Can’t wait for it! Got tickets and dragging my family to see it on a sold out 35MM at Portland OR! Also had a private screening of the original 1922 film synched up with Radiohead and the famous artist EMEK in attendance. The theater is also showing the Herzog version tomorrow so I’m gonna try to make it if my 12 hours doesn’t kill me, never clicked on a review so fast! It was/gonna be my first time seeing those films! Hope you have a great and safe holidays!
The other movie which is a kind of "making of" Nosferatu that I like quite a lot is "Shadow of the Vampire" with John Malkovich as FW Murnau and Willem Dafoe as Max Schreck. Even creepier than the original film.
I've been patiently waiting for this one! I'm happy to see that a lot of the reviews have been good, but I would still go even if they weren't. I have my ticket for the first show at an AMC on Christmas day and another ticket for the Alamo Drafthouse (Brooklyn) for the following Sunday. It's the kind of thing I know I want to see at least twice on the big screen.
I need a Robert Eggers adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein- that special novel I read in high school that made me think wayyyy differently on what the story really was. The man understands gothic horror and the romanticism aspect of Nosferatu is exactly what Frankenstein needs. Let the man give us a handsome corpse with long black hair, yellow skin and eyes, and beautiful monologues that’ll make us feel for him. It would be breathtaking and beautiful, and ever so haunting
I've been looking forward to your take on Nosferatu! Glad you found a way to check it out, and I'm encouraged you enjoyed it. I'm an Eggers and Nosferatu fan so this is a must see for me. I hope we get it for Christmas. That'd be fun. Looking forward to your top 10. Gonna also do a 2024 horror movie ranking perhaps?😉
The couple next to me walked out halfway through. A true Eggers cinematic experience. Everything with the count was perfection. If I had one complaint i think it went a little heavy on the monologuing. At some points I felt like i was watching a stage production.
The first screening for Christmas day, in my favorite theater, is almost sold out for reserved seats. So, maybe it's a good sign for the film's success and for studios to produce more gothic horror in the future.
I absolutely hate Christmas. Every year I work it because my workplace turns into 6 yr olds on who gets it off. This year it’s insanity because Hanukkah and Christmas fall on the same day so the usual workers who fill in are opting out. I hope Nosferatu kicks off the tradition of horror on Christmas
I hope the film does well for its relative box office and for awards season. Oh, but yes you're right, Universal is part of Comcast(an actual monopoly)/MSNBC/NBC/etc.. Disney is an actual Indie film studio. So Universal making an "Indie" film is good! we hope they put some portion of the weight of the very large studio they are a part of, behind this film, because it deserves it.
Fun fact, Bram’s wife Florence was a very beautiful woman… in fact, Bram had to win her over from Oscar Wilde (maybe she was what we would call today, a worthy “beard” because Bram’s infatuation with Sir Henry Irving whom he intended the story as a play) was a bit “light in the loafers” for the day… 😏 so much so… I wrote the play 😎
I think the Werner Herzog' version is original enough to detach itself from the "based on a Bram Stoker novel" problem. He gets rid of many recognizable elements from the novel and amplifies the melancholy and poetry of the doomed love story.
Hell fuckin yeah, most anticipated movie of the year for me. Totally agree about gothic horror being abandoned by Hollywood, but I did love Penny Dreadful when it came out. Also if you want to know more about the early 20th century German occult obsession, I highly recommend the Last Podcast on The Left series about Nazis and the Occult, as well as the episodes about Madame Helena Blavatsky.
i found it lacking in the script... i liked the northman better all around, but this looks awesome, art direction, costuming, make up.. all top notch...
