Followers of Eggers’ earlier movies know he has an amazing 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 coloration palette and gorgeously constructed costumes helped promote the setting, together with a number of darkish, creepy pictures of town the place our vampiric villain, Rely Orlok (Invoice Skarsgård), resides. The footage reveals 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, seemingly Orlok. He sits at her bedside and asks her “Does evil come from inside us or from past?” which sounds type of sweetly paternal, perhaps. However then the vampire seems to be totally bare and proven from behind as Nicholas Hoult approaches. (What’s it with Hoult and vampires? Perhaps 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 may be very scary certainly. Depp bleeds from her eyes. Rely Orlok wears a giant, badass coat. It will be scary and lovely to have a look at regardless of the restricted coloration palette and the film’s Christmas 2024 launch date really can not get right here quickly sufficient.
“Nosferatu” opens December 25, 2024.