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That does work in the book, and in the 1970 and 1992 films, but this version of Dracula/Orlok was made pretty silly by the large moustache. Eggers wanted to go for historical accuracy but this "walking corpse" concept with a large Bohemian moustache looked slightly comical. Either he should have been more human like Dracula in the book, or update the classic 1922 Nosferatu appearance. Max Shreck's design was so iconic that would have loved to see that be brought to life. Orlok/Dracula as he looked in this movie kind of took me out of the experience.
FAVORITE VAMPIRE MOVIES 1) Let the Right One In (2008) - Swedish with English caption #6 2) Interview with the Vampire (1994) #30 3) Nosferatu (2024) #76 4) Dracula (1931) with Bela Lugosi #86 5) Nosferatu (1922) #95 6) Love at First Bite (1979) #189 7) Shadow of the Vampire (2000) #297 8} Hunger (1983) 9} Near Dark (1987) 10) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) 11) From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) 12) Morbius (2022) 13) Once Bitten (1985) 14) Thirst (2009) Korean with English caption “Nosferatu” (2024) CAST OF CHARACTERS. *********************************************** MAIN CHARACTERS *********************************************** 1) Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) - Ba’alZebub (Titus in the Holy Bible, only of a sort people) THE MOON, serving her, by waning, reflecting light (not generating). Lesser light “ruling over darkness.” THIS ONE) Molech: who builds the tabernacle of wickedness. He is worthless for godly significance without Lucifer, but certainly draws the third to him. 2) Ellen Hutter (Lily-Rose Depp) - Lucifer (Mary Magdalene, only of a sort people) FALLEN STAR, to the Earth, in that she manifest and took on Eve, but before the fall she revolves around the sun trying to get away from the only other thing like her that cannot give forth light. SHE TOO) Re’Phan: justifies him and over all, but must pollute the Echad. In heaven she fails at that task, but in the movie succeeds, so Lucifer would be pleased. 3) Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult) - Yahweh (Paul in writing of letters, and killing the elect, only of a sort people) SUN, the true and great star, for this Earth. THE TRIUNE) Elo’him: who allows Himself brought down in wisdom. Jesus redeems man. There is no redemption going on in this movie. Lucifer saves. What is this? Bar’e’shit, if not, GENESIS created ‘gods’ the heavens and the Earth. In the movie he is brought down as Lucifer succeeds at the task of defiling her husband. 4) Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz (Willem Dafoe) - Solomon or MAGI man ‘under the sun’ (Solomon broke all the commands of King David, thus cut off from Mary, the mother of Jesus, yet again, only of a sort people) MANKIND, looking up, as astrologers reaching unto magi. Stephen: he who announces. The Acts 7:43 Also, in two other good Vampire movies “The Hunger” and “Shadow of the Vampire.” I like the movie “John Carter,” which he is also in. Best movie (and character for multiple movies) he has ever been in is “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Here, in “Nosferatu” (2024) he plays the wise man, trying to figure it out. thus ends the major characters... *********************************************** THE COMMON FOLK *********************************************** 5) Anna Harding (Emma Corrin) - MUSLIMS in league with Satan, or Ba’alZebub, reaching for Lucifer. MONTHLY CYCLE: reaching for the YEARLY GOAL. 6) Friedrich Harding (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) - CHRISTIANS in league with Yahweh. Hoping for the 2nd coming; looking for Spiritual significance with a family. 7) Dr. Wilhelm Sievers (Ralph Ineson) - JEWS trying to solve the problem in the Middle East. Can this Islamic pollution be cured? Earthly goals only. 8} Herr Knock (Simon McBurney) - FALLEN ANGELS (demonically possessed) loving darkness, for their deeds are evil 3RD OF THE HEAVENS, drawn unto falling, by way of Count Orlok (THEIR GOD) VAMPIRES can be loveable, even if evil. Evil is evil and should be portrayed as such; however, this creature has turned into a romance or lust type story, so why? Psalms 92:1-7 “It is agreed to cast off YAHWEH, to call out the name ALLAH. Conspicuously he is devout at coming at the dusk, fidelity at night. All ten (fingers) go to the strings to play upon the lyre. Upon springing forth shall YAHWEH be glad at the deeds done? Screaming at the works of your hands! How great shall be the works of YAHWEH, the device's blade is forced in deep. Brutish man to know not, to know not, fool! Discern that with me is God. The wicked sprout up like a herb, all make sorrow as they flourish, only that they be destroyed for forevermore.” YAHWEH can judge ALLAH. Psalms 91:1-2 “He who dwells in secret with ALLAH abides the night in darkness. The Almighty utters, “YAHWEH is a refuge, a strong fortress, a God to trust.”” ALLAH is the Ba'alZebub who desired LUCIFER to make gods. 'She' goes into an Abyss. Yahweh is never polluted, but the movie changes that. Job 4:18 “For he put forth no trust, behold even in his own servants, the angels, for he chargeth them as all are in error.” Job 25:2-6a “Dominion dreadful belongs unto her, who establishes peace in Her Height. For this existence is a number of bands who light her time to arise. How can a man be justified as god by a word? How clean is he who births 'the woman'? Behold, for unto the last the moon (“lesser light ruling over darkness”) cleared away and not bright (New Moon) and the stars are not pure, and perceives moreover lesser of man than a maggot." LUCIFER could care less what fallen angel indwells anyone. When 'she' arrives none are more power save YAHWEH alone. This is why 'he' as Ba'abZebub can trust none of the angels he has charge over. Job 27:11-13 “I will throw out the hand of this god; who when with the Almighty, shall not be concealed. Behold, of all you have seen, how this act maketh empty. This is the portion of the wicked man, a Word of God, and the inheritance of the tyrant received