Nosferatu 2024 is a near classic, a great homage to its namesake

 

Robert Eggers new version of Nosferatu is a near classic. I thoroughly enjoyed virtually every frame of this gorgeous period piece, with beauty and bleakness, and piety and refinement sharing time with the profane grotesque.

Nosferatu 2024 is not solely the horror film F.W. Murnau’s 1922 Nosferatu is. Egger’s film is better defined as a very dark romance, with elements of horror. The film captures the spirit and dread of its vintage namesake, something that for a generation Universal has failed to do with their reboots. Atmosphere, expressionism, religious hope and despair encompass this film. The cinematography is superb, the locations, interior settings, costuming, all perfect. Bill  Skarsgard’s Count Orlok is a blend of horror, humanity, evil, ambition and lust. Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe also excel.

Go see the film. Like its predecessor, Nosferatu captures the dread, panic and despair of an entire village and population facing annihilation. This is something that even my beloved Dracula films usually fail to capture. And it underscores the true element of horror – that Deity cannot prevail against the demons. … Unless a young woman perhaps makes a Christ-like sacrifice to save her people.

-- Doug Gibson

To read Joe Gibson's thoughts on this film, follow the link here: https://planninecrunch.blogspot.com/2024/12/nosferatu-symphony-of-misplaced.html