Saw with LD at the theater (on the last day it was playing!) and am really glad I did. I saw the 1922 version in college and have been mesmerized with it since. People are pretty surprised, like I was, to hear that the story is an unlicensed Dracula knockoff.
This is a really immersive movie. It’s Eggers’ fourth and we’ve seen all of them. The Witch is still our favorite, followed by The Northman. Lily-Rose Depp was just terrific and just might be to some lucky director whatever Helena Bonham Carter was to Tim Burton. The movie just kept vacillating between Eggers’ unique style and vision to that of those insipid (but totally fun) “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” flicks. I don’t think Willem Dafoe’s comedic relief was necessary. I also couldn’t stop focusing on how bad his wig was.
Am told that the soundtrack, by Robin Carolan, is excellent. Bill Skarsdard is totally unrecognizeable as Nosferatu. His character’s surprising and ample mustache could not get me stop thinking of how much he looked like Karel Roden as Rasputin in Hellboy (2004)
Might be the only one here…