of the Almighty.” Job 28:20-24 “Whence wisdom? And knowledge, unto who does it come? And where is the place of understanding? And it is concealed from the eyes of all of the living. Concealed from the birds of the heavens (fallen angels). Abaddon (The Destroyer or Apollyon) bringing death, saith, “we have ears to hear the report.” Elohim (God) discerns their ways; He knows where they stand. Look to the end of the Earth. See all under the heavens. He will impart the weight of the winds; meted waters by measures. Making a limit to rain, and from a far distance for the voice of Thunder. At that time see and relate, He established, and moreover stretched it out. To man utter, “Behold in fear, your lord,” for the wisdom will depart, evil has understanding.” Job 34:12-13 “Surely a god wicked, and Mighty, will pervert justice. Who is appointed authority over the Earth? Who has laid out the whole of the world?” Job 34:14-18 “If he were determined to gather unto himself that Spirit, and breathe, all flesh will perish together, and man would return to the dust. And if you have understanding hear this: “Listen, unto the sound of My words: Shall the hater of Justice rule, by condemning the Righteous One?” Utter unto the king, “Worthless One (Beli’Yah’al - meaning “birthing Yah’s opposition”), your nobles are wicked.”” Job 34:19-20 “Who takes no partiality to princes? And no regard for the rich above the poor? They all must work with their hands. For in one moment death by division. The people will be shaken and pass away. Valiant and turned aside without hand.” Job 34:21-23 “The eye is upon the ways of the man, 'She' seeth all of the steps. There is nothing, and neither darkness, or shadow where the workers of iniquity may hide. Setting 'the man' afar, that he should go to the place of God’s judgment.” Job 34:29-30 “Keep quiet, who?, the condemner? And hide your face. Who can behold her? This angel? And regard the nation, and the man.” Isaiah 34:8 “Yahweh, it is the day of Vengeance, year of the recompense, for dispute 'taken out of' (word for those words is “rib” - a woman in dispute with Yahweh can only be Lucifer, the most beautiful of the flock) Zion.” Isaiah 34:9-10 “Streams torrent, and overturning unto pitch, for loosed from the dust (remember the first bodies of Muslims are all ash after Isaiah 14:26-31) brimstone of the Earth (demons -> fallen angels again) shall fall out as burning pitch, never to be quenched, night and day smoke shall go up from generation unto generation. For the desolate are nought to pass enduring for all eternity.” Ecclesiastes 7:27-28 ""To see to discovery, this," saith the Preacher, "you add one unto another, until you find the explanation: Who am I to seek? They seek to attain one man, out of the thousands, to attain the woman of the whole of man."" Revelation 9:20 "The remaining of mankind, who is not killed by these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, in order that they might worship the demon, his image of gold, silver, brass, and petrified wood (the life or 'she' inside a glorified shell), for I demonstrate power that he neither see, nor hear, nor walk." Isaiah 46:5-6 “Who is my likeness and equal? And be like and represent and be as unto. Lavish the gold out of the bag of heavy weight, and silver to the balance (holding up the head). The hire of making refine and it’s made, a word of god, prostrate, yea worship.” Isaiah 40:18-21 “To whom will you liken a Word of god? Who is the likeness of compared unto? Him? The idol engraved and poured out. Smelt is beat out of Gold, the smelt are the chains on the silver. The impoverished are an offering, select of the tree (of a Life) never rotting to seek skillful craftsmen. Be firm of the image never tottering. Do ye really not know? Have ye never heard? This was declared from the beginning, no understanding is the foundation of the Earth.” Yahweh looks upon 'Her.' Psalms 68:31 “The Prince (male human) comes out of Egypt, run through she (Lucifer) stretches out her hands unto Elohim (Jesus).” Isaiah 17:7 “In that day, man shall gaze on his Maker (Barack Hussein Obama at Yahweh), and eye shall look upon ‘Sacred of Israel’ (Yahweh beholds His Lucifer).”
I enjoyed the first half better than the last half, but it was still a great Dracula adaptation. The scenes in the Carpathian lands like the Roma camp and Orlock's castle were my favorite.
So I just saw this tonight and wanted to clear some things up while it is fresh on my mind. 1. Ellen is predisposed to the "supernatural" world, she said it had been happening since she was a child when she started sleep walking which is a real Victorian belief that those who sleep walked were in tune to the other side. When we digest the work of Robert Eggers we have to remember that he does his research and is very detail oriented. The part where Ellen mentions her father finding her buck naked in a feild and calling her unclean could be a reference to her "defiling" herself or just the simple act of being nude outside of designated areas was enough for women to be called sinful. 2. Knock is what is known as a familiar, it is something that was common in vampire and witch lore, but as opposed to witch familiars which take the form of animals, vampire familiars are humans who do the bidding of the undead. 3. The whole point of Orlock coming to Germany was for Ellen and he targeted Hutter because he was her husband. She says that their marriage awoke him and made him come to her. 4. The plague is real, or at least it was in the 1922 version, it is meant to represent the pure evil of Orlok, he is an omen of bad times and a carrier of misfortune and misery. He also doesn't turn anyone into a vampire in the original 1922 movie as to avoid direct comparisons with Dracula. Hertzog on the other hand played with metaphors and the artistic representation of what Orlok was and the reason that Hutter is turned into a vampire in his version is to showcase that while they can get rid of a symptom, that won't kill the sickness as when Orlok dies in the 1979 version, everyone just waljs past Hutter and no one acknowledges that he is now a vampire too.