Great movie but i really felt that the Orlock voice was a direct reference to Francis Coppola's Dracula with more baritone added. I wouldve went with a more whispery ghostly voice
Saw it last night on Christmas Day night. My crowd was lackadaisical and didn’t react to anything. I wasn’t a fan of how Count Orlok looked (the mustache is ridiculous) but Lily-Rose Depp’s acting, esp her convulsing scenes, was the most impressive
Johnny Depp was the Coppola's original choice instead of Keanu Reeves as Harker in Dracula. Never happened, but his daughter is killing it in Nosferatu
That's kind of how they talked if you've ever heard old Victorian speech. One of the earliest recorded audios sounds cheesier than some of these cheesy Victorian era movies we've seen.
Dude I have no idea what you're going on about, Aaron Taylor Johnson has not only the best story in this film but the most tragic and he carries this film more than anyone other that Lily-Rose Depp since she is the main focus
Great review as always Jimbo. What do you think of the new TV show on Interview With Vampire? Personally I loved it and prefer it to the Brad Pitt Ton Cruise film. I haven't read the book but it certainly fleshes out the characters stories more.
Better production value, bigger budgets, and bigger-talented actors have always been my interpretion of the term "elevated horror." To me, it just generally means a grown-up can enjoy it more as it wasn't made for younger viewers who have little or no experience or taste for things made with quality. It bugs me when people get bent out of shape about the term "elevated horror." THE EXORCIST, ROSEMARY'S BABY, ALIEN, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. All examples of what I'm talking about. They're not snobbery, they're quality scares.
Luckily I'll be travelling very close to a 35mm screening this xmas. Yay. Glad it turned out good, I'm rooting for Eggers to make my new favourite horror movie one day.
I'm curious to see this, although the Eggers name doesn't carry much weight for me, and it'll be hard pressed to top the Herzog-Kinski take, which I thought was magnificently atmospheric and chillingly moody and a brilliant sound homage to Murnau. Thanks for the review, but i have to say that all these remakes and sequels are starting to make me puke, and continue to prove that current Hollywood is so overrated by the internet crowd, especially when you can own and watch all the originals in the comfort of your own home now. I was disappointed to hear that it's overlong, which is major problem for a genre movie. Oh well, I'll check it out for the holidays. It should be a delightful Xmas flick, especially with some blood-drenched popcorn in Nosferatu buckets.
My theater ( a huge one) is barely playing it. 1 imax showing a day at 1015 at night. And a standard showing all day in ONE normal theater. That's it. Mustafa playing in all formats, all day, in 4-5 theaters.
very excited to see this. i almost dont see how it wont make my top ten right now. currently ive got: 1. the substance 2. hundreds of beavers 3. emilia perez
What Herzog’s movie has that all other versions lack is a sense of humor. Something I dislike about most Eggers movies (Lighthouse excluded) is that they’re so humorless.
I would love for this movie to be a hit, but I worry that in an age when people struggle to make it through RUclips videos like this one, Gothic Horror with its deliberate pacing is at a major disadvantage. For my part, I wish this movie had been longer…the final act seemed a bit rushed, as though having spent so much time setting everything up, the director didn’t have sufficient time left to make it properly pay off. The whole vampire plague angle was confusing, and would have benefited from more time for the protagonists to investigate it. And yes, the final scenes should have been more overtly sexual…not in the manner of Trueblood, but yes, the camera should have lingered on the actress a bit longer! Hollywood’s newfound Puritanism was the last thing this movie needed.
As a huge vampire fan, I can enjoy both. That's the cool thing about vampires, there are so many different ways you can go with them. I'm not a fan of the teen drama "Twilight" style vampires, but the romanticized and beautiful vampires are great too. I love the vicious, beast like vampires from a movie like 30 Days of Night or The Strain, and I also love the beautiful, tragic vampires from Anne Rices' Vampire Chronicles, and everything in between. Vampires are very diverse monsters, and each take can be interesting.
You're right. For me, this is one of the worst movies of the year. Eggers needs to constantly shock because he has nothing to say and he doesn't know how to tell a story.
IT WAS A MISS DESPITE THE GREAT LOOK OF THE MOVIE. THE PLOT WAS NOT WELL DEVELOPED. NOT ENOUGH BACKSTORY TO ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE CHARACTERS. BORING TO BE HONEST. THE CREATURE WAS NOT SCARY AND FRANKLY IT LOOKED TOO RUBBERY. I GIVE IT A "C" FOR EFFORT AND GREAT MARKETING.
