Robert Egger’s remake reveals Nosferatu character posters

Willem Dafoe, Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Emma Corrin feature in Nosferatu character posters

The witch, The lighthouseand The Norwegian writer/director Robert Eggers’ remake of FW Murnau’s 1922 silent classic Nosferatu (see it HERE) is set to hit theaters on Wednesday, December 25May – but the marketing team behind the film’s Christmas release have decided to celebrate Halloween by unveiling a series of character posters! You can check them out at the bottom of this article.

An unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Draculathe original Nosferatu has the following synopsis: In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok (Max Schreck) summons Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The creepy Orlok is looking to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen (Greta Schroeder). After Orlok reveals his vampiric nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile, Orlok’s servant, Knock (Alexander Granach), prepares for his master’s arrival at his new home. Werner Herzog directed his own remake of the film in 1979.

Egger’s position Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman in 19th century Germany and the ancient Transylvanian vampire who stalks her and brings untold horrors with him.

The film stars Bill Skarsgård (The) as the title character, Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man: No Way Home) as crazy vampire hunter Von Franz, Lily-Rose Depp (The idol) as Ellen Hutter and Nicholas Hoult (Renfield) as her husband Thomas – a role Skarsgård was to play at some point. Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Bullet train) is in there as Thomas’ friend Friedrich Harding, with Emma Corrin (The crown) as Friedrich’s wife Anna, Ralph Ineson (The witch) as Von Franz’s cohort Dr. Wilhelm Sievers, and Simon McBurney (The Conjuring 2) in an unspecified role. Skarsgård has said that playing Nosferatu / Count Orlok was like “conjures up pure evil. It took me a while to shake off the demon that had been conjured inside me. … I don’t think people will recognize me in it.“

Skarsgard’s vampire character doesn’t get a poster, but the character posters shine a light on the people brought to life by Dafoe, Depp, Hoult, Taylor-Johnson and Corrin.

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