After the forests of 17th-century New England in The Witches, the windswept islands of the 1890s in The Lighthouse and the hills of 10th-century Iceland in The Northman, Robert Eggers returned to Transylvania to film his latest atmospheric thriller Nosferatu. The best part is that the cast is to die for.
On February 13, 2023, Deadline reported that Emma Corrin had joined the cast to play Anna Harding, alongside Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Willem Dafoe and Bill Skarsgård. The latter will play the deadly Count Orlok, with Depp as his love interest. More news came on March 3: current Bond front-runner Aaron Taylor-Johnson has joined the cast, alongside Simon McBurney and Ralph Ineson.
The 1922 film begins in the fictional 19th-century German town of Weisberg, where dangerous real estate agent Nock is about to send one of his employees, Thomas Hart, to meet a lucrative new client living in Transylvania. Upon arrival, Hart is shocked and horrified by Count Orlok’s behavior: he sleeps in a coffin during the day; he accidentally cuts Hart’s finger and attempts to suck his blood, then discovers a photograph of Hart’s wife Ellen, whom he had become obsessed with. O’Rourke then heads to Weisberg to pursue him, leaving a trail of destruction.
Given that Eggers is writing and directing the retelling, it’s a safe bet that there will be many twists and turns that stray from the source material, though the images in the new version should be original given the author’s unique, trippy visual style. Give me an example? The first photo shows Depp’s Ellen Hart gasping with tears in her eyes while the shadow of a demonic hand covers her face. Soon after, even more horrifying photos emerged along with two terrifying trailers.
Mark your calendars for December 25, 2024, when the film hits the big screen, and get ready for some sleepless nights.
