Robert Eggers has remade Nosferatu. Finally, after long promising to do so. His new take on the FW Murnau classic from 1922 is in UK cinemas on 1 January 2025.
To be completely honest with you, I haven’t seen it yet, but I have some very good, and some slightly more mixed reports.
To tide you over until its release, Empire magazine has recently published online this feature I wrote about the original, featuring quotes from Eggers, and Willem Dafoe, who plays Orlok in the new movie.
I hope the new Nosferatu lives up to its influences, though I know those are big shadows to fill.
However, if you are looking for a new horror movie that does something fruitful with the silent movie aesthetic, I can recommend Magnus von Horn’s child-killer drama The Girl with the Needle. Owing to its subject matter, it is not for the weak-hearted, but it is beautiful, and does contain a pertinent glimpse of Asta Nielsen. It is out on 10 January 2025 from Mubi.
