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The definition of "cinematography" has gotten looser in recent years. Film fans love to praise the way a movie looks -- especially lately, when movies often don't look that great! -- but in certain corners of online film spaces, "great cinematography" has started to mean "you can take a screencap and it'll look cool as a desktop wallpaper." The popular X account One Perfect Shot, for example, even spawned a TV series about cinematography, but for most of its existence, it didn't actually post shots; it posted frames. A "shot" is a length of film between cuts, often involving movement and change. "Cinematography," then, is more than just a succession of aesthetically pleasing frames. It involves all of the decisions that go into how an image is actually captured -- lighting, contrast, movement, and more.

The best directors and cinematographers maintain meticulous control over their images. That becomes especially important in horror films; in here,...

Robert Eggers' Nosferatu proved to be a huge success for Focus Features, and we found out earlier this year that the acclaimed filmmaker is staying with the studio - and firmly in the horror genre - for his next project, Werwulf, which he also co-wrote with fellow The Northman scribe, Sjón.

Just in case the title didn't give it away, this will be a werewolf movie. Plot details are few and far between, but we know that the story will be set in 13th century England. The script is also said to "feature dialogue that was true to the time period and has translations and annotations for those uninitiated to Old English."

Nexus Point News (since confirmed by Variety) is reporting that the movie has found its leads, with Nosferatu stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Lily-Rose Depp set to re-team with Eggers. Taylor-Johnson is expected to play the titular werewolf, with...

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is set to star in Werwulf. The 35-year-old actor will reunite with director Robert Eggers on the motion picture, after sources confirmed to Deadline that Taylor-Johnson has signed up for the movie.And the insider also revealed Lily Rose-Depp is in talks to appear alongside him. Both Taylor-Johnson and Rose-Depp previously teamed up with Eggers for 2024 gothic horror film Nosferatu. Eggers will helm Werwulf, which is slated to be released on Christmas Day 2026 in the US. While plot details are yet to be revealed, the motion picture is expected to be a 13th century werewolf horror movie.But it is known that Eggers has reunited with his The Northman collaborator Sjón for the script. In January, insiders told the Hollywood Reporter that the story will be set in 13th century England, with dialogue "true to the time period".Translations and annotations will be provided for those who don't understand Old English,...

It’s a “Nosferatu” reunion! Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who starred in director Robert Eggers’ stylish vampire hit, is set to re-team with the filmmaker for his next film, “Werwulf.” Lily-Rose Depp, who led the 2024 gothic horror film, is also in talks to join the project.

Eggers will direct the werewolf horror feature from a script he co-wrote with Sjón. The film is slated for a Christmas Day 2026 release in North America.

Eggers and Sjón, who also co-wrote 2022’s “The Northman” together, are producing “Werwulf” alongside Focus Features, while Maiden Voyage’s Chris and Eleanor Columbus are serving as executive producers.

Focus Features most recently financed and released Eggers’ critically-acclaimed gothic horror film “Nosferatu.” Eggers and Focus have partnered on all his films to date, also including “The Northman,” “The Witch” and “The Lighthouse, for which Focus handled international distribution through Universal International.

A reimagining of F. W. Murnau’s 1922 silent German Expressionist film,...

Dracula, Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, endures as a towering monument of gothic literature, its shadow stretching across centuries and cultures. With a mesmerizing blend of horror, sensuality, and dark romanticism, the Count has seduced generations of readers and filmmakers alike, from F.W. Murnau's silent nightmare Nosferatu (1922) to Bela Lugosi's haunting gaze in Dracula (1931).

Christopher Lee starred in Hammer's Dracula movies, his sanguine presence on full display in ten films, cementing the Count's cinematic immortality. Later, Francis Ford Coppola's opulent 1992 adaptation draped the tale in velvet and tragedy. More recently, Robert Eggers breathed eerie life into the legend with a new Nosferatu. Each adaptation reflects each era's fears and fascinations, but the Count's hypnotic pull remains undiminished.

However, not all Dracula adaptations are kissed by moonlight, and in fact, there is a new movie coming out that is drawing the ire of critics.

Abraham's Boys: A Dracula Story...

You were wrong if you thought summer is all sunshine and rainbows. This July, turn your fear into guaranteed goosebumps with a collection of horror movies packed with jaw-dropping twists and mind-bending experiences. Fawesome brings to you, from psychological nightmares to supernatural jump scares, seven horror gems that will take you through twisted timelines, blood-driven alleyways, and reckoning ghost forms. What’s best? They are all free from any subscriptions or paywalls.

Whether you find yourself awake tonight or dreaming of dreadful creatures, July on Fawesome has a scream-worthy list of horror movies that can petrify even the bravest horror fans. These unapologetic, blood-rushed, mayhem of sadistic creatures can slaughter your serenity. The best part is you can stream them for free without hitting paywalls and endless notifications!