The scene that described their first encounter called sleep paralysis to my mind. The imagery throughout the movie linked Nosferatu to the SP shadow figure. I mean, often he's on top of them, and they feel suffocated, or can't breath. Even the image in the book is basically a drawing of an account of SP. And the last shot with Ellen and the vampire is also heavily inspired by SP accounts it seems. Anyway, it sounded like Ellen had nodded off in the woods, and had an SP episode, "saw" Nosferatu and then gave herself to him. Also related is the incubus, where one was basically SA'd by a demon. Interestingly, a lot of people have argued that SP may have been the source for stories of vampires, werewolves, and witches. (See: Ernst Jones. On the Nightmare and Brian Sharpless et al "Sleep Paralysis: Historical, Psychological, Medical perspectives"
Really love the new version by Robert Eggers & it’s fun to notice the little homages to the predecessors as the movie goes along, but I like he doesn’t rip them off wholesale like some directors would. Also knowing they shot at some of the same locations that Herzog did for the ‘79 film is really impressive
The visuals are magnificent. I also found the plague confusing and I couldn't figure out whether Orlock knew she was married to Hutter when he asked that Hutter come. He went through all this to drain Ellen in one night not to make her an eternal companion? Makes no sense. Dialogue is either ranted, muttered, screamed or over enunciated in an awkward Eastern Uropean accent in thr case of Orlock. I give it a 3 not a 4.
One major “clue” occurs when Hutter goes to the office and first meets Knock to discuss traveling to Orlok’s castle. We see that Knock has a patch of dry skin or a sore on his head. I believe this was meant to signal to us, the viewers, that Knock had already been infected with the “plague,” likely from a previous meeting with Orlok before Hutter comes to the office. I’ve been absolutely obsessed with this movie! I’ve already watched the 2024 version twice, revisited the 1922 version, and rewatched the 1970s version. I’m planning to watch Shadow of the Vampire later today as well! And yes Nicholas Hoult was absolutely amazing/eyecandy in this version!!
She didn’t give her consent consensually, so to speak, at the end though. She was compelled to give her consent to end the plague and to save her husband’s life. It’s like getting married with a gun to your head.
The mustache is in reference to the real Vlad Dracula. I saw the movie today and really enjoyed it. Not my top movie of year, but high on the list. My #1 movie for 2024 is horror film The Substance, which is essentially the female version of Dr. Jeckyl And Mr. Hyde.
@vonVile does it make you feel smart to speak to someone this way? I am Hungarian, we all know of Vlad and his moustach. There are different styles of them, this was not close enough to Vlad's, it looked more like Frank Zappa.
Excellent review! I've seen it twice now, and upon my second viewing I too was really struck by the symbolism of Orlok being a metaphor for Ellen's Jungian shadow self, and I loved how the film works simultaneously on both a literal and symbolic level in that way. The depiction of Ellen in Egger's film and Lucy in Herzog's film are now co-favorites - which is somewhat ironic, as Depp's performance here reminds me so much of Adjani's performance in another film (Possession) in the fearless way she taps into this visceral, feral part of herself to embody the passions and the desires with which she's struggling to come to grips. Absolutely brilliant performance. And while I don't know if I'd place the blame here on Aaron Taylor-Johnson as you have, I would have rather seen less of his character and even more time and focus going toward Depp's and Hoult's characters. That scene you mention where Ellen keeps switching back and forth between her love for Thomas and her baser desires was powerful, but I felt it was almost too compact and isolated, and could have benefited from more space before and after to truly develop the dynamics there. The film is utterly mesmerizing and breathtaking, but I think I have to knock a half point off for the plotting and pacing toward the beginning of the final act. But the ending is magnificent, and that final shot... it certainly does linger in the mind. A few more thoughts... Yes Knock is totally aware of who Thomas' wife is from the beginning (suggested by his congratulating Thomas on his marriage, emphasizing Ellen's beauty, and his repeated, almost obsessive, chant-like references to "providence"), and is used by Orlok to bring Thomas to him (and subsequently Orlok to Germany). Getting back to the idea of Orlok being a metaphor for Ellen's shadow self - this is also inferred on two occasions where Thomas is being oppressed by Orlok (once at the castle, and once later, upon his return home) and he has a flash of it being Ellen who is actually attacking him. I agree with you, that this is by far the best portrayal of the Harker/Hutter character (Hoult's performance at the castle goes a long way toward establishing how truly terrifying Orlok is!), and I would have loved to have seen it given even a bit more fleshing out, specifically with regard to Thomas trying to understand and accept the unrealized depths of the woman to whom he is married.
Thank you so much for this comment! Such a good point too about Hutter seeing Ellen when being with Orlok. And thanks for clarifying about Knock. And yeah, ATJ's role definitely could have been reduced to make more time for Depp. I still need to watch Possession! I've heard great things.
