Nosferatu (2025) review

 

The fourth film from Writer / Director Robert Eggers is Nosferatu a reimaginng / remake of the 1920's classic. A bit of a passion project for Eggers is this as it's been said that he has been trying to get this movie off the ground since at least 2015. Well 10 years later it's here and it is as bold, inventive and terrifying as it is captivating. At it's core Nosferatu or should I say this version at least is a gothic tale of a haunted young woman's obssession with a Vampire who lusts deeply for her. That's all you really need to know but below the surface of it all lurks something far more sinister indeed. 


If you've seen Robert Eggers previous work which includes The Wittch, The Lighthouse and most recent The Northman then you'll feel right at home here. Nosferatu has got to be one of the most artsy horror movies I've ever seen. Every scene leaps off the screen it's beyond spellbinding to watch unfold. Performance wise it is utterly remarkable just how transformative Bill Skarsgard is as Count Orlok. Everything from his movements and voice are puure nightmare fuel, he really is an incredible character actor. But it's not just him who is amazing here Lily Rose-Depp gives a career best performance as the young woman Count Orlok desires so much. She is flawless in her role and offers up a great deal of sympathy and really makes you feel for her characters torment. The rest of the cast are great too wtih Nicholas Hoult being the strong willed husband to Depp's troubled soul. And also Willem Dafoe as a professor of the dark arts and the like it all clicks and works so well.


Nosferatus being a passion project for Robert Eggers certainly shows as he nails the asthetic of things from the time period of the early to mid 1800's to the clothing and makeupw / prosethetics of Count Orlok which are all superb. Is this going to be for everyone?? I would say no but it is an astonihsing piece of cinema and already in the running for my favorite movie of 2025 and we're only a few days into January. A masterclass in vampiric mayhem and bloodlust. Come to me!


★★★★★

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