Well it finally happen, it went out to digital and I got to watch Robert Eggers' Nosferatu and I've been thinking about it since it release on theaters and knew it was going to be good movie from trailers. This movie is a gothic horror remake but one of the greatest I would say, probably never been before, that gives you chills and feeling like caring about characters in ways only a few horror movies ever do that, almost like you don't know who to root for. The way Egger visually develop this movie bringing some of the positives aspects from The Witch and The Lighthouse, but takes it to new level. The movie also has you hooked from the beginning with such amazing shots that make you feel like you’re actually in Germany’s 1830s, complete with all that creepy, creepy stuff. The way this movie was shot reminds me of Dune, instead of the orange and sand colors this time is the blacks and grey that makes you immerse into it and thinking at the same time how is this so beautiful, I watch it on HD so I could only guess on 4k must be if not three times better.
- IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5040012/
- Platform: AppleTV+
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It’s the way that the movie treats Ellen’s character that really got me, rather than make her just another victim, they did this whole thing where she actually called out to Nosferatu first. It’s like a toxic relationship, but with a vampire and it’s somehow scarier, Ellen for Orlok was both his desire and ultimate weakness, not only for blood, it was meant to be as it was written that he could only be destroy by a "maiden fair. Another element I really enjoyed is the way they used the horror aspect of the film; they don’t resource to cheap jump scares, but rather build this infinite feeling of dread that just piles on as the movie develops.
Ellen was nothing new to Orlok, she actually contacted him years ago when she was lonely and somehow this weird connection comes back to bite her back. The movie really does a good job of not not only showing how this past decision has impacted everything that happens latter on but also how Ellen is dealing with the result of quite literally welcoming evil into her life, its never the same to call the devil that see him coming to you, mostly how the plague spreading through the town, rats everywhere and people dying, really highlights how everything is falling apart because of these choices.
Lily Rose Depp really nail her role as Ellen, She has to play this character who is seeing visions, having seizures and it’s this normal life and this supernatural evil, and she hit every single scene she is in. I think it does a good job of showing Ellen's inner struggle between her connection to Orlok and her love for Thomas, their relationship feels real and painful. You barely recognize Bill Skarsgard underneath all that makeup, I personally not his greatest fan but do respect his job since I saw him on "The Devil All The Time (2020)", but he does a good job of transforming completely into Count Orlok and makes him terrifying and somehow tragic at the same time. Nicholas Hoult plays Thomas with the exact right balance of looking and acting so naive but does have a lot of determination, and sells the entire idea of a guy who is totally out of power over the situation but trying to save his wife.
At the end of the movie there are no secrets and what started as a long distance call for attention in a moment of desperation, it was meant to be. Ellen had this final confrontation with Orlok that can be consider both beautiful and horrifying, she had to offered herself as bait, in a scene where she is not only sacrificing herself but taking control of Orlok, its like you got me but I got you first. Orlok as in any other vampire movie has this fixation and obsession for Ellen that keeps him distracted long enough for sunrise. During this scene you can tell there is a mix of horror and romance that might make it weird but is also why the movie is special, is that kind of movie that even those who don't like horror movies find the entertainment they seeking that goes over the horror side of the movie, its the good kind of weird watching Ellen almost dancing with death.
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