I'm trepidatious about going to see this. I just sense disappointment. I love 'The Witch' but somehow don't feel that 'Nosferatu' will be anywhere near it, sadly. I wish that Eggars could have filmed it in stark black and white to be honest. Having seen the trailer (when I didn't want to) before walking out halfway through 'Anora', I was just thinking OK, so what!? I don't like the murky look of some films today. I like darkness being dark but I am not keen on the familiar blue and tobacco tints that seem to wash over many a frame, in modern horror (and general) films these days. I will no doubt go and see it for the experience but won't hold oout for WOW's! Let's hope it has lots more bite than I am expecting
Don't waste money seeing it in the theater. It's not worth the price of a ticket. I saw it in IMAX. The ticket was $27 for christsake! It will lower your love of his other films. That's what it did for me.
I saw it last week. I hated it. Almost fell asleep from boredom. "Overwrought" is the word I'd use to describe it. Coppola's version of Dracula is infinitely better... as is the original film. Such a massive disappointment bc Egger's other films are all top notch.
Agreed. I don't get the gushing praise for it. Did they see a different film? Makes me question someone's taste in movies when they call this stink bomb a "masterpiece".
A SELF PORTRAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 IT EXPLAINS A LOT MY FRIEND. HOWEVER, 👁 LOATHE MILLENNIAL CRAP AND PREFER SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE WITH WILLIAM DAFOE. MODERN HORROR IS SO LAME. P.S. IF UR FAMILY HAVE NO REFLECTION HOW DO Y'ALL STILL SHOW UP ON CAMERA? WE WANT TO KNOW MOBY-RATU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have hated every single film Eggers has done hands down. All prentenious style with butt numbing substance that makes you look at your watch every 5 minutes in the theater. Won't be fooled by another Ham and Eggers movie.
Max Schrecks Count Orlok is for me still the Scariest Vampire ever committed to celluloid.
Can’t wait for it! Got tickets and dragging my family to see it on a sold out 35MM at Portland OR! Also had a private screening of the original 1922 film synched up with Radiohead and the famous artist EMEK in attendance. The theater is also showing the Herzog version tomorrow so I’m gonna try to make it if my 12 hours doesn’t kill me, never clicked on a review so fast! It was/gonna be my first time seeing those films! Hope you have a great and safe holidays!
One of the best films of 2024!
The other movie which is a kind of "making of" Nosferatu that I like quite a lot is "Shadow of the Vampire" with John Malkovich as FW Murnau and Willem Dafoe as Max Schreck. Even creepier than the original film.
"Shadow" is a million and one times better than Eggar's film.
This is my most anticipated for this month!! Cannot wait
Here we go, the review ive been waiting for
I've been patiently waiting for this one! I'm happy to see that a lot of the reviews have been good, but I would still go even if they weren't. I have my ticket for the first show at an AMC on Christmas day and another ticket for the Alamo Drafthouse (Brooklyn) for the following Sunday. It's the kind of thing I know I want to see at least twice on the big screen.
So looking forward to this, jealous that you got the early preview, but I had a feeling you'd love it
Second day of christmas my wife and i are going to the premiere in Holland.
I need a Robert Eggers adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein- that special novel I read in high school that made me think wayyyy differently on what the story really was. The man understands gothic horror and the romanticism aspect of Nosferatu is exactly what Frankenstein needs.
Let the man give us a handsome corpse with long black hair, yellow skin and eyes, and beautiful monologues that’ll make us feel for him. It would be breathtaking and beautiful, and ever so haunting
I've been looking forward to your take on Nosferatu! Glad you found a way to check it out, and I'm encouraged you enjoyed it. I'm an Eggers and Nosferatu fan so this is a must see for me. I hope we get it for Christmas. That'd be fun.