When holder met Count Orlok was scary AF! The whole interaction was pure fear! The breathing was so phenomenal. Made so much sense to hear him take in air to speak... 😗🤌
I'm personally a fan of gothic vampire films so I'll probably like or love this Robert Eggers adaptation of Nosferatu whether it's a slow burn or not. Dracula in the novel had a mustache so I'm glad this film incorporated it even though Eggers only did it for historical accuracy because Transylvanian noblemen in that time period would have had a mustache. The 1992 film Bram Stoker's Dracula should have been called Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula. It's a very unashamedly indulgent film. That film is the second most faithful adaptation of the novel, while still deviating from the novel in big ways. The prologue origin story, portraying Dracula to be a sympathetic vampire, and most importantly the Dracula/Mina romance were all added for the 1992 film adaptation. The most faithful adaptation is the British made-for-television film Count Dracula which was released in 1977.
So...this version of Nosferatu is now my favorite Christmas movie! Not only do they say the word Christmas three different times in the movie, but in one scene in the Harding's home there is 1800's Christmas tree, with candles on the branches! But, I digress... THIS is how you make a Gothic movie! Everything about this screams gothic from each frame! I have been waiting for so long for someone to 'get it' when it comes to gothic horror. The cinematography is so. freaking. good. This could absolutely work as a silent movie, as well! Each frame tells a story, I absolutely fell in love with the look, the sound, the performances... In my book it is practically perfect in every way! (apologies to Mary Poppins) But, in reaction to a couple of points you touched on as I always do (apologies ahead of time...) 1) I can see your issue with Aaron Taylor Johnson, I did not like that first scene between him and Hutter, his laughing was particularly atrocious! But all his other scenes I really liked. I know this was 1838 Germany, but his performance is that of a proper Englishman during the Victorian age. That is why he seemed out of place, since it is Germany but again, being such a fan of the book I appreciated what he was going for. 2) Ellen - I actually much prefer Lily Rose Depp's portrayal of Ellen. She was so haunted and conveyed so much inner turmoil. Not often am I touched by a performance nowadays, but she hit my senses perfectly and my heart went out to her - both times that I've seen the movie. 3) The fact no one rises from the dead to be Orlock's minions is because - just like the Murnau version - Orlock is a plague. All he brings is death. Hence the rats everywhere. ---------So the cholera plague was running through Europe during the time, starting in India in 1817. Egger's placed this movie in 1838 - when that plague would have started running through Germany. 50 million people died throughout Europe from cholera, until the cure came out in 1885. 4) Whether or not it is 'implied' Orlock uses the rats to spread plague while he feeds is an interesting idea. Murnau specifically wanted Max Schrek to look 'rat-like' to reinforce this thinking. You have to remember, (again) the plague was prominent in Germany, throughout history, and they were just recovering from the Spanish flu from 1918. Nosferatu was made in 1922. (no math needs to be done) This made Murnau's choice more horrific to German audiences. So no, no beautiful vampire spawns in this version... Always enjoy your videos and your views on different things; you have made me consider different angles and I appreciate that. I simply appreciate you allowing for feedback - even though I apologize that I can get rather long-winded - and strongly opinionated. Looking forward to your next video, Happy New Year to you and your family!
Saw it yesterday. Best movie of the year, but also best version of Dracula since Bram Stokers Dracula. To start off this film felt like you were watching a Germen expressionist film from the 1920s. There were moments were they could have shot it in black and white and just had the music and it still would be amazing. Also the fact that this stuck close to the 1922 and 1979 versions espically when it came to the ending, incidently one part that i love was when they recreated Orlock's shadow opening Ellen bedroom door. In the slient version always freak me out when it came to that part here it's short of like his shadow another version of him like the 1992 take. As for the count himself, i loved that they didn't make him look like both versions where he's suppose to look like rat, instead they turned him into a walking corpose who's only alive because of the blood coursing through his veins. The thing i found intresting was that orlock look alot like how stoker described Dracula, a tall pale looking man with pointy ears, fingers, and a moustche. As for the rest of the cast, they were amazing espically Lily Rose Depp as Ellen. The fact that they all thought she was crazy and a woman made me feel really sad for her, you could see way she would call for some guardian angel and instead get someone like Orlock. As for the ending, i thought it was both visually beautiful, very erotic, and very disturbing all at the same time. The very last shot is i think one of the best in any movie i seen, it just contrast between the evil that was Orlock and the goodness that was Ellen. Also just reliaze this. In the whole film you really don't see the sun at all until the very end of the film between them. I thought that was a nice touch.
To be perfectly honest, I really didn't care for it, I saw it on Christmas Day. The only scene I liked was the dining room scene at the castle. Asthmatic could be a word. Fun Fact: scary stories were told on Christmas eve/day back in the day, I'm sure you knew that :)
I enjoyed the aspect of the 🎬 being very atmospheric. All the actors did well, but the convulsion sequences were overdone. It seemed more like a possession movie, more so than a 🧛♂️ story.
Agree on ATJ. His acting is almost always “meh” for me. When they find her in the beginning, she’s just seizing, so it’s almost like they’re implying her father just thought she was unclean for running away and being found in the nude. Maybe it was that there was evidence she had pleasured herself, but I think she was just like “intentionally nude” lol. Also, Orlock specifically wanted Hutter bc of Ellen, and had likely introduced Knock to the occult for this purpose. They find a Scholomance book with Knock, which would essentially be “Dracula’s own wizard book”. K wouldn’t have had a way to get that book any other way. So, he corrupted K, too, perhaps even just weeks earlier. She started a plague by being nude is the moral, I think. I wonder if you noticed the foreshadowing with Ellen holding flowers with eyes closed at the beginning. The door open behind her looks like a coffin lid.
