Nosferatu (2024)

Last updated on May 1st, 2025 at 12:39 am

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

Nosferatu is 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.

Filmed in Prague.

Director Robert Eggers had a recent interview where he talks a bit more about the movie, saying: “Yeah, it’s a scary film. It’s a horror movie. It’s a Gothic horror movie. And I do think that there hasn’t been an old-school Gothic movie that’s actually scary in a while. And I think that the majority of audiences will find this one to be the case. It’s even more Ellen’s story than previous versions. And Lily-Rose is absolutely phenomenal.” He goes on to talk about Bill Skarsgård’s performance as Count Orlok, saying: “I’ll say that Bill has so transformed, I’m fearful that he might not get the credit that he deserves because he’s just… he’s not there. He felt like honoring who had come before him. It’s all very subtle. But I think the main thing is that he’s even more a folk vampire. In my opinion he looks like a dead Transylvanian nobleman, and in a way that we’ve never actually seen what an actual dead Transylvanian nobleman would look like and be dressed like.” (11/20/23)

Willem Dafoe is in talks to join the cast, though his role in the film is currently unknown. This would be Dafoe’s third time working with writer/director Robert Eggers, after The Lighthouse and The Northman. Coincidentally, Willem Dafoe played a vampire in 2000’s Shadow of the Vampire, which was about the filming of the 1922 movie Nosferatu, which this is based on. (1/26/23)

It looks like the project is finally picking up steam, with news that Bill Skarsgård and Lily-Rose Depp have joined the cast. It appears that Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch, Split, Last Night in Soho) is no longer involved with the project. (9/30/22)

Director Robert Eggers provided a brief update on the film once again, this time seeming a bit unsure about what’s going on with the project. Here’s what he had to say: “Dude, I don’t know. It’s fallen apart twice. I’ve been trying to get the word out because the word did carry that Harry Styles was going to be in the movie. I just want to be clear that he was going to be Hutter and not Nosferatu himself.” He added… “I’ve been trying so hard [to make the film]. And I just wonder if Murnau’s ghost is telling me, like, you should stop.” (4/13/22)

An update on this project has been revealed within an article featuring writer/director Robert Eggers. The article states that Eggers was to prep filming in Prague last year, but things halted when Harry Styles dropped out due to scheduling concerns. Here’s what was said: “Eggers was supposed to be in Prague. The previous week, he had been scheduled to move there to begin preparing a remake of “Nosferatu,” F. W. Murnau’s silent vampire film, from 1922. The new version featured Taylor-Joy, who also starred in “The Witch,” and Harry Styles. But, at the last minute, Styles pulled out, citing scheduling concerns. Jarin Blaschke, Eggers’s cinematographer, had already enrolled his daughter in school in Prague.” At the moment it’s unclear what is happening with the project. (3/28/22)

Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch, Split, Last Night in Soho) was originally in negotiations to star in the film, but ultimately had to drop out, likely due to production delays that resulted in a schedule conflict.

Announced in the Summer of 2015, it looks like the project is still in development and Robert Eggers still plans to write and direct. He had a recent podcast interview where he confirms this, saying: “[It’s shocking] to me. It feels ugly and blasphemous and egomaniacal and disgusting for a filmmaker in my place to do ‘Nosferatu’ next. I was really planning on waiting a while, but that’s how fate shook out.” He goes on to say how he has a close connection with the original movie, detailing how he “lost his mind” after seeing a picture of Count Orlok when he was in elementary, then when he was 17 he went on to do a play for Nosferatu in his senior year. He was quoted saying: “Nosferatu’ has a very close, magical connection for me. Though if I were to make the movie 17-year-old Rob was going to make of ‘Nosferatu’ it would have been something between like ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ and ‘Sin City,’ whereas this is going to be the same approach as ‘The Witch,’ where 1830s Biedermeier Baltic Germany needs to be articulated in a way that seems real.” Adding.. “I can’t also do Max Schreck again either, so that’s fun, so it’s going back to the origins of the folk vampire.” (11/12/16)

Written/directed by Robert Eggers (The Witch).

A remake was made in 1979 from director Werner Herzog.

The original film was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, where the names and various details were changed because the studio couldn’t obtain the rights to the novel.

This is a remake of the classic 1922 silent film Nosferatu.

Focus Features released Nosferatu in Theaters on December 25, 2024.

Universal Pictures released Nosferatu in UK Cinemas on January 1, 2025.

Universal Pictures released Nosferatu in Australian Cinemas on January 1, 2025.

Universal Pictures released Nosferatu on PVOD on January 21, 2025.

Universal released Nosferatu on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD on February 18, 2025.

Nosferatu premiered on Peacock on February 21, 2025.

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Director: Robert Eggers