Looking forward to your top 10. Gonna also do a 2024 horror movie ranking perhaps?😉
This is welcome news.
Thanks James.
Have a wonderful holiday season
The couple next to me walked out halfway through. A true Eggers cinematic experience.
Everything with the count was perfection. If I had one complaint i think it went a little heavy on the monologuing. At some points I felt like i was watching a stage production.
The first screening for Christmas day, in my favorite theater, is almost sold out for reserved seats. So, maybe it's a good sign for the film's success and for studios to produce more gothic horror in the future.
I absolutely hate Christmas. Every year I work it because my workplace turns into 6 yr olds on who gets it off. This year it’s insanity because Hanukkah and Christmas fall on the same day so the usual workers who fill in are opting out. I hope Nosferatu kicks off the tradition of horror on Christmas
Same! Christmas is a very depressing time for me, hate the cold and snow, so on Christmas day I'm gonna see this movie, need something to cheer me up.
Y’all are dead inside 😂
I'm not a fan either. Another day of getting deeper in debt 😅
But didn't Eggers direct Johnson 🤔
Maybe work somewhere else
I hope the film does well for its relative box office and for awards season. Oh, but yes you're right, Universal is part of Comcast(an actual monopoly)/MSNBC/NBC/etc.. Disney is an actual Indie film studio. So Universal making an "Indie" film is good! we hope they put some portion of the weight of the very large studio they are a part of, behind this film, because it deserves it.
Fun fact, Bram’s wife Florence was a very beautiful woman… in fact, Bram had to win her over from Oscar Wilde (maybe she was what we would call today, a worthy “beard” because Bram’s infatuation with Sir Henry Irving whom he intended the story as a play) was a bit “light in the loafers” for the day… 😏 so much so… I wrote the play 😎
Clicked on this so fucking fast lol can't wait for this movie
LETSSSSS GOOOOOO
I wonder what was the budget for this
Can’t wait to see this!
A great film on Christmas day is the best gift!
I think the Werner Herzog' version is original enough to detach itself from the "based on a Bram Stoker novel" problem. He gets rid of many recognizable elements from the novel and amplifies the melancholy and poetry of the doomed love story.
Nosferatu caps off an incredible year for horror. The First Omen still tops my list.
Saw it today and loved it! Crafted with such care and detail in every aspect.
Hell fuckin yeah, most anticipated movie of the year for me. Totally agree about gothic horror being abandoned by Hollywood, but I did love Penny Dreadful when it came out. Also if you want to know more about the early 20th century German occult obsession, I highly recommend the Last Podcast on The Left series about Nazis and the Occult, as well as the episodes about Madame Helena Blavatsky.
Nicholas Hoult is my hero, totally underrated talent who can do everything.
Yeah, he's great, including in 'About a Boy' with Hugh Grant.
Nux!
From the UK I'm not sure cinemas are open on the 25th. It doesn't matter anyway because we don't get Nosferatu till Jan 3rd :-)
i found it lacking in the script... i liked the northman better all around, but this looks awesome, art direction, costuming, make up.. all top notch...
The Northman is his best film, although eggers consider it to be his most overly produced film
I am really looking forward to this movie. Thanks, James!
Great movie but i really felt that the Orlock voice was a direct reference to Francis Coppola's Dracula with more baritone added. I wouldve went with a more whispery ghostly voice
Saw it last night on Christmas Day night. My crowd was lackadaisical and didn’t react to anything. I wasn’t a fan of how Count Orlok looked (the mustache is ridiculous) but Lily-Rose Depp’s acting, esp her convulsing scenes, was the most impressive
Johnny Depp was the Coppola's original choice instead of Keanu Reeves as Harker in Dracula. Never happened, but his daughter is killing it in Nosferatu
That's kind of how they talked if you've ever heard old Victorian speech. One of the earliest recorded audios sounds cheesier than some of these cheesy Victorian era movies we've seen.