That's true, that opening scene with her moaning is partly what made me assume it was more than just the seizures. And that makes sense about him getting to knock su that he could send butter to get Ellen.
Thank you for the video about Nosferatu. This is a good video. I know more about Dracula. I have seen Nosferatu movies. I still need to read the book. Ellen is Lucy. The other girl is Mia. I'm looking forward to seeing the 2024 version of the movie. Read the book too. Lily Rose Depp is good in this movie. From what I hear. I look forward to seeing Bill Skarsgard as Count Or lock. The old school vampire is back. The scary days of vampires. Happy New Year. 🦇🧛
It was a pity he didn't follow the "Lucy Westenra" arc to its conclusion. He chose to have Orlok kill the children, but Anna who murders her own children would have been truer to Stoker's novel.
@jurassicpark1fan920 I suppose because of Lucy as the Bloofer Lady going after local children, although they don't die in Stoker's novel. However, a big difference in Stoker and the Nosferatu films, all three of them, is that Orlok/Kinski Dracula/Orlok do not turn other people into vampires! He kills them and he has plague infested rats in his soil that he brings, but none of his victims turn. Notice the lack of the brides! There is only one vampire in these worlds.
I thought that with the wife and the tomb scene I thought they’d do a reversal of the Bloofer lady story from Dracula with the kids being the vampires instead of the Lucy analog
I thought this movie was Awesome, I've already watched Nosferatu twice in theaters and in my opinion this is my favorite movie by Robert Eggers but to be fair I'm a huge vampire fanatic I love vampires so going in I knew I was gonna be head over heels over this movie but I still think Robert Eggers three other movies are phenomenal with The Northman now my second favorite then The Witch then lastly The Lighthouse but again I love all 4 of these movies.
If you want a complete adaptation of the beginning with Harker there is the Dracula miniseries on Netflix they have made changes but it's fun episode one is Harker meets Dracula at the castle episode two is on the demeter and the third I won't spoil it.
Gonna see it this week, I can't wait ! I know the first part of Dracula is your favorite, but in the 1977 Louis Jourdan BBC version, it was fascinating all throughout!
Really enjoyed this! I personally didn’t love the film though I appreciate a lot about it. The melodramatic acting style threw me off, and felt like there was too much exposition, too much explaining (repetitive points made), too much of Orlock talking, which took away a lot of the mystery out of it for me and revealed some plot holes, which you’ve mentioned here. But I do appreciate Eggers going for something unique and his own.
It sounds like you're not familiar with the 2023 remake with Doug Jones as Orlock....I just recently learned of it and watched it before seeing the new one....I must say it's now my favorite version....you really should check it out. And good review of this one, I very much enjoyed it as well and I am a fan of all things Dracula! Thanks again!
re: Knock, I felt a lot of similarities to the Dr. Channard character in Hellraiser II (1988). The way he sits on the floor, certain details about his office and demeanor, all very Hellraiser. I wonder if the 1922 Knock influenced Clive Barker, and then that version came back around to influence this Knock.
Excellent!! I cant wait to see this new version!! I LOVE the original but still haven't seen the 79 one. It's on Tubi so I'm just being lazy at this point since I've known of the 79 one since I was a kid and have wanted to see it. The VVitch is one of my all time favourite movies so I'm trying not to get too excited about this, but shit man...after this video and some others I've seen, it's hard not to. Thanks again for another great video! I'm so excited for this movie so, I guess if I'm disappointed...it's your fault.
19:38 Harding at that moment is dying of the "blood plague". In previous films I thought Orlock was feeding and that was the cause of the plague, yeah. 20:27 You see, I hated Harker becoming Nosferatu. It made Lucy/Ellen's sacrifice in vain. I prefer that Ellen in 2024 succeeded. My own impression is that Ellen is a very powerful psychic, which is why her life force quickened Orlock in his grave. Thus he rose in search of her again when she met Thomas and they fell in love. I must point out that while Max Shrek was a fantastic actor, the rest of the 1922 film is full of actors who cannot act.
Thanks for sharing! I like your view of Ellen. And good point, when I think of the 22 movie I am really just focused on Shrek lol and don't think too much about the others.
Was just talking to my husband this morning about this book and all the adaptations. And that I was hoping you would do this adaptation. Manifesting it! Mary Riely and Dr. Jekell and Mr. Hyde would be an amazing Book Vs. Movie. Just throwing it out there
Can't wait to check this out LOL why does it feel like I'm only clicking on the vampire related videos recently 😂. Have u ever done True Blood show v book? That would be fun.
All I know is Nosferatu 79 is creepier and weirder than this new one. I think it's being European has something to do with it. The new one is a bit too Hollywood, with the American celebrity actors and the often Tim Burtonish visuals, to creep me out.
I liked the 79 version, there were absolutely stunning scenes and truly captured the atmosphere and the landscape so well, but it's really hard for me to give those awkward 70's moments a pass...like when Hutter turns into a vampire (spoiler) and he gingerly jumps out of the chair/holy wafers...iykyk lol!
I think they got out of the vampire characterization and emphasized more on the possessions, exorcism and demon aspect of this even when orlock bite them its on the chest and not the neck, hes portrayed as a feral beast and not as a vampire originally. This why i think no on else got transformed into vampires
The orgasmic seizures distracted from an otherwise beautifully crafted gothic horror. I think maybe I'm still traumatized from her show The Idol, but her O O O's were unsettling in the wrong way. Orlok spoke way too much, that one-note throat singing lower octave vocalization had way too little variation. I hated that the male characters that surrounded Ellen just prattled on which really dragged the plot, and spoiled all the tension built by Thomas, Ellen, Orlok.. & that sentient Castle.
