Robert Eggers' Nosferatu

[abake]

That worries me actually. If they’re sticking to the classic design they would have nothing to hide. Not showing him off makes me think they’re going to jack up the look with a unnecessary redesign. Pennywise was a good one, the Crow was horrible so Bill doesn’t have a perfect track record on these remake redesigns so far.

I'm ok with a little redesign. Kinsky's take wasn't a direct copy and was very effective. So far I haven't been disappointed with Eggers' choices in production design, so I'm confident.

 

[matrix69]

There's a tiny "blink and you'll miss it" clip of Orlock's eyes.

From the few glimpses we do get of the new monster design, it looks to be very much inspired from Albin Grau's concept art for the original 1922 movie... Hunchback with a beaky nose, white eyes and strands of hair on the head.

 

[YoNoSe]

I just hope he got all his ******* fetish out in The Lighhouse. I can't even rewatch if I'm afraid it I open the bluray case I'll get facialed.

 

[lordnastrond]

I just hope he got all his ******* fetish out in The Lighhouse. I can't even rewatch if I'm afraid it I open the bluray case I'll get facialed.

There will 100% be some psycho-sexual scenes, which is okay considering that Nosferatu and Vampire fiction in general has some disturbing sexual connotations.
In the original folklore there is a common theme of dead/vampire victims "visiting" their sleeping spouses for their "marital rights" [often seen as a folkloric explanation for sleep paralysis and night emissions] amongst other mythic/folkloric sexual connotations and that is well before Polidori, Sheridan La Fanu, Stoker etc started emphasizing the sexual connotations of vampires in Fin de Siècle Gothic fiction.

Which is a long winded way of saying expect some nasty undead jism to be shot at the screen in an artistic manner.

 

[Wor-Gar]

For art sake

 

[YoNoSe]

I guess I should've known.
Sometimes a lighthouse is just a lighthouse.
But usually it's a penis.

 

[Rotfish]

Anyone else see this?

I knew I'd buy it in 4K within the first hour. Easily the most brutal and unflinching take on the story, but also the most digestible and fast-paced IMO.

The beats are quite similar to the other versions, but remember that this story has been told at least five times. The best one can ask is that this distinguishes itself in execution and highlights a different aspect of the tale. And boy, does it. There's a Nosferatu/Dracula for every sensibility and this one is (possible spoiler?)

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particularly monstrous, so naturally it's my favorite.

 

[HyperDrive]

Just got back from watching it. Really enjoyed it.