Of all of the titles which have stored attendees at this 12 months’s CinemaCon on the sting of their seats, practically none made as large of a pant as that of the primary teaser for Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu. Billed by the presenter as “not your father’s Nosferatu,” we will again up that declare because the filmmaker, who’s been behind different titles together with The Witch and The Northman, left his apparent stamp of darkness on the reimagining. Showcasing the unimaginable lineup of main stars, the Focus Options movie’s first look was pure mayhem lined in a sinister gloom and loads of blood.

The teaser opens with Lily-Rose Depp, dutifully praying and being vigilant whereas asking one thing – or somebody – to return to her. A voiceover may be heard of Depp’s character, Ellen Hutter, asking Willem Dafoe’s Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz if evil comes from inside somebody or if it really works its manner in from the skin. From right here, the tempo picked up, with horrific imagery full of hoards of rats and a person biting a pigeon’s head off whereas we watched Nicholas Hoult’s Thomas Hutter take his first take a look at the fortress of Rely Orlok (Invoice Skarsgård). Lastly, off within the shadows, with the determine of a canine by his aspect, stood the towering titular vampire. Though we didn’t get to see Skarsgård’s face, the imagery was haunting sufficient, inflicting the viewers to interrupt out in thunderous applause.

From what we’ve seen so removed from a smattering of photographs which have made their manner into the general public eye, Eggers will stick near the topic of the story that was first began by Bram Stoker in his traditional horror novel, Dracula. The movie will transport audiences to Germany through the nineteenth century and can observe Rely Orlok’s infatuation with the married Ellen Hutter. Vampire hunters will rise to the event to jam a stake into the bloodsucker’s coronary heart, whereas Ellen’s beloved (a very ripped Hoult from what we noticed within the trailer) will do something in his energy to maintain onto his beloved and preserve her from the spell of the undead.

Invoice Skarsgård’s Yr Of Darkness

Skarsgård has lengthy been a face that casting administrators affiliate with villainy. The extraordinarily gifted actor has already haunted our nightmares in Andrés Muschietti’s It diversifications and ensured that we slept with the lights on through the run of the TV collection, Hemlock Grove. Not solely will he be showing as one of the legendary monsters of all time in Nosferatu, however Skarsgård may also quickly be seen in Lionsgate’s reimagining of The Crow. On a quest for vengeance after his fiancé is murdered, Skarsgård’s position in The Crow is the polar reverse of that of his half in Nosferatu – save for the truth that each characters desire to perch within the darkness. The Crow will fly into theaters on June 7, a full six months earlier than Nosferatu rises from the useless on December 25.

Study every thing there’s to learn about Eggers’ newest characteristic right here and keep tuned for extra info from CinemaCon.

Nosferatu (2024)

A gothic story of obsession between a haunted younger lady and the terrifying vampire infatuated together with her, inflicting untold horror in its wake.

Launch Date

December 25, 2024