Nosferatu (2024)

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Nosferatu

Credits
Title:	Nosferatu
Directed by:	Robert Eggers
Written by:	Robert Eggers
Produced by:	Bernard Bellew; Robert Eggers; Chris Columbus; Eleanor Columbus; Garrett Bird; John Graham; David Minkowski; Matthew Stillman; Jeff Robinov
Based on:	Dracula
Music by:	Robin Carolan
Cinematography:	Jarin Blaschke
Edited by:	Louise Ford
Production
Production:	Maiden Voyage Pictures Studio 8 Birch Hill Road Entertainment Bleat Post Production Green Eyes Production
Distributors:	Focus Features
Released:	December 25th, 2024
Rating:	R
Running time:	132 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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Nosferatu is an American feature film of the Gothic horror subgenre with an emphasis on vampire fiction. It is a remake of the 1922 silent film classic Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens by F.W. Murnau, which in turn is an adaptation of the novel Dracula by author Bram Stoker. This film was written and directed by Robert Eggers. It was presented by Focus Features and produced by Eggers' studio, Maiden Voyage Pictures as well as Studio 8, Birch Hill Road Entertainment, Bleat Post Production and Green Eyes Production. It premiered in Los Angeles, California on November 8th, 2024. It was screened in Berlin, Germany on December 2nd, 2024. The movie opened to wide theatrical release in the United States and Canada on December 25th, 2024. The movie stars Bill Skarsgård in the role of Count Orlok - the eponymous vampire antagonist of the film. Also starring in the film is Lily-Rose Depp as the female lead and central protagonist Ellen Hutter, Nicholas Hoult as the male lead protagonist Thomas Hutter, Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Friedrich Harding, Emma Corrin as Anna Harding, Ralph Ineson as Doctor Wilhelm Sievers, Simon McBurney as Knock, and Willem Dafoe as occult scholar and alchemist Professor Albin Eberhart von Franz.

Plot[]

Hock - Nos24 — Secure the sale. Ignore the blood.

In the town of Wisborg, Germany in the year 1838, a woman named Ellen suffers intense nightmares and psychic visions of a shadowy seducer. Her fiancé is Thomas Hutter, who is a solicitor who is assigned to broker the sale of an estate known as Schloss Grünewald for an eccentric Western European Count named Orlok. Hutter's employer, an estate agent named Hock, is secretly a servant of Orlok and engages in dark occult rituals.

Hutter's journey is fraught with strange encounters with Romani tribes in the Carpathian Alps. Upon reaching the castle of Count Orlok, he is stricken by the Count's appearance and aggressive demeanor. After placing his signature on the final documents of the estate sale, he realizes that he has become a prisoner of the Count. Exploring the lower dungeons of the castle during the daylight hours, Hutter discovers a coffin containing Orlok's body and realizes that the Count is a vampire. Hutter desperately tries to escape the castle as wolves give chase and he plunges into the river below.

Back in Wisborg, Ellen continues to be haunted by nightmarish visions and grows fearful when Thomas fails to return from his journey. During his absence, she has been residing at the lavish home of Thomas' friend Friedrich Harding and his wife Anna. She begins sleepwalking and suffering from intense seizures. Friedrich summons Doctor Wilhelm Sievers to treat her, but Sievers is perplexed by her symptoms, and can offer little more than keep her sedated with ether.

Meanwhile, Count Orlok has booked passage on a ship that brings him to Wisborg. His body is contained in a crate filled with soil from his homeland. The ship becomes infested with rats and upon reaching Wisborg, the rats scurry about the town, spreading plague and pestilence.

Hutter in crypt — Hutter explores the crypt.

Doctor Sievers is at a loss to help Ellen so he consults with his old mentor, the unorthodox occult scholar Albin Eberhart Von Franz. Von Franz examines Ellen and determines that she is under the curse of the vampire - Nosferatu.

After recovering for a spell at a convent, Thomas Hutter eventually manages to make it home to Wisborg. He reunites with Ellen and tries to help her even as plague overtakes the town.

Orlok appears before Ellen in a dream. He reveals that her psychic visions that she has had since childhood is what first awakened him to her presence. Orlok reminds Ellen of a pact the two made when she was a child and claims her as his. However, Ellen must come to him of her own free will. To manipulate her into honoring the pact, Orlok gives her three nights to separate herself from Thomas and come to him, or else he will murder her loved ones.

Orlok - NOS24 — The monster in the shadows.

Ellen rejects Orlok's demands and emphasizes this by making passionate love to Thomas for Orlok to see. The vampire responds to this perceived effrontery by honoring his promise; first by killing Anna Harding, who is pregnant with Friedrich's third child. He then strangles Anna and Friedrich's young daughters, casting their bodies aside as if they were nothing.

