Nosferatu – What You Need To Know

I know it is a fact of film making that, when you can’t think of a new idea, why not just re-use an old one? I know the latter part of the twentieth century has been fertile territory for recent features but how about going back a bit further? Like to 1922? 

Who is Nosferatu?

Nosferatu is an archaic Romanian word for vampire and the vampire in question is called Count Orlok. He isn’t named Count Dracula because the original Nosferatu was an unauthorised, unofficial version of the 1897 Bram Stoker novel. The resemblance very nearly meant that Nosferatu was lost forever after a judge ordered all copies of the 1922 film to be destroyed. Thankfully some prints survived, or this film would never have been made.

Behind The Camera

This is a bit of a passion project for Robert Eggars; he co-directed a stage production of Nosferatu in high school. Eggars directed and wrote the screenplay for this version. His director of photography is, once again, Jarin Blaschke.

Release Date(s)

We’re looking at Christmas Day releases in the USA and New Years Day in the UK.

First Look Trailer

Cast

After a number of recastings due to scheduling conflicts, we now have a cast led by Willem Dafoe, Ralph Ineson, Nicholas Hoult, Bill Skarsgård, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp, and Emma Corrin.

Characters, So Far, In Nosferatu

We have Bill Skarsgård as Count Orlok, Nicholas Hoult as Thomas Hutter, Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hutter, Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Friedrich Harding, Emma Corrin as Anna Harding, Ralph Ineson as Dr. Wilhelm Sievers, and Willem Dafoe as Prof. Albin Eberhart Von Franz

Nosferatu’s Backstory

Basically, it is the Dracula story with a few changed names so you probably already know all you need to know before you go in.

Sequels?

Strictly speaking, there shouldn’t be. But let’s see what happens at the box office.