I haven't seen the idol but I didn't hear good things about it 😬 And funny enough the men talking too much is a lot like the book and it's one of the reasons I prefer the first half of it because there too, Harker in Dracula's castle has some of the best scenes!
@WhytheBookWins probably my biggest turn off is men talking.. in books and movies that is. Loved Nick in this role, his terror slowly consumed him. Will have to check if you've done any Carmilla comparisons. Love your channel ❤️
Nah. Bram Stoker's Dracula from 1992 takes that cake, followed by Horror of Dracula from 1958. (Which oddly follows this film's plot more closely than it does the novel.)
The silent is still my favorite, with the new one very close behind. I loved it. I have trouble getting through the 70’s movie because of Klaus Kinski’s insufferable whiny voice. It’s so irritating. The rest of the movie is pretty good though, especially Isabelle Adjani.
I hated the mustache, and the little hair bit on his head. I guess I just have an image of what Nosferatu should look like, based off the original character design. But you’re right the mustache was definitely a choice hahaha. Isn’t count supposed to be some what attractive from the story of it?
No, the count is actually physically repulsive, at least in the book. Hook nose, pointed ears, hairy palms, and a long mustache. Also I think he smells. It's just that he has power.
The fact that so many people complain about the mustache is proof that very few of the s.c Vampire lovers and Dracula fans have actually read the book or possess any knowledge of the book. They just come across as posers. In the 1897 novel Dracula is described as looking like an old man with pointy ears, whispy hair and a droopy mustache. Also, he is based on Vlad Tepes who rocked a big mustache - at least in the paintings that exists of him. The image of the vampire as a sexy, suave nobleman originated in the 1931 Hollywood adaptation with Bela Lugosi and then got more and more silly, culminating in the awful Twilight movies. This IS how Dracula/Nosferatu should look. Not like sexy Tom Cruse. He is a monster, not a fantasy boyfriend.
@ Not really. In the novel he gets younger as he integrates himself in London and starts feeding on the population there but it’s not a magic trick. It is just an effect of him having access to so much to feed on. It rejuvenstes him. This was something they really ran with in the Coppola version from 1992. In the Nosferatu movies he stays the same. You don’t have to like this movie, that wasn’t the point I was making, but trying to nitpick and act like it is a crazy thing that they added (back) the mustache when it is litteraly in the original text just makes you look uninformed.
People are either "posers," or they did read the book and simply forgot the small detail of him having a mustache lol. There are a lot of other much more memorable details in the book, so I can understand why the mustache is forgotten.
I agree that the book portrayed Dracula as evil and disturbing looking. He was not suave and It was not a love story which is why I have a problem with Coppola calling his version Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
The initial reviews were so over the top it left me with a feeling they were all paid reviews. Now that many ‘regular’ people have seen it the reviews are lukewarm that it’s long and slow. Plus he looks like Omar Shariif and the 1922 version seemed scarier.
It's like Eggers grab the 100 year old masterpiece by Murnau, put it thru' ChatGPT and wrote the prompt "make it like TWILIGHT but darker, shittier, more pretentiously artsy fartsy and f*ck up the ending so it's look like a fever nightmare from a modern western woman", lmfao. I'll stay with the original.
I forgot to say that Dracula does have a mustache in the book, so that is something else they may have taken from the book!
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That does work in the book, and in the 1970 and 1992 films, but this version of Dracula/Orlok was made pretty silly by the large moustache. Eggers wanted to go for historical accuracy but this "walking corpse" concept with a large Bohemian moustache looked slightly comical. Either he should have been more human like Dracula in the book, or update the classic 1922 Nosferatu appearance. Max Shreck's design was so iconic that would have loved to see that be brought to life. Orlok/Dracula as he looked in this movie kind of took me out of the experience.
FAVORITE VAMPIRE MOVIES
1) Let the Right One In (2008) - Swedish with English caption #6
2) Interview with the Vampire (1994) #30
3) Nosferatu (2024) #76
4) Dracula (1931) with Bela Lugosi #86
5) Nosferatu (1922) #95
6) Love at First Bite (1979) #189
7) Shadow of the Vampire (2000) #297
8} Hunger (1983)
9} Near Dark (1987)
10) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
11) From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
12) Morbius (2022)
13) Once Bitten (1985)
14) Thirst (2009) Korean with English caption
“Nosferatu” (2024) CAST OF CHARACTERS.
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MAIN CHARACTERS
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1) Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) - Ba’alZebub (Titus in the Holy Bible, only of a sort people)
THE MOON, serving her, by waning, reflecting light (not generating). Lesser light “ruling over darkness.”
THIS ONE) Molech: who builds the tabernacle of wickedness. He is worthless for godly significance without Lucifer, but certainly draws the third to him.
2) Ellen Hutter (Lily-Rose Depp) - Lucifer (Mary Magdalene, only of a sort people)
FALLEN STAR, to the Earth, in that she manifest and took on Eve, but before the fall she revolves around the sun trying to get away from the only other thing like her that cannot give forth light.
SHE TOO) Re’Phan: justifies him and over all, but must pollute the Echad. In heaven she fails at that task, but in the movie succeeds, so Lucifer would be pleased.
3) Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult) - Yahweh (Paul in writing of letters, and killing the elect, only of a sort people)
SUN, the true and great star, for this Earth.
THE TRIUNE) Elo’him: who allows Himself brought down in wisdom. Jesus redeems man. There is no redemption going on in this movie. Lucifer saves. What is this? Bar’e’shit, if not, GENESIS created ‘gods’ the heavens and the Earth. In the movie he is brought down as Lucifer succeeds at the task of defiling her husband.
4) Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz (Willem Dafoe) - Solomon or MAGI man ‘under the sun’ (Solomon broke all the commands of King David, thus cut off from Mary, the mother of Jesus, yet again, only of a sort people)
MANKIND, looking up, as astrologers reaching unto magi.
Stephen: he who announces. The Acts 7:43
Also, in two other good Vampire movies “The Hunger” and “Shadow of the Vampire.” I like the movie “John Carter,” which he is also in. Best movie (and character for multiple movies) he has ever been in is “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Here, in “Nosferatu” (2024) he plays the wise man, trying to figure it out.
thus ends the major characters...
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THE COMMON FOLK
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5) Anna Harding (Emma Corrin) - MUSLIMS in league with Satan, or Ba’alZebub, reaching for Lucifer.
MONTHLY CYCLE: reaching for the YEARLY GOAL.
6) Friedrich Harding (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) - CHRISTIANS in league with Yahweh.
Hoping for the 2nd coming; looking for Spiritual significance with a family.
7) Dr. Wilhelm Sievers (Ralph Ineson) - JEWS trying to solve the problem in the Middle East.
Can this Islamic pollution be cured? Earthly goals only.
8} Herr Knock (Simon McBurney) - FALLEN ANGELS (demonically possessed) loving darkness, for their deeds are evil
3RD OF THE HEAVENS, drawn unto falling, by way of Count Orlok (THEIR GOD)
VAMPIRES can be loveable, even if evil. Evil is evil and should be portrayed as such; however, this creature has turned into a romance or lust type story, so why?
Psalms 92:1-7
“It is agreed to cast off YAHWEH, to call out the name ALLAH. Conspicuously he is devout at coming at the dusk, fidelity at night. All ten (fingers) go to the strings to play upon the lyre. Upon springing forth shall YAHWEH be glad at the deeds done? Screaming at the works of your hands! How great shall be the works of YAHWEH, the device's blade is forced in deep. Brutish man to know not, to know not, fool! Discern that with me is God. The wicked sprout up like a herb, all make sorrow as they flourish, only that they be destroyed for forevermore.”
YAHWEH can judge ALLAH.
Psalms 91:1-2
“He who dwells in secret with ALLAH abides the night in darkness. The Almighty utters, “YAHWEH is a refuge, a strong fortress, a God to trust.””
ALLAH is the Ba'alZebub who desired LUCIFER to make gods. 'She' goes into an Abyss. Yahweh is never polluted, but the movie changes that.
Job 4:18
“For he put forth no trust, behold even in his own servants, the angels, for he chargeth them as all are in error.”
Job 25:2-6a
“Dominion dreadful belongs unto her, who establishes peace in Her Height. For this existence is a number of bands who light her time to arise. How can a man be justified as god by a word? How clean is he who births 'the woman'? Behold, for unto the last the moon (“lesser light ruling over darkness”) cleared away and not bright (New Moon) and the stars are not pure, and perceives moreover lesser of man than a maggot."
LUCIFER could care less what fallen angel indwells anyone. When 'she' arrives none are more power save YAHWEH alone. This is why 'he' as Ba'abZebub can trust none of the angels he has charge over.
Job 27:11-13
“I will throw out the hand of this god; who when with the Almighty, shall not be concealed. Behold, of all you have seen, how this act maketh empty. This is the portion of the wicked man, a Word of God, and the inheritance of the tyrant received of the Almighty.”
Job 28:20-24
“Whence wisdom? And knowledge, unto who does it come? And where is the place of understanding? And it is concealed from the eyes of all of the living. Concealed from the birds of the heavens (fallen angels). Abaddon (The Destroyer or Apollyon) bringing death, saith, “we have ears to hear the report.” Elohim (God) discerns their ways; He knows where they stand. Look to the end of the Earth. See all under the heavens. He will impart the weight of the winds; meted waters by measures. Making a limit to rain, and from a far distance for the voice of Thunder. At that time see and relate, He established, and moreover stretched it out. To man utter, “Behold in fear, your lord,” for the wisdom will depart, evil has understanding.”
Job 34:12-13
“Surely a god wicked, and Mighty, will pervert justice. Who is appointed authority over the Earth? Who has laid out the whole of the world?”
Job 34:14-18
“If he were determined to gather unto himself that Spirit, and breathe, all flesh will perish together, and man would return to the dust. And if you have understanding hear this: “Listen, unto the sound of My words: Shall the hater of Justice rule, by condemning the Righteous One?” Utter unto the king, “Worthless One (Beli’Yah’al - meaning “birthing Yah’s opposition”), your nobles are wicked.””
Job 34:19-20
“Who takes no partiality to princes? And no regard for the rich above the poor? They all must work with their hands. For in one moment death by division. The people will be shaken and pass away. Valiant and turned aside without hand.”
Job 34:21-23
“The eye is upon the ways of the man, 'She' seeth all of the steps. There is nothing, and neither darkness, or shadow where the workers of iniquity may hide. Setting 'the man' afar, that he should go to the place of God’s judgment.”