Following the funeral service, Friedrich goes to his wife's resting place and conducts sexual acts with her corpse. He then dies of plague. His body is discovered by Thomas Hutter, Doctor Sievers and Von Franz.

Ellen bloody — The weight of Ellen's curse.

Ellen consults with Albin Eberhart Von Franz. They concoct a plan to trap Count Orlok, but keep Thomas out of the loop for his own protection. Von Franz determines that the Nosferatu can only truly be destroyed through the willing sacrifice of a fair maiden. To keep Thomas occupied, Von Franz brings him and Doctor Sievers on a hunt for Orlok at his new property at Schloss Grünewald. They find Orlok's coffin, but it is Hutter's employer Knock who resides in it now. The men kill Knock and Thomas realizes that all of this was but a diversion.

Meanwhile, Ellen Hutter uses her psychic abilities to summon Count Orlok to her bedroom. Orlok engages in sexual concourse with Ellen while simultaneously drinking blood directly from her heart. Orlok is so enthralled by his bloodlust that he loses track of time. Ellen manages to keep his attention as the sun rises, and the rays of the rising sun kill the vampire. Thomas bursts into the room to find Orlok's desiccated corpse lying atop of Ellen. She has lost too much blood and dies as Thomas takes her hand, knowing that she has brought an end to this great evil as well as the plague that had been ravaging Wisborg.

Cast[]

Actor

Role

Ellen Hutter

Thomas Hutter

Friedrich Harding

Albin Eberhart von Franz

Emma Corrin

Anna Harding

Ralph Ineson

Wilhelm Sievers

Simon McBurney

Knock

Adéla Hesová

Clara Harding

Milena Konstantinova

Louise Harding

Stacy Thunes

Head nurse

Gregory Gudgeon

Hartmann

Robert Russell

First clerk

Curtis Matthew

Second clerk

Claudiu Trandafir

Innkeeper

Georgina Bereghianu

Innkeepers' mother-in-law

Jordan Haj

Vampire hunter

Kateřina Bílá

Virgin on horseback

Maria Ion

Old Roma woman

Tereza Dušková

Orthodox novice

Liana Navrot

Orthodox Schema nun

Mihai Verbitchi

Orthodox priest

Karel Dobrý

Captain Yusou

Andrei Sergeev

First mate

Matěj Beneš

Vomiting soldier

Marek Pospíchal

First deck hand

Jan Filipenský

Second deck hand

Alex East

Sailor

Christian Dunkley-Clark

Orderly/Raving maniac

Andrea Miltnerová

Hospital nurse

Robin Finesilver

Hospital porter

Paul Maynard

Dockhand

Charles Horne

Drunkhard

Ella Bernstein

Clara Harding voice

Meredith Digings

Louise Harding voice

Notes & Trivia[]

The tagline to this film is "Succumb to the darkness".
There are thirty-five credited cast members in this film. Thirty-three are on-screen actors with two voice actors.
Actor Paul A Maynard, who plays a dockhand, is credited as Paul Maynard in this film.
On the movie review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Nosferatu holds a certified fresh 85% on the Tomatometer based on 262 critic reviews. It has 223 positive reviews and 39 negative reviews, averaging 8.10 out of 10. The movie has a Popcornmeter score of 74% based on more than 5,000 verified user ratings, averaging 3.9 out of 5.
On Metacritic, Nosferatu has a Metascore of 78 out of 100, based on 58 critic submissions, indicating generally favorable reviews. It has 47 positive reviews, 1 negative review, and 10 mixed reviews. The film has a user score of 7.0 out of 10 based on 246 user ratings.
On Letterboxd, Nosferatu has a weighted average score of 3.89 out of 5 based on 662,587 user votes.
On TMDB, Nosferatu has a user score of 67%.
Nosferatu (2024) was named #1 on Bloody Disgusting's Top 15 Best Horror Movies of 2024.
Nosferatu was nominated for two categories at the 97th Academy Awards ceremony, held in Los Angeles, California on March 2nd, 2025. Director of photography Jarin Blaschke was nominated for Best Achievement in Cinematography, but lost out to Lol Crawley for The Brutalist. Craig Lathrop and Beatrice Brentnerova were nominated for the category of Best Achievement in Production Design, but lost out to Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales for Wicked.

Explicit content[]

Female frontal nudity: The pubic area of a virgin is visible as she is being led on a horse. This is a very quick shot and is barely noticeable.
Female topless nudity: The horse-riding virgin has her left breast exposed, Anna Harding has her left breast exposed during her death reveal and Ellen Hutter has both breasts exposed at the end of the film.
Male frontal nudity: Never thought I'd see the day that we we're presented with Dracula's dong... and yet, here it is. Its either a prop or Bill Skarsgård is quite gifted.
Male rear nudity: Knock's wrinkly old butt crack is visible for a sustained shot while he does his occult stuff. Ain't nobody needs that.

Recommendations[]

Vampire films

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