Saw Nosferatu on Christmas Day, had conflicting feelings over it. It’s one of those movies you want to be good because it does so many things so well but it just feels off somehow.
The positives- impeccable acting/ authenticity for the era, Eggers has always been good about this and you feel apart of the era by every single piece of it down to the verbiage and locale. It’s as authentic as it can be which is delightful. Acting is spectacular across the board. Cinematography is exceptional, all over the movie is shot beautifully.
The mixed- it’s 2 hours long but still feels rushed somehow, this is the downfall of trying to cram a Dracula esque story into a movie versus a series. However the 2 hours don’t feel like two hours because despite feeling rushed at parts it’s still engaging throughout.
The negatives- it doesn’t have dread, there are tense moments, there are some well done jump scares, even a bit of body horror. But at least for me there was no real dread and with no real dread it’s not real gothic horror. I didn’t fear for the characters, I didn’t feel that gnawing anxiety like I did reading Dracula for the first time. The other negative- it’s a “love triangle” like the classic Dracula, where you don’t feel the love between any of the triangle. Imagine if the Harkers in Dracula seemed cold and even antagonistic towards each other from the onset. The ending also heavily suffers because of this. That lackluster love also made the dread nonexistent and something that could have been fixed with and extra 30-40 minutes runtimes.
Overall it’s a movie that could have easily been an 8-9/10 with a few changes but suffers from not having the key component of gothic horror, dread. I would say 6.5/10. Worth watching simply for the immaculate authenticity to the era and acting.
Nerdrotic seemed to like it, and I’m sure the majority will say it’s at least worth watching.
Seems out of place for the holiday season.
They call it alternative programming. I've noticed they often release a horror movie around Christmas, to counter the Christmas movies. They just don't make Christmas movies anymore, outside of female cable television
Seems like there is lack of holiday inspiration.
You ain't wrong
Who owns Hollywood again?
The Devil
Close, but the day to day operations are run by those who are “of their father, the devil, the father of lies” - who was that again?
Anyone whose works are of the devil.
No I think it’s a specific group who gets named. The synagogue of Santa? No that’s not it… the synagogue of the serpent? No that’s not it either… cmon help me out here you’re an expert.
Anyone who does the works of the Devil is of his synagogue.
That sounds like how I feel about all of Egger’s movies.
I think Witch is pretty close to perfect, but Lighthouse and Northman definitely have some issues. Always worth seeing an Egger’s flick, though.
Razorfist liked it
I honestly think it’s because it’s new and not forced diversity bullshit, it’s entirely authentic to the time period. Like I said, it’s worth watching, but it’s definitely overhyped currently.
I'm reading Dracula right now. The Harkers come off as a couple going through hell and dealing with the PTSD it causes. Jonathan writes much of his journal for Mina, and makes sure to talk about local foods he wants to try with her. She worries about him, but then watches her best friend slowly die. When they meet back up they're both trying to deal with everything. Mina decides to write the various journals together so they have a way to trace their knowledge.
Also, Dracula has a big white mustache and acts like a proud pompous Czech lord. We base our knowledge on the movies, which were based on a play that sort of covered the book.
This is what they get for mocking Christ by releasing a horror movie on Christmas. A big flop.
Yes, I'm being serious. They could have released this movie two months prior for Halloween. They chose to mock Christmas.
Alternatively they may have released it because people (I'm told) go to the movies on Christmas
there are already 2 better versions of that movie, no need to watch the new one
I watched this on Peacock today. I gotta say, I found it kinda boring. And because I'm familiar with Bram Stroker's Dracula and no little about this Orlok it feels off. That last part isn't a critique of the movie, just something that affected my enjoyment of it.
The movie looks and feels gross. Not gorey it's nasty.
It’s actually a fairly faithful adaptation of the first nosferatu which was a blatant rip off of Dracula. It’s one where there “changed” the story to try to make it pass intellectual property law. It failed and the movie was ordered to be destroyed, enough copies survived to make it a cult film for cinephiles though.
Yeah, I get that. Like I said it's not fair to use it as a critique because it's adapting Nosferatu and not Dracula, but it still tickled my brain while watching it