These seven mind-bending horror films will fill your nights with ghastly nightmares and dark thoughts.

The Haunting (dir. Jan de Bont)

Starring: Liam Neeson,...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (Peter Browngardt)

Directed by Peter Browngardt, this is a charming affair. Modeled after sci-fi B-movies of the 1950s and starring Looney Tunes legends Porky Pig and Daffy Duck (both voiced by Eric Bauza), The Day the Earth Blew Up starts with a UFO landing. The spacecraft takes off on the roof of Porky and Daffy’s broken-down house (bequeathed to them by surrogate father Farmer Jim) just before crashing. It goes on to infect a local scientist (Fred Tatasciore) with a zombifying goo not long after. Soon enough, the goo is in the mix at the gum factory, where Porky and Daffy have taken jobs in a last-ditch effort to save their beloved home from being demolished.

Charles Dickens' immortal novella "A Christmas Carol" was published in 1843, a year firmly within the Victorian era. During that time, England saw the gulf between the classes — which had long existed, of course — grow even wider. The Industrial Revolution brought with it a great deal of progress and prosperity for those at the top of society, and allowed for the middle class to expand to a point of becoming a major cultural influence. Yet it left those at the bottom feeling their squalor more than ever. Dickens was moved to write his tale due to the plight of working-class children that he was observing firsthand, combined with the increasing popularity of the celebration of Christmas and its emphasis on charity during that season.

The author also had deeply personal reasons for telling a story about the nasty old miser Ebenezer Scrooge learning the error of his ways, for Dickens came...

Los Angeles won’t be left out of the party. As the Paris Theater in New York has been packed with attendees for Netflix’s ongoing screening series dedicated to the films of Alfred Hitchcock, LA audiences will get the same treat. The “Hitch! The Original Cinema Influencer” summer screening series will also come to The Egyptian Theatre, IndieWire can announce exclusively.

The series kicks off Monday, June 9 and is currently scheduled through Thursday, July 3, but more dates and films from Hitchcock’s oeuvre will be announced at a later date. Tickets for the first batch of showings are on sale now.

Twelve different films on Tuesday were announced to be screened on 35mm film prints, and the announcement of the LA edition of the screening series coincides with these films finally dropping on Netflix on June 1.

In addition to some Hitchcock masterpieces like “Rear Window,” “Strangers on a Train,...

One of the most audacious young auteurs working today, 35-year-old Chinese director Bi Gan makes movies that don’t pull you in as much as they slowly wash over you. Moody, melancholic and filled with daunting technical feats, especially the director’s signature logistics-defying long takes, his films are beautifully realized meditations on nostalgia and loss in which the cinema is often a character itself.

In his beguiling new feature Resurrection, movies are both subject and object of a story spanning a hundred years of film history, from the silent era to the end of the last century. Reflecting on the seventh art’s past, present and possible future at a moment when many believe it to be in its death throes, Bi Gan has crafted a time-tripping, genre-jumping paean to the big screen in which he revives the films he loves and then buries them a second time over — hoping,...

If you thought Harry Potter was all about teenage wizard drama and fighting Voldemort, think again. Because the best movie in the franchise quietly pulled a total genre switch and snuck in something way darker than the usual Hogwarts hijinks. According to the director himself, this wasn’t just another wizarding adventure—it was a straight-up horror flick, carefully crafted with mystery and shadows.

Well, guess what? J.K. Rowling seems to have meant for it to be that way. Yup, the literary genius of the Wizarding World knew exactly what she was doing. So much so that the film even received a PG rating for its creepy vibes and shadowy figures. Curious, which Harry Potter movie might secretly be a horror flick in disguise?

Harry Potter director identified horror and noir in one of the books Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuarón | image: Gage Skidmore, licensed under Cc-by-sa 2.0, via...

Movies centered around Dracula might be cursed — recent years have seen bombs such as Dracula Untold, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, and Renfield — but audiences still seem to be swooning over vampires. Last year saw the surprise success of director Robert Eggers' Nosferatu, a remake of F.W. Murnau's German Expressionist classic from over a century ago. Last month saw the blockbuster debut of director Ryan Coogler's Sinners, his first stab at horror. In two weeks of release, Sinners has shattered every box office expectation, having earned near-unanimous praise from critics and crowds. It's already among the highest-grossing horror movies ever made.

This past weekend, Sinners overtook a string of horror titles on the box office charts. Among them was Nosferatu. Released during the packed holiday season last year, the movie made nearly $100 million domestically and over $180 million worldwide. Sinners has grossed $180 million at the domestic box office alone,...

The 12th edition of the Chattanooga Film Festival is rapidly approaching and with the festival on the horizon, the team has unleashed their second wave of incredible genre programming, including two world premieres and one helluva closing night film!