Job 34:29-30
“Keep quiet, who?, the condemner? And hide your face. Who can behold her? This angel? And regard the nation, and the man.”
Isaiah 34:8
“Yahweh, it is the day of Vengeance, year of the recompense, for dispute 'taken out of' (word for those words is “rib” - a woman in dispute with Yahweh can only be Lucifer, the most beautiful of the flock) Zion.”
Isaiah 34:9-10
“Streams torrent, and overturning unto pitch, for loosed from the dust (remember the first bodies of Muslims are all ash after Isaiah 14:26-31) brimstone of the Earth (demons -> fallen angels again) shall fall out as burning pitch, never to be quenched, night and day smoke shall go up from generation unto generation. For the desolate are nought to pass enduring for all eternity.”
Ecclesiastes 7:27-28
""To see to discovery, this," saith the Preacher, "you add one unto another, until you find the explanation: Who am I to seek? They seek to attain one man, out of the thousands, to attain the woman of the whole of man.""
Revelation 9:20
"The remaining of mankind, who is not killed by these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, in order that they might worship the demon, his image of gold, silver, brass, and petrified wood (the life or 'she' inside a glorified shell), for I demonstrate power that he neither see, nor hear, nor walk."
Isaiah 46:5-6
“Who is my likeness and equal? And be like and represent and be as unto. Lavish the gold out of the bag of heavy weight, and silver to the balance (holding up the head). The hire of making refine and it’s made, a word of god, prostrate, yea worship.”
Isaiah 40:18-21
“To whom will you liken a Word of god? Who is the likeness of compared unto? Him? The idol engraved and poured out. Smelt is beat out of Gold, the smelt are the chains on the silver. The impoverished are an offering, select of the tree (of a Life) never rotting to seek skillful craftsmen. Be firm of the image never tottering. Do ye really not know? Have ye never heard? This was declared from the beginning, no understanding is the foundation of the Earth.”
Yahweh looks upon 'Her.'
Psalms 68:31
“The Prince (male human) comes out of Egypt, run through she (Lucifer) stretches out her hands unto Elohim (Jesus).”
Isaiah 17:7
“In that day, man shall gaze on his Maker (Barack Hussein Obama at Yahweh), and eye shall look upon ‘Sacred of Israel’ (Yahweh beholds His Lucifer).”
Favorite vampire movies, Bela lugosi original Dracula and Hammer movie. Horror of Dracula
Ellen gets bite at end, they make it seem the horror is over, not really she should become vampire
I enjoyed the first half better than the last half, but it was still a great Dracula adaptation. The scenes in the Carpathian lands like the Roma camp and Orlock's castle were my favorite.
So I just saw this tonight and wanted to clear some things up while it is fresh on my mind.
1. Ellen is predisposed to the "supernatural" world, she said it had been happening since she was a child when she started sleep walking which is a real Victorian belief that those who sleep walked were in tune to the other side. When we digest the work of Robert Eggers we have to remember that he does his research and is very detail oriented. The part where Ellen mentions her father finding her buck naked in a feild and calling her unclean could be a reference to her "defiling" herself or just the simple act of being nude outside of designated areas was enough for women to be called sinful.
2. Knock is what is known as a familiar, it is something that was common in vampire and witch lore, but as opposed to witch familiars which take the form of animals, vampire familiars are humans who do the bidding of the undead.
3. The whole point of Orlock coming to Germany was for Ellen and he targeted Hutter because he was her husband. She says that their marriage awoke him and made him come to her.
4. The plague is real, or at least it was in the 1922 version, it is meant to represent the pure evil of Orlok, he is an omen of bad times and a carrier of misfortune and misery. He also doesn't turn anyone into a vampire in the original 1922 movie as to avoid direct comparisons with Dracula. Hertzog on the other hand played with metaphors and the artistic representation of what Orlok was and the reason that Hutter is turned into a vampire in his version is to showcase that while they can get rid of a symptom, that won't kill the sickness as when Orlok dies in the 1979 version, everyone just waljs past Hutter and no one acknowledges that he is now a vampire too.
Thanks for sharing!
The scene that described their first encounter called sleep paralysis to my mind. The imagery throughout the movie linked Nosferatu to the SP shadow figure. I mean, often he's on top of them, and they feel suffocated, or can't breath. Even the image in the book is basically a drawing of an account of SP. And the last shot with Ellen and the vampire is also heavily inspired by SP accounts it seems. Anyway, it sounded like Ellen had nodded off in the woods, and had an SP episode, "saw" Nosferatu and then gave herself to him. Also related is the incubus, where one was basically SA'd by a demon.
Interestingly, a lot of people have argued that SP may have been the source for stories of vampires, werewolves, and witches. (See: Ernst Jones. On the Nightmare and Brian Sharpless et al "Sleep Paralysis: Historical, Psychological, Medical perspectives"
Yawn.
Really love the new version by Robert Eggers & it’s fun to notice the little homages to the predecessors as the movie goes along, but I like he doesn’t rip them off wholesale like some directors would. Also knowing they shot at some of the same locations that Herzog did for the ‘79 film is really impressive
The visuals are magnificent. I also found the plague confusing and I couldn't figure out whether Orlock knew she was married to Hutter when he asked that Hutter come. He went through all this to drain Ellen in one night not to make her an eternal companion? Makes no sense. Dialogue is either ranted