My thoughts after seeing Nosferatu

  1. I listened to a podcast episode a few weeks ago where they brought up historical evidence that suggested that the Christian view of vampires in olden times was that they were demons that possessed the corpses of dead humans. Although the movie wasn’t 1:1 with that, I did like the design of Orlock in this film. He wasn’t a sexy Gary Oldman or Robert Pattinson or even a monster like Max Schreck. He legit looked like the walking corpse of Vlad Dracula.

  2. As an amateur historian- I dug the period accurate mustache and heavy accent. (Also, the WEEZING!! Holy shit, that was nightmare inducing)

  3. As a Christian, I really appreciated that the only place that Orlock explicitly had no power over within the film was an Orthodox Christian monastery.

  4. Last thing I’ll say about Orlock’s design is even though we get many clear shots of his face throughout the movie, the decision to keep him mostly in the shadows was a brilliant touch. He wasn’t a singular monster/entity as he was the presence of evil itself, or as he calls it in the movie “appetite”

    1. Speaking of the shadows, holy fucking cow- this movie made me feel dread like almost no other movie I’ve ever seen before! Sure, there were a couple of jump scares, but seeing Nicholas Hoult terrified out of his mind and Lily Rose Depp convulsing on her bed chilled my blood better than any traditional horror film could.

  5. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Eggers was fully in the right for casting Depp instead of waiting for Anya Taylor Joy. Anya is one of my favorite actresses, but Depp knocked it out of the park with this one. I can’t imagine another actress stepping into this character like she did.

  6. Willem Dafoe was such a delight to watch, and his character was far more grounded than I thought it would be. The “I’ve seen things that would make Isaac Newton crawl back into his mother’s womb” speech was one of my favorite part of the movie.

  7. This was my favorite vampire/Dracula movie I’ve seen yet, because it treated Nosferatu as a legitimate and sinister threat.

  8. The use (and lack of) lighting in this movie is spectacular. The feeling of dread and hopelessness permeates the entire movie until the final scene where you see the sun for the first time. The final shot is beautifully haunting.

  9. As far as ratings go, I would rank it a solid 4-4.5/5. One of Eggers best, one that I am definitely going to own, and a must watch in the theater!