Dude I have no idea what you're going on about, Aaron Taylor Johnson has not only the best story in this film but the most tragic and he carries this film more than anyone other that Lily-Rose Depp since she is the main focus
Great review as always Jimbo. What do you think of the new TV show on Interview With Vampire? Personally I loved it and prefer it to the Brad Pitt Ton Cruise film. I haven't read the book but it certainly fleshes out the characters stories more.
just watched Daddy's Head. Was pleasantly surprised. Was actually very good.
my god thank you for validating my thoughts on aaron taylor-johnson. He almost ejected me out of the entire thing
so happy its good I'm totally buzzing for it now
Better production value, bigger budgets, and bigger-talented actors have always been my interpretion of the term "elevated horror." To me, it just generally means a grown-up can enjoy it more as it wasn't made for younger viewers who have little or no experience or taste for things made with quality. It bugs me when people get bent out of shape about the term "elevated horror." THE EXORCIST, ROSEMARY'S BABY, ALIEN, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. All examples of what I'm talking about. They're not snobbery, they're quality scares.
Luckily I'll be travelling very close to a 35mm screening this xmas. Yay. Glad it turned out good, I'm rooting for Eggers to make my new favourite horror movie one day.
I'm curious to see this, although the Eggers name doesn't carry much weight for me, and it'll be hard pressed to top the Herzog-Kinski take, which I thought was magnificently atmospheric and chillingly moody and a brilliant sound homage to Murnau. Thanks for the review, but i have to say that all these remakes and sequels are starting to make me puke, and continue to prove that current Hollywood is so overrated by the internet crowd, especially when you can own and watch all the originals in the comfort of your own home now. I was disappointed to hear that it's overlong, which is major problem for a genre movie. Oh well, I'll check it out for the holidays. It should be a delightful Xmas flick, especially with some blood-drenched popcorn in Nosferatu buckets.
Fantastic. Yes! What a year!
I can't wait
As a holiday curmudgeon also, I am glad to hear. I am definitely looking forward to watching in the theater soon.
#600 comment and enjoyed your POV of course. Saw it on Christmas and almost sold out 😬😅 No cons with it and definitely a own & rewatch 🤘🏼
0:36 😂🖤
My theater ( a huge one) is barely playing it. 1 imax showing a day at 1015 at night. And a standard showing all day in ONE normal theater.
That's it.
Mustafa playing in all formats, all day, in 4-5 theaters.
Brilliant analysis of a brilliant project.
very excited to see this. i almost dont see how it wont make my top ten right now.
currently ive got: 1. the substance 2. hundreds of beavers 3. emilia perez
What Herzog’s movie has that all other versions lack is a sense of humor. Something I dislike about most Eggers movies (Lighthouse excluded) is that they’re so humorless.
Really excited for this.
I would love for this movie to be a hit, but I worry that in an age when people struggle to make it through RUclips videos like this one, Gothic Horror with its deliberate pacing is at a major disadvantage. For my part, I wish this movie had been longer…the final act seemed a bit rushed, as though having spent so much time setting everything up, the director didn’t have sufficient time left to make it properly pay off. The whole vampire plague angle was confusing, and would have benefited from more time for the protagonists to investigate it. And yes, the final scenes should have been more overtly sexual…not in the manner of Trueblood, but yes, the camera should have lingered on the actress a bit longer! Hollywood’s newfound Puritanism was the last thing this movie needed.
I have to disagree about Aaron Taylor Johnson.
This looks great. Always preferred Murnau 's take on the vampire, it should be a creature of dread and not a romanticized fantasy.
As a huge vampire fan, I can enjoy both. That's the cool thing about vampires, there are so many different ways you can go with them. I'm not a fan of the teen drama "Twilight" style vampires, but the romanticized and beautiful vampires are great too. I love the vicious, beast like vampires from a movie like 30 Days of Night or The Strain, and I also love the beautiful, tragic vampires from Anne Rices' Vampire Chronicles, and everything in between. Vampires are very diverse monsters, and each take can be interesting.