Gavin Charles and Alex Conn’s newest nightmare Noclip 2: Return to Lunchland will have its world premiere at this year’s fest. The first film premiered at the 2024 Chattanooga Film Festival and took up the fest’s inaugural Jeff Burr Prize. Also World Premiering is filmmaker Erik Bloomquist’s thrilling new feature Self-Help, in which a young woman attempts to rescue her mother from a secret online community after she becomes entangled with its enigmatic leader.

Closing out Chattanooga Film Festival’s 2025 edition is Queens of the Dead, directed by Tina Romero, daughter of horror legend George A. Romero. It’s drag queens and club kids versus zombies, what’s not to love?...

The Chattanooga Film Festival has announced the second wave of programming and closing night film for its 12th annual event, which will take place June 20-28 both in-person in Tennessee and virtually.

Daughter of late director George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead), Tina Romero is making her own mark on the zombie genre with Queens of the Dead, and it’s closing out Cff’s 2025 edition. Also World Premiering is filmmaker Erik Bloomquist’s new feature Self-Help. Be sure to look for a special screening of filmmaker F.W. Murnau’s silent classic Faust with an original score by The Silent Light.

These events, along with more than 45 additional features and dozens of short films, live podcasts, and the fest’s now infamous nightly secret screening series, the Red Eye, are sure to please longtime fans and newcomers who can access the festival’s virtual offerings from anywhere in the U.

Netflix, the streaming service famous for not streaming older movies and not bringing movies to the big screen, is – in a surprise twist – bringing a bunch of old movies to the big screen!

The Hollywood Reporter has announced this afternoon that the Netflix-owned Paris Theater in New York will be celebrating Alfred Hitchcock with screenings of 36 of his movies.

“The series — Hitch! The Original Cinema Influencer — will run May 16 to June 29 at the Paris Theater, which Netflix purchased in 2019,” THR details. “The films range from Hitchcock’s early works such as Blackmail to enduring hits such as Psycho and The Birds.”

In addition to the big screen series, a collection of classic Alfred Hitchcock films will be available to stream on Netflix in the US featuring some of his most iconic works starting June 1.

Here’s everything you need to know, straight from the Paris Theater…

The Paris Theater is proud to present Hitch!

Technically, there were two Best Picture winners at the first Oscars ceremony. The event was held on May 16, 1929, in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, and it only took 15 minutes to hand out all the awards. This was because, unlike modern-day Oscars telecasts, the winners had already been announced a few months before; the ceremony was only held as a way to provide a "prom" for the winners (one in which Douglas Fairbanks handed them their statuettes).

The two Best Picture categories were divided by "vibe." One category was called Outstanding Picture, while the other was called Best Unique and Artistic Picture. William Wellman's war epic "Wings" took home the former, with F.W. Murnau's "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" winning the latter. There were also two Best Director categories that year, with Best Directing (Comedy Picture) going to Lewis Milestone for his film "Two Arabian...

This article contains spoilers for "Sinners."

Part of what's made vampires such impactful movie monsters for the better part of the past century is seeing how these bloodsuckers have evolved in tandem with the medium they've thrived in. Their cinematic immortality serves as preserved legends for the next wave of filmmakers to not only learn from, but expand upon. You can glean so much from the creative gap between Carl Theodor Dreyer's "Vampyr" and Terence Fisher's "Horror of Dracula," as much as you can the stretch between Kathryn Bigelow's "Near Dark" and Ana Lily Amirpour's "A Girl Walk Home Alone at Night." Even "Nosferatu" most recently had a visual conversation about its shared legacy between F.W. Murnau and Robert Eggers.

It's safe to say that any conversation about the most prolific vampire movies of the 2020s would be nigh impossible without the inclusion of Ryan Coogler's "Sinners.

The vampire subgenre has been at the forefront of horror for over 100 years, and the myths of undead creatures living off of human blood go back countless years further. The best vampire movies ever made are, mostly, incredibly varied. There’s a whole lot of great “Dracula” movies out there, sure, but also art-house nightmares, mainstream action movies, silly comedies, Neo-westerns, heartwarming romances and more. And if you ask us, these are the very, very best.

(Film Arts Guild) “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror” (1922)

F.W. Murnau’s eerie silent classic is 100 years old, and it still has the power to shock and horrify. Telling an extremely plagiarized version of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” – Stoker’s estate successfully sued, and nearly had every single copy of “Nosferatu” destroyed – the film stars Max Schreck as the verminous Count Orlok, who moves from his haunted castle to Germany, and brings a supernatural plague along with him.

