SFGATE columnist Drew Magary was disappointed by the monster in Robert Eggers' adaptation of a silent horror classic.

His much-anticipated remake of German filmmaker F. W. Murnau's 1922 silent horror classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror begins with Ellen Hutter (a phenomenal Lily-Rose Depp) crying out from her childhood bedroom for "a guardian angel, a spirit of comfort...anything."

Willem Dafoe reunites with writer and director Robert Eggers for a third time for his adaptation of “Nosferatu," and talks about some of the challenges they faced making “The Lighthouse." (Dec 23)

Stoker’s heirs sued Nosferatu ’s producers, and a German court ruled that all copies of the film be destroyed. That didn’t quite happen — too many prints had made their way overseas by that point — but Murnau’s vision was almost wiped from the record,

As a lifelong Dracula fan fascinated by the way death and sexual desire define vampire mythos, Eggers knew that he wanted his Nosferatu to be as erotic as it was haunting. But Eggers also wanted his Nosferatu to feel like a decidedly feminist, macabre romance, which is why he took some inspiration from Emily Brontë.

Director Robert Eggers' highly-anticipated horror film "Nosferatu" will hit theaters on Christmas Day. The acclaimed director sat down with CBS Saturday Morning to talk about bringing the classic vampire tale to a new audience.

In researching his upcoming version of Nosferatu, Robert Eggers included Mel Brooks' Dracula: Dead and Loving It in the mix. The post Robert Eggers took Nosferatu inspiration from Mel Brooks’ Dracula: Dead and Loving It appeared first on JoBlo.

The intense perfectionist behind "The Northman" and "The Lighthouse" tells IndieWire how he made the vampire tale his own.