Right on!
Couldnt disagree more. Yes its stunning to look at but its a slog, nonsensical and a mess.
You're shockingly fanboying here 😔
You're right. For me, this is one of the worst movies of the year. Eggers needs to constantly shock because he has nothing to say and he doesn't know how to tell a story.
It´s the only vampire that actually looks like Vlad the Impaler.
Excellent film. Best ive seen in years.
Is it possible that Eggers deliberately directed ATJ to give a camp performance, almost as a sort of homage to Keanu in Dracula?
Goddam Mariah Carey Christmas song for the millionth time 😂😂 Indeed! 👍🏼
I love the part where he drains the two kids. That’s horror.
So excited to see this movie, but will wait until the day after Christmas so I don't have to apologize to baby Jesus for being a total creep ;)
i have wanted to watch on an imax screen but all the screenings are until 1000pm becuase lion king is taking all the day screenings
I have to say I don't think Arron Taylor Johnson is a good actor. Whenever I watch him, I'm aware he's acting.
sounds like a you problem
@factualopinion4275 original thing to say there. Did you coin that catchy phrase yourself?
@@Aduder999 that's a cringe reply
He's alright but I really hope he's not the next Bond.
IT WAS A MISS DESPITE THE GREAT LOOK OF THE MOVIE. THE PLOT WAS NOT WELL DEVELOPED. NOT ENOUGH BACKSTORY TO ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE CHARACTERS. BORING TO BE HONEST. THE CREATURE WAS NOT SCARY AND FRANKLY IT LOOKED TOO RUBBERY. I GIVE IT A "C" FOR EFFORT AND GREAT MARKETING.
I'm trepidatious about going to see this. I just sense disappointment. I love 'The Witch' but somehow don't feel that 'Nosferatu' will be anywhere near it, sadly. I wish that Eggars could have filmed it in stark black and white to be honest. Having seen the trailer (when I didn't want to) before walking out halfway through 'Anora', I was just thinking OK, so what!? I don't like the murky look of some films today. I like darkness being dark but I am not keen on the familiar blue and tobacco tints that seem to wash over many a frame, in modern horror (and general) films these days. I will no doubt go and see it for the experience but won't hold oout for WOW's! Let's hope it has lots more bite than I am expecting
Don't waste money seeing it in the theater. It's not worth the price of a ticket. I saw it in IMAX. The ticket was $27 for christsake! It will lower your love of his other films. That's what it did for me.
This is the worst film I've seen in 2024. This review more than just a bit misleading.
Defoe as Vanhelsing
Loved the Herzog version. Yes, the ending was a little off, but the feel and mood was great.
Good review, but I disagree re lily rose Depp, her performance was the weak link so to speak. Aarons performance was fine.
I saw it last week. I hated it. Almost fell asleep from boredom. "Overwrought" is the word I'd use to describe it. Coppola's version of Dracula is infinitely better... as is the original film. Such a massive disappointment bc Egger's other films are all top notch.
These guys are doing everything they can to hype up this movie. THE MOVIE WAS BORING AS F**K...!!!
Agreed. I don't get the gushing praise for it. Did they see a different film? Makes me question someone's taste in movies when they call this stink bomb a "masterpiece".
Best horror movie of 2024 and that's saying a lot.
Werner Herzog's version EATS this movie.
A SELF PORTRAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
IT EXPLAINS A LOT MY FRIEND.
HOWEVER, 👁 LOATHE MILLENNIAL CRAP AND PREFER SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE WITH WILLIAM DAFOE.
MODERN HORROR IS SO LAME.
P.S. IF UR FAMILY HAVE NO REFLECTION HOW DO Y'ALL STILL SHOW UP ON CAMERA?
WE WANT TO KNOW MOBY-RATU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not interested in a other remake
I have hated every single film Eggers has done hands down. All prentenious style with butt numbing substance that makes you look at your watch every 5 minutes in the theater. Won't be fooled by another Ham and Eggers movie.