Ghosts are ubiquitous and zombies have had their moments of dominance, but of all the classic horror monsters, vampires have the strongest claim for the greatest film legacy. The vampire genre is nearly as old as cinema itself, with F.W. Murnau’s “Nosferatu” scaring up audiences in 1922, followed by the countless iterations that came in its shadow. Every era and every filmmaking country has since taken up its own spins on the myth of the vampire, from Universal Studios’ “Dracula” series beginning with Tod Browning’s Bram Stoker adaptation in 1931, all the way up to Iranian-American director Ana Lily Amirpour’s indie feminist twist “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” in 2014.

2024 has not exactly been a banner time for brilliant takes on the horror genre’s most iconic creatures of the night, with the most notable bloodsucking project to come out this calendar year being the fun but ultra-silly “Abigail.

Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan's latest big-screen collaboration, Sinners, can do no wrong among critics, earning a rare perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes. The Warner Bros. supernatural thriller makes history thanks to this coveted feat before its anticipated Easter premiere.

Currently, Sinners is the highest-rated vampire film in Rotten Tomatoes history, thanks to its 100% critical score on the review aggregator. Sinners' closest competition is the Swedish vampire movie, Let the Right One In (98%), with F.W. Murnau's original Nosferatu film (97%) and Taiki Waititi's mockumentary, What We Do in the Shadows (96%) right behind.

Time will tell if Sinners maintains that perfect rating once the film begins its cinematic run this week. However, the critical reviews, which praised Jordan's dual-role performance and the original story by Coogler, indicate that Coogler and Jordan have found gold together again with their latest joint effort. Sinners is the fifth movie Coogler and Jordan have made together,...

Everyone say thank you to Robert Eggers for making Christmas at the movies that much more fun for the weirdos. The filmmaker behind "The Lighthouse" and "The Northman" cast a shadow over the 2024 holiday slate with his chilly re-imagining of the classic F.W. Murnau vampire film "Nosferatu," itself an illegal adaptation of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" novel. It was a massive hit with audiences and critics alike, pulling in an incredible box office haul to sweeten the forbidden deal. Indeed one of the reasons why there was so much intrigue around the film was the mystery behind its central villain.

The lanky bloodsucker known as Count Orlok had previously been played by Max Schreck in 1922 ("Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror"), Klaus Kinski -- albeit as Count Dracula -- in 1979 ("Nosferatu the Vampyre"), and Willem Dafoe in 2000 ("Shadow of the Vampire"). Each performance brought something new to the table, but a...

Stars: Bill Skarsgard, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney | Written and Directed by Robert Eggers

F.W. Murnau’s silent vampire classic Nosferatu receives its second remake, courtesy of Robert Eggers, acclaimed director of The Witch, The Lighthouse and The Northman. As with its predecessors (including Werner Herzog’s 1979 remake with Klaus Kinski), it’s a thinly veiled retread of Bram Stoker’s Dracula with the names changed to avoid copyright infringement, and as such, it’s a slice of sumptuous Gothic horror with a palpable erotic charge, thanks to Eggers’ distinctive vision.

Set in early 19th century Germany, the film begins with newly married junior estate agent Thomas Hutter accepting a commission from his suspiciously twitchy boss Herr Knock to travel to Transylvania and oversee the signing of a contract by the sinister Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgard). Hutter finds the ordeal terrifying in the extreme,...

All eyes are on Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux as he decides which films make the cut for the upcoming festival. Meanwhile, in his other job as head of the Institut Lumière, he directs film lovers’ gaze to the origins of the medium.

The Lyon-based museum is built on the site where, on March 19, 1895, Auguste and Louis Lumière debuted the invention they later christened the Cinematograph, recording a crowd of workers leaving the family’s photographic supply factory.

Now, 130 years later, those figures frozen in celluloid flutter to life again in “Lumiere! The Adventure Continues,” which assembles nearly 100 pioneering examples, with Frémaux directing and narrating. The project is an extension of a decades-long effort to share and contextualize these early films.

“In a way, you could say I was born in Telluride, because I used to do a show at the film festival, where I would screen the Lumière films with commentary,...

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First biting into cinemas in the 1920s, Nosferatu is an iconic character and movie, with the original F.W. Murnau film being emblematic of German Expressionism in art and cinema. It has since had three independent remakes and inspired countless other works. All things considered, 1922's Nosferatu influenced the vampire genre in innumerable ways. Critic Roger Ebert even called it "the story of Dracula before it was buried alive in clichés, jokes, TV skits, cartoons" and countless other movies.

With the release of Robert Eggers' 2024 remake, Nosferatu has again entered pop culture consciousness. Many moviegoers are confused about the connection between Nosferatu and Bram Stoker's Dracula for various,...

Bruno Dumont, the director of The Empire with Anne-Katrin Titze on fairy tales: “You know the Queen and Fabrice Luchini's character certainly come from that imaginary world of the marvelous.”

