Nosferatu (2024) written by Hedvig Brandt

Nosferatu is a rebirth of director, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau of the silent expressionist vampire horror film from 1922 featuring Max Schreck as Count Orlok – Nosferatu: Eine Symphonie des Grauens, which is an adaption of Bram Stokers - Dracula. 

This visually pleasing remake is written and directed by American, Robert Eggers (41) he is known for the folk horror film, The Witch (2015) which is a feast for the art of cinematography and he is known for mixing horror, folklore, and mythology. 

 The main characters played by Bill Skagsgård as Count Orlok, Nicholas Holt (Thomas Hutter), and Lily-Rose Depp (Ellen Hutter) do a great job playing these roles, especially Lily-Rose Depp did an incredible job in her intense shaking scenes without the use of CGI scenes impactful, intense and she is captivating the audience and her audition tape proves that she is an incredible actress. The plot of the film doesn't deviate from the original story, Eggers kept it original I find it enjoyable; I wouldn’t like it too much if it suddenly was a whole new spin on it but it leaves the audience to be able to enjoy the visual art on screen.

The only thing is Count Orloks appearance is not as eerie as the original Max Schrek's bald and rat-like look but Eggers's new and refreshing Orlok look is rooted in vampire folklore and noblemen of Transylvania, of the time, overall, Bill Skarsgård does a good job playing the role and with Eggers’ use of vintage and custom film lenses and his attention to detail is astounding. Eggers revives an ancient Dacian language that has been dead for ages which I find is a cool spin and a beautiful gesture to the film and of course the ancient culture. Cinematographer, Jarin Blaschke really set his stamp on the film with his use of 35mm film and with the picture symmetry you can practically screenshot every shot to a Gothic romantic painting overall, throughout the film the shadow play is haunting and beautiful and it's a beautiful ode to the original film.