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Scheduled for December 25 in France (a perfect Christmas film), the remake of Nosferatu signed Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman…) was screened to the American press, which seems to have been won over. This retelling of Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's 1922 silent classic stars Lily-Rose Depp as a young woman who becomes the object of desire of a terrifying vampire, Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård). The cast also includes Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney and Willem Dafoe.
Clayton Davis, editor-in-chief of Variety, considers the film to be “ beautiful and horribly shiny “, while his colleague Jazz Tangcay sees in Nosferatu ” a perfect remake “. Gregory Ellwood of The Playlist was amazed by the “ visionary creativity » by Robert Eggers and understands that Lily-Rose Depp could be a contender for an Oscar for her role.
“ If you weren't afraid of rats before watching this movie, you won't be afraid of rats now. », writes Courtney Howard, member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, while Germain Lussier, journalist at Gizmodo And io9 slightly qualifies the rave remarks by assuring that the film is not his favorite of the director, but that he finds it “ excellent » and that the vampire played by Skarsgård is “ unique “.
Recently, Eggers assured that “ Bill has changed so much that I'm afraid he's not getting as much attention as he deserves. It's like he's not really there anymore. He felt he had to honor those who preceded him in this role. In a very subtle way. For me, the main change is that he plays more of a folk vampire. From my point of view, he really looks like a deceased nobleman from Transylvania. But in a way I wouldn't have imagined, a dead, rich Transylvanian has never been seen looking like this, dressed like this. »
See you on December 25 to discover Nosferatu at the cinema.