In Bruno Dumont’s ingenious The Empire, starring Fabrice Luchini as Belzébuth (clad in Emil Jannings’ skullcap straight out of Fw Murnau’s Faust) and Camille Cottin as The Queen, the forces of Good and Evil, aka the Ones and the Zeros, descend or, respectively, ascend on a small coastal village in Northern France to take over humans and fight their larger-than-earth battles. The reason is 'the Wain,' a demon child born there to unleash unheard-of destructive forces if not stopped. Freddie (cast with a perfectly sunny little baby) not coincidentally shares his name with the protagonist of Dumont’s very first feature film, The Life Of Jesus. As on a Möbius strip, opposites intertwine in this realistic...

[Editor’s Note: This list was originally published in February 2024. It has been updated to add new winners, including “Anora.”]

When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences hosted their first annual Academy Awards on May 16, 1929 — a short, 15-minute ceremony at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with tickets that cost the equivalent of $90 today — there were two top awards that night (and an honorary trophy for groundbreaking talkie “The Jazz Singer.”) The first was “Best Unique and Artistic Picture,” honoring boldly experimental art films pushing the medium forward: “Sunrise,” F. W. Murnau’s lyrical masterpiece of a romantic drama, received that prize. Then there was “Outstanding Picture,” given to more commercial fare made within the Hollywood system: That award was given out to “Wings,” a very good and extremely popular World War I action romance starring Clara Bow.

When AMPAS mounted a second ceremony a year later, they retroactively decided that Outstanding Picture was the real highest honor they gave out and discontinued Artistic Picture forever. And, as Oscar ceremonies...

Whether it’s the Laemmles in Los Angeles, the Angelika in New York, or any of the arthouse theaters in between, Kino Lorber has become a mainstay of international cinema in the U.S. But for president Ed Carroll, there’s a mission to expand that reputation to streaming.

Initially joining the indie distributor as chief strategy officer in 2023 after nearly a quarter century at AMC Networks, Carroll oversaw the acquisition of the streaming service MHz Choice, which offers a collection of top international TV dramas like the German noir series “Babylon Berlin” and the first series from Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio, “Exterior Night.”

Since then, he’s also overseen the expansion of Kino Lorber’s streaming platform, Kino Film Collection, which is available on Amazon.

Kino Lorber has a stake in the Oscars this Sunday, as it distributed “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” a nominee for Best Documentary Feature...

Horror streaming channel Nyx UK is set to deliver a packed month of blood-curdling delights this March, including a tribute to the legendary David Cronenberg, a chilling nod to Nosferatu’s 102nd anniversary, and a slate of UK TV premieres. From real-life horrors to cult classics, the channel is gearing up for a month of terror that celebrates both established legends and emerging talent in the genre.

Marking International Women’s Day on March 8, Nyx UK will present the channel premiere of Devanny Pinn’s The Black Mass at 9pm, a harrowing look at the 1978 sorority house attacks committed by Ted Bundy. Pinn’s take on the case shifts the perspective away from the killer, instead focusing on the victims and their horrific ordeal. Following this, at 10:45pm, Nyx will air Luna Wolf’s short film Siren, a psychological horror piece exploring identity and trauma through an unnerving and deeply personal lens.

We have suggestions if you’re looking for an awards contender to watch on subscription streaming or on-demand video this weekend. Our list includes an Oscar-nominated top pick that just hit streaming; another Oscar-nominated new release on VOD; a movie that wasn’t nominated for an Oscar but picked up other nominations and wins; a potential future contender now on VOD; and a streaming recommendation that would make for a nice double feature with the top pick.

Top pick: Nosferatu

After a successful theatrical run where it became one of Focus Features’ highest-grossing movies ever, director Robert Eggers’ gothic horror remake has crossed the ocean in a dirt-filled coffin and come to rest on Peacock. The beautifully made film has been nominated for four Academy Awards in craft categories: Best Cinematography (Jarin Blaschke), Best Costume Design (Linda Muir), Best Production Design (Craig Lathrop), and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

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A vengeful sex bot, a murderous monkey toy, and a blood-sucking icon lead this week’s lineup of new horror movie releases, and they’re joined by a twisted perversion of a pop culture icon.

Here’s all the new horror that released February 17 – February 21, 2025!

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Prepare for a sea of blood, because the public domain slasher Popeye’s Revenge sailed onto VOD exclusively on Amazon via ITN Distribution this past Tuesday, February 18.

The indie horror film turns the classic character into a slasher villain when the legend of Popeye haunts a group of counselors as they intend to open a summer camp.

William Stead directs from a script by Harry Boxley (Cinderella’s Curse).

Steven Murphy stars as Popeye alongside Poohniverse alumni Kelly Rian Sanson, Danielle Scott, Danielle Ronald, and Amanda Jane York.

