This creature is a force more powerful than evil,” Willem Dafoe’s Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz says in thetrailer. This creature is the terrifying vampire Count Orlok, played by Bill Skarsgård. Lily-Rose Depp’s Ellen Hutter plays the woman at the center of Count Orlok’s obsession. While Ellen’s husband, Thomas (Nicholas Hoult), fights to protect her, Ellen is the only one who can save everyone from Count Orlock’s wrath.
Nosferatualso stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Friedrich Harding, Emma Corrin as Anna Harding, Ralph Ineson as Dr. Wilhelm Sievers, and Simon McBurney as Herr Knock.
Eggers writes and directsNosferatu, a remake of the 1922 German silent filmNosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. The character, Nosferatu, is inspired by Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula. Producers onNosferatuinclude Eggers, Jeff Robinov, John Graham, Chris Columbus, and Eleanor Columbus.
Nosferatuis Eggers’ fourth feature film behind 2015’sThe Witch, 2019’sThe Lighthouse, and 2022’sThe Northman.
Nosferatuhas been in development since 2017, when Anya Taylor-Joy, the star ofThe Witch,signed on. At one point, Harry Styles was attached to the project. However, Taylor-Joy and Styles dropped out, with Skarsgård and Depp joining the cast in 2022.
Nosferatuhas been shrouded in mystery as the film elected to skip all the summer film festivals. Because of Eggers’ proven track record and the legitimately spine-tingling trailers,Nosferatuis one of ourfive most anticipated horror movies this fall.
