NOSFERATU Director Promises Remake Will Take Vampires Back To Their "Scary, Smelly" Roots; New Still Released

NOSFERATU Director Promises Remake Will Take Vampires Back To Their "Scary, Smelly" Roots; New Still Released

Nosferatu director Robert Eggers has assured horror fans that his new take on the classic tale with make vampires scary again. We also have a new promo still featuring Nicholas Hoult's Thomas Sutter.

By MarkCassidy - Oct 10, 2024 08:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Horror
Source: Via FearHQ

Anticipation for The Witch and The Northman director Robert Eggers' Nosferatu remake is at an all-time high following the recent release of a terrifying full trailer, and the filmmaker has now promised that Bill Skarsgard's new take on Count Orlok will make vampire's scary again.

Aside from a few brief glimpses and an unsettling look at his silhouette as he terrorizes his latest victim, the trailers have kept Orlok under wraps, but Eggers teases that our first proper look at the ancient blood-sucker will be worth the wait during a new interview with Total Film.

"We’ve gone all the way to Edward Cullen, where vampires are not scary. So how do we go in the complete opposite direction of that? Vampires were scary enough that people used to dig up corpses and chop them into bits and set them on fire."

"I think we deserve a scary, smelly corpse again," he adds.

The story, which is a loose adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, will see the Count travel to Germany to stalk and seduce (lucky girl) a young woman named Ellen Sutter (Lily-Rose Depp), while her husband Thomas (Nicholas Hoult) remains a prisoner in Transylvania.

In the new image below, we see Thomas attempting to escape Orlock's castle. If you've read Dracula or seen any of the previous adaptations, you'll know there's a very good reason why he looks so terrified here, and that his experience with the creatures of the night leaves him a broken man.

Check out the new still at the link below, and have another look at the recently-released trailer.

F.W. Murnau directed the original 1922 classic, while Werner Herzog helmed a rather bizarre 1979 remake. 

"Nosferatu tells a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman in 19th century Germany and the ancient Transylvanian vampire who stalks her, bringing untold horror with him."

 Nosferatu also stars Willem Dafoe, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, and Simon McBurney. The movie was recently given an official release date, and will arrive on Christmas Day, 2024.

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IAmAHoot
IAmAHoot - 10/10/2024, 8:09 AM
Smelly, you say?

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Forthas
Forthas - 10/10/2024, 8:21 AM
The imagery reminds me of Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 film Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Sure has been an upswing in vampire and Frankenstein films lately.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/10/2024, 8:29 AM
Director Robert Eggers Horror movie Nosferatu I have very low expectations opening on Christmas Day 25th. Been a bad sign for all movies. No one will go see a Horror movie on Christmas Day.

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 10/10/2024, 9:03 AM
@AllsGood - I look forward to proving you wrong like always lol
AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/10/2024, 9:21 AM
@bobevanz - Your opinion means very little. Your one of those people who say everything is great if you like the Director. Just like Zack Snyder fans.
kdav
kdav - 10/10/2024, 11:32 AM
@AllsGood - As someone who is awaiting tickets to go on sale to buy for opening day(for the entire family), I would have to disagree.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 10/10/2024, 12:17 PM
@kdav - Wait, lol, you're taking your entire family to see Nosferatu on Christmas Day?! You got a dope family.
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 10/10/2024, 12:47 PM
@AllsGood - You’re opinion is about as strong as dragon on this site, so I don’t know why you’re talking trash.
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 10/10/2024, 12:48 PM
@AllsGood - Actually, dragon is more endearing, so you might be at the bottom.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 10/10/2024, 1:01 PM
@AllsGood - what were your expectations for The Marvels opening last November?
AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/10/2024, 1:53 PM
@Ryguy88 - SORRY! But the Marvels been replaced with Todd Phillips Joker: Folie à Deux the new Low Box Office Flop.

The Marvels (2023) Domestic Opening Weekend = $46,110,859

Todd Phillips Joker: Folie à Deux 2024 Domestic Opening Weekend = $37.6 Million

After Monday actuals, Warner’s comic book sequel Joker: Folie à Deux opened even worse than initially reported, with a $37.6M
kdav
kdav - 10/10/2024, 3:29 PM
@ObserverIO - I sure am, Gotta mix it up.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 10/10/2024, 3:40 PM
@kdav - A Christmas to remember. I'm envious, lol.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 10/10/2024, 5:43 PM
@AllsGood - now do their budgets!
Garnet777
Garnet777 - 10/10/2024, 6:21 PM
@AllsGood - You didn't answer his question.
BillyBatson1000
BillyBatson1000 - 10/10/2024, 8:57 AM
"Listen to the creatures of the night ...

What a STINK they make."
bobevanz
bobevanz - 10/10/2024, 9:04 AM
[frick] Jumpscares, that isn't scary. Those are cheap parlor tricks. Bring back real horror! This movie is going to break records
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 10/10/2024, 12:56 PM
@bobevanz - I don’t mind a jump scare, but I agree. Real terror goes deeper than that. Eggers knows how to show it. I don’t think I’ve watched a film by him twice because of it. He’s a modern day Alfred Hitchcock
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 10/10/2024, 9:12 AM
That’s no way to talk about Bill Skarsgard…

Kidding aside , he looks cool from the little glimpses we have seen so excited to check this out!!.
dragon316
dragon316 - 10/10/2024, 9:50 AM
There smelly unless he’s living alley filled with rats and trash dead bodies not sure how you capture vampire smelly ?
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 10/10/2024, 12:59 PM
@dragon316 -

Translation:

“Vampires are smelly unless you live in a dank alley filled with rats, trash, and dead bodies. But I’m not sure how you capture smell vampires on film.”

I leave it up to your interpretation.
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 10/10/2024, 1:00 PM
@JustAWaffle - *smelly
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 10/10/2024, 12:55 PM
Smelly?

Definitely not seeing this in 4D.
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 10/10/2024, 1:51 PM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - what if it smells good?
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 10/10/2024, 1:55 PM
@JustAWaffle - I'll be there

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