Created by E.C. Segar, Popeye the Sailor...

Roger Ebert was a film critic with the unique power to convey his passion for film to the masses. His enthusiasm was not blind, however, and he held the oft-maligned horror genre to an especially high standard. This list of the ten best films from Ebert's "Greatest Movies" collection illustrates his understanding of what makes a horror film a masterpiece.

Ebert believed that a horror film should "exorcise" something for the viewer — to help the audience process dark and traumatic feelings. Beginning with the German Expressionist revolution and reaching into the gory excesses of the 1970s and '80s, this wide-ranging list of films showcases the genre at its best. The critic's clear-eyed commentary on each picture will show fans why horror cinema will never die.

German Expressionism Helped Legitimize the Horror Genre The Cabinet of Dr. Caligary (1920), dir. Robert Wiene

Roger Ebert agreed with the common assertion that The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari...

Stream the haunting new adaptation, plus a never-before-seen extended version, starting Friday, Feb. 21.

I absolutely loved “Nosferatu”. It’s everything a horror remake should be - respectful of the original while making its own mark. Bill Skarsgård’s voice as Nosferatu is unreal - guttural, chilling, and completely inhuman. The whole movie is just the right kind of creepy, never leaning on cheap jump scares but instead building tension through eerie visuals, unsettling silence, and incredible performances. Few remakes actually live up to their predecessors, but this one does. And very soon, it’ll be added to my list of best Dracula movies to stream. You can stream “Nosferatu” exclusively on Peacock starting Friday, Feb. 21.

How to watch ‘Nosferatu’ When: Friday, Feb. 21, 2025 at 12:01 a.m. Et TV: Peacock Stream: Watch with a subscription to Peacock. From anywhere: Watch with a subscription to a Vpn. Everything you need to know...

Bill Skarsgård has been praised for taking his gruelling ‘Nosferatu’ make-up transformation “well”.The actor, 33, was covered from head to toe in special effects – including additional elements for his tongue and eyes, with only the soles of his feet left untouched – during the six-hour daily process of turning him into vampire Count Orlok for Robert Eggers’ recently released horror film.Robert, 40, has now told Variety about the transformation: “I was not so interested in Bill’s features, aside from his eyes. “The things that make Orlok not just an intimidating, masculine human being, is the fact that he’s also decaying and dead. “Even the design of the teeth needed to be something that could be f***** up.”‘Nosferatu’, a reimagining of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent classic of the same name, required Oscar-nominated makeup effects designer David White to create more than 62 prosthetic pieces for Bill, applied by a team of six.

Okay, I’ll admit it. When I first heard they were remaking Nosferatu, F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent masterpiece of creeping dread, my reaction was a full-body cringe. I love all horror from slashers, ghost stories, thrillers and gorenography, so I was worried. Another soulless Hollywood cash-grab, I figured, destined to drain the life out of a […]

Sink Your Teeth In: Eggers’ Nosferatu Hits Peacock February 21...

Nosferatu is plaguing the Living Dead Dolls collection from Mezco Toys.

Count Orlok rises again, based on Max Schreck‘s iconic portrayal in F.W. Murnau‘s 1922 silent horror masterpiece

The newly redesigned doll stands 10″ and is outfitted in his signature frock coat with a removable hat.

The monochromatic vampire has elongated limbs and features five points of articulation. It’s packaged in a window box.

Priced at $51.99, Living Dead Dolls Presents Nosferatu is estimated to arrive in September.

The post ‘Nosferatu’ Plagues the Living Dead Dolls with New Count Orlok Doll appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Robert Eggers had made a name for himself as a very creative and original director before tackling Nosferatu, a remake of the 1922 German silent film by F.W. Murnau. However, even with the success he's had previously, Nosferatu reached new heights.

The gothic horror had been a longtime passion project for the director, who intended to direct Nosferatufollowing his 2015 directorial debut, The Witch. He decided to focus on other projects before that, helming 2019's The Lighthouse and 2022's The Northman instead. Nosferatu hit theaters on Dec. 25, 2024, and will head to streaming on Peacock on Feb. 21, Variety reports.

RelatedRobert Eggers' Nosferatu Gets Glowing Review From 1 of Hollywood's Most Iconic Directors

Nosferatu and filmmaker Robert Eggers get high praise from one of cinema's most revered directors.

The move comes after a stunning theatrical run and a brief time on digital. The film became available to rent or purchase on VOD and digital platforms...

Fresh off its four Academy Award nominations, Robert Eggers‘ Nosferatu will stream exclusively on Peacock on February 21.

Both the 132-minute theatrical cut and the 136-minute extended cut will be available on the streaming service, along with a behind-the-scenes featurette, Nosferatu: An Inside Look.

