It’s no mystery that director Robert Eggers has an affinity for dark period films, and he’s going to be revamping one of the most iconic vampires in cinema, Nosferatu.
The movie is set to come out in Christmas and has already been receiving a lot of positive buzz, and IMDb has dropped a new behind-the-scenes featurette giving us some insight on Eggers and his approach to the movie. Check this out:
“When I was eight or nine, with the help of my mom, we acquired a VHS of Nosferatu,” says Eggers, “… and was just really struck by how this version distilled the Dracula story into a very simple fairy tale. The past really speaks to me, so it’s most interesting for me to think about who we are and where we’re going from where we came from.”
Interestingly enough, Eggers has had the idea of adapting Nosferatu as far back as when he was in high school, and he wanted to turn it into a literal black and white stage play with actors wearing gray make-up and super titles in place of dialogue.
Though the story of Nosferatu was originally pretty simple, Eggers has said that he’s gone on to create more intricate stories for each of the characters, and that way it will still manage to connect to audiences. Hopefully it also sets it apart from the obvious adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Reviews are looking good for the movie, and horror fans can’t wait to have a fright-filled Christmas when Nosferatu comes to theatres on Dec. 25.
