Robert Eggers’ Too Familiar Dracula Movie [Video]

The Pitch: It’s not that young lawyer Thomas (Nicholas Hoult) wants to trek out to the middle-of-nowhere Transylvania to get the signature of mysterious Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) on a land deal. But in 1838, this is what career advancement looks like, and with the hopes that he’ll be able to better provide for his new bride Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp), he sets out on horseback, undeterred by the local Romani warnings of nosferatu.

At Count Orlok’s castle, Thomas discovers mind-altering horrors, while back home Ellen becomes consumed with visions of the malevolent spirit who’s haunted her for years. Will Thomas make it back to his beloved — and can his beloved be saved from Count Orlok’s influence?

102 Years of Vampires on Screen: Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is officially based on F. W. Murnau’s 1922 film adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula(its character names are drawn directly from Murnau’s script). And it’s …