Other vampire films on Peacock include Werner Herzog‘s Nosferatu the Vampyre, Dan Curtis’ Dracula, Dracula’s Widow, Count Dracula’s Greatest Love, The Carmilla Movie, Carmilla, Stake Land, Stake Land II, and The Reflecting Skin.

A reimagination of F.W. Murnau‘s 1922 silent horror classic, Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

Bill Skarsgård stars as Count Orlok with Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, and Willem Dafoe.

Meagan Navarro wrote in her 5-skull review, “It’s so impeccably crafted, boasting production design and values rarely seen in horror like this,...

“Nosferatu” is finally coming to streaming. Filmmaker Robert Eggers’ well-reviewed horror redo will be available to stream on Peacock starting Feb. 21, just ahead of the Oscars where it’s nominated for four awards including Best Cinematography.

But that’s not all! The “Nosferatu” extended cut will also be streaming on Peacock in February, allowing subscribers to see the longer version of Eggers’ film. The extended cut runs about four minutes longer than the theatrical cut.

A passion project for the “The Witch” director, “Nosferatu” stars Bill Skarsgård as the titular vampire and is a relatively faithful adaptation of the F.W. Murnau film, albeit with a new design for the creature. Eggers opted to draw inspiration from historical writings from those who actually believed vampires existed in the 19th century, and thus designed Orlok as a decrepit, decaying Count.

The story follows a woman, played by Lily-Rose Depp, who is plagued by visions from the Count.

It’s ironic that a quarter of the way into the 21st century, when studios have seemingly accepted home streaming as their primary means of movie distribution, Dp Lol Crawley has earned an Oscar nomination for “The Brutalist,” shot on VistaVision, a widescreen film process developed by Paramount Pictures in 1954 to help lure viewers away from their living room TVs and into the theaters.

Used for such films as John Ford’s “The Searchers,” Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments” and Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo,” VistaVision was designed as a competitor to 20th Century Fox’s Cinema- Scope, which employed an anamorphic lens to compress a widescreen image on to standard 35mm film stock.

“As opposed to pulling the film down vertically in a motion picture camera, it’s actually pulling it horizontally across eight perforations at a time,” explains Crawley. “So you end up with a bigger format,...

In the wake of Robert Eggers reviving the classic vampire, Apollo Gallery has released limited edition prints for 1922’s original Nosferatu.

The new artwork was created traditionally with pencil on paper by Fulmar Illustration then remastered digitally.

The standard 24×36 fine art giclee poster is numbered out of 125 for $71. The variant, featuring a colorway inspired by the film’s original artwork, is numbered out of 100 for $77.

A set of two 6×8 giclee prints with deckled edges, limited to 100, is also available for $32. They’re discounted when purchased with either edition of the poster: $86 with the standard or $92 with the variant.

“Fulmar Illustration’s work brings an incredible level of detail when showcasing the formidable Count Orlok on a 24×36 scale,” Apollo writes. “Both versions come equipped with custom logo typography created by the artist and fitting of the gothic aesthetic.”

The prints are expected to ship between March and May.

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Bill Skarsgård’s transformation into the hideous-looking vampire Count Orlok for Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu” was an arduous process — with the end goal of making the Swedish actor completely unrecognizable.

“I was not so interested in Bill’s features, aside from his eyes,” Eggers says of Skarsgård. “The things that make [Orlock] not just an intimidating, masculine human being, is the fact that he’s also decaying and dead. Even the design of the teeth needed to be something that could be fucked up.”

Oscar nominated makeup effects designer David White created over 62 prosthetic pieces that required a team of six to apply. Skarsgård was covered from head to toe, including elements for his tongue and eyes. Only the soles of his feet were untouched.

The film reimagines F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent classic starring Max Schreck, whom Eggers wanted to reference when it came to Orlock’s look. One such detail was...

A few months ago, legendary director and cinematic gatekeeper Martin Scorsese shared a recommendation for the horror film I Saw the TV Glow. Now, Scorsese has taken a moment to hype up another horror film, and this time it was The Witch, The Lighthouse, and The Northman writer/director Robert Eggers‘ remake of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent classic Nosferatu.

An unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the original Nosferatu has the following synopsis: In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok (Max Schreck) summons Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen (Greta Schroeder). After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok’s servant, Knock (Alexander Granach), prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.

When you think of Nosferatu, romanticism doesn’t necessarily come to mind. Blood, maybe, and fangs. But it was something director Robert Eggers envisioned for his interpretation of the classic story, as he told director of photography Jarin Blaschke before filming began.

“He made it clear that it was going to be a romantic movie, as far as how it looked and how it felt and how it differentiates from the original — it’s important to do something new and reflect the time of the characters and not necessarily what someone has already done,” the cinematographer says of Eggers’ desire to stand apart from F.W. Murnau’s 1922 classic. “From very early on, the romantic game became the focus.”

