Nosferatu– Robert Eggers’ gothic horror thriller starring Bill Skarsgård, Lily-Rose Depp and Nicholas Hoult – is coming to cinemas. Are critics intrigued by the new gothic horror film?

A remake of the classic horror film by director FW Murnaus from 1922 with Max Schreck in the leading role. Nosferatu hits theaters on Christmas Day.

The film’s official logline reads: “A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire who becomes infatuated with her, causing unspeakable horror.”

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Skarsgård plays the title character, also known as Count Orlok. The decrepit vampire is obsessed with Ellen Hutter (Depp), the wife of Thomas Hutter (Hoult), a real estate agent sent to Transylvania to find a new property for Orlok.

Rated R, Nosferatu Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Simon McBurney, Ralph Ineson and Willem Dafoe also star.

Director: Eggers, Nosferatu is based on the filmmaker’s screenplay, which is inspired by the original Nosferatu Screenplay from Henrik Galeen and Bram Stoker’s legendary novel Dracula.

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Nosferatu currently has a “fresh” rating of 86% on the critic aggregation site Rotten tomatoes based on 180 reviews.

The RT Critics’ consensus on the film reads: “Wonderfully orchestrated by director Robert Eggers, Nosferatu is a behemoth of a horror film that is equal parts repulsive and seductive.”

Additionally, Nosferatu currently has a “fresh” rating of 81% RTs Popcorn meter based on over 100 reviews.

How do individual critics react to “Nosferatu”?

David Fear is one of the top critics Rotten tomatoes who give Nosferatu a “fresh review”.

In his review for Rolling StoneFear writes: “You may not have asked for a new version of this near-perfect silent classic. You also couldn’t ask for a better artist to give this generation of goths a nightmare to call their own.”

Nick Schager is also there Nosferatu a “fresh review on RTwrites: “A monument to dark desire and the corruption it breeds, and a masterpiece of unholy terror that immediately takes its place alongside the genre’s hallowed greats.”

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Also in his “fresh” review RT, BBC Critic Nicholas Barber writes: “What really sets Eggers apart?” Nosferatu “From the Flock” shows how deeply the images and themes of vampire history are explored. There aren’t many Dracula films that give you so much to take in.”

Richard Brody by The New Yorker belongs to the top RT Critics rate the film as “bad” and write: “The coherence of his Nosferatu makes it sluggish.” The images are not only freed from the superfluous; They are hermetically sealed from anything that might impact them from outside the screen… They seem numbingly designed to mean only one thing.”

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Richard Lawson from Vanity Fair also gives Nosferatu a “poor” review RTHe writes, “Nothing is particularly frightening, as most of the film’s humanity is drowned out by the unrelenting excitement of Eggers’ visual and aural mood.”

Another RT Critics blunt their fangs Nosferatu is Katie Walsh, writing in her review for Tribune News Service“An overly faithful retelling so beholden to its inspiration that it is completely paralyzed by its own awe.” If Shadow of the Vampire is a playful twist, Eggers’ Nosferatu is a completely straightforward and infinitely boring retread.”

Rated R, Nosferatu hits theaters on Christmas Day.

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