Followers of Eggers’ earlier movies know he has an important understanding of making temper and recreating completely different eras from historical past, from the Puritan frontier of “The Witch” to the frozen Viking battlefields of “The Northman,” and it appears like he is managed to completely nail the vibe of the late Victorian gothic.
Within the footage screened for CinemaCon attendees, a muted colour palette and gorgeously constructed costumes helped promote the setting, together with plenty of darkish, creepy pictures of the town the place our vampiric villain, Rely Orlok (Invoice Skarsgård), resides. The footage exhibits Lily-Rose Depp rising from a mattress crying and yelling for somebody to return to her earlier than a hand reaches out and grabs her throat, doubtless Orlok. He sits at her bedside and asks her “Does evil come from inside us or from past?” which sounds form of sweetly paternal, perhaps. However then the vampire seems to be absolutely bare and proven from behind as Nicholas Hoult approaches. (What’s it with Hoult and vampires? Possibly he simply has that Victorian-era look about him. He’s very pale.)
Eggers has stated that his “Nosferatu” is supposed to be a film that actually scares you, and from the outline of the footage, it will be very scary certainly. Depp bleeds from her eyes. Rely Orlok wears an enormous, badass coat. It is going to be scary and beautiful to take a look at regardless of the restricted colour palette and the film’s Christmas 2024 launch date actually can’t get right here quickly sufficient.
“Nosferatu” opens December 25, 2024.