The film was lighted to make each scene look as if it were constantly basked in the pale glow of moonlight, even the interior shots. Having used the same technique on Eggers...

Defying all expectations, director Robert Eggers' Nosferatu has emerged as a major box office hit in the two-odd months that it has been playing theatrically. Nosferatu is a remake of F.W. Murnau's German Expressionist classic from over a century ago, and comes on the tail of three other Dracula offshoots that failed at the box office. The movie falls firmly in the bracket of elevated horror, but it still managed to find an audience in a particularly crowded holiday season. Now, a couple of weeks into its digital run, the film is approaching what will likely be its final box office milestones, both domestically and worldwide.

At a time when mainstream horror movies are struggling to strike a chord with audiences, art-house fare such as Nosferatu has succeeded. The movie is now available to stream at home, but despite that, it continued to draw crowds to theaters in its sixth weekend of release. Nosferatu is within touching distance of a coveted domestic box office milestone, and its global haul has now earned it a spot on an elite list of blockbusters. Directed by Robert Eggers, Nosferatu is a remake of F.W. Murnau's German Expressionist classic from a century ago, which itself was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Robert Eggers had been working on making Nosferatu for many years until the film officially premiered in late 2024. As that paid off, he detailed his inspiration for the gothic horror.

Nosferatu was a longtime passion project for Eggers, who had been a fan of the 1922 silent German film since he was a child. He wanted to make the movie right after his directorial debut, 2015's The Witch, but decided to wait. Speaking to Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Eggers revealed the surprising Tim Burton inspiration he had for Nosferatu.

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Robert Eggers also set a "ceiling" for the kinds of films he's willing to direct.

Speaking about his early influences, Eggers explained around the 18:41 mark that Tim Burton's Batman Return was a huge inspiration. "Tim Burton and I think, it's kind of crazy, I...

When he’s not spooking and seducing with films like “The Lighthouse” and his most recent work, a reinvention of F.W. Murnau’s “Nosferatu,” filmmaker Robert Eggers is enjoying the best of moody cinema. Chatting inside the Criterion Closet, Eggers praised the work of Soviet writer/director Sergei Parajanov, pulling his film “The Color of Pomegranates” off the shelf first.

“Parajanov is a really fascinating filmmaker who is really into recreating folk culture with a lot of detail,” said Eggers. “And he does these beautiful tableaus that are interpretation[s] of the art from the world that he’s trying to articulate and bring us into. And it’s really spectacular.”

Continuing his appreciation for film aesthetics, Eggers went on to grab a set of work from Pier Paolo Pasolini, taking care to acknowledge the efforts of his designers in crafting the environments he shoots.

Eggers told Criterion, “The worlds that Pasolini creates with Piero Tosi,...

If the four-year gap between Frank Ocean’s debut studio album Channel Orange and his follow-ups Endless and Blonde felt long, it’s now been over double the wait to see if another album will ever materialize from the wunderkind artist. We now have a major update on Ocean’s creative output, but rather than a new album in the works, he’s started shooting his directorial debut.

Variety reports David Jonsson has landed the lead role of Ocean’s directorial debut, which Ocean also wrote and is now shooting in Mexico City. While no plot details have arrived, a bit more digging reveals the current title is Philly and shooting actually began in mid-December. As seen below, Ocean was also spotted in Mexico City this past summer shooting footage. Earlier rumors suggested A24 and Taylor Russell were involved in the project, but that has yet to be confirmed.

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F. W. Murnau’s horror classic, Nosferatu, was an unauthorized telling of Dracula that almost had all of its negatives destroyed due to copyright infringement. One reel was saved, and the 1922 silent film has since taken on a life of its own. In between the remakes by Werner Herzog and Robert Eggers, there is the forgotten Nosferatu in Venice (Nosferatu a Venezia in Italian) from 1988, an unofficial sequel to Herzog’s 1979 film, with no former cast members or characters returning except for Klaus Kinski. It would be a film that was doomed from the start, and went on to endure a disastrous production shoot, in large part due to Kinski’s notorious behavior that became dangerous.

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The very first Academy Awards were held on May 16, 1929, in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Douglas Fairbanks, one of the biggest stars of his time, presented every single one of the awards. Right away, the timing was a little off, as the Oscars didn't adhere to specific calendar years for their awards. Instead, the awards were given to all the films released between August 1, 1927, and July 31, 1928.

The Academy continued with the "straddle" schedule for its first five years, considering a "release year" to be August 1 to July 31. Perhaps wanting to keep things a little cleaner, the Academy expanded the year of the 6th Academy Awards, which considered all the films released from August 1, 1932, all the way to December 31, 1933. The 7th Oscars was the first Oscars to finally measure by a proper calendar year. The Awards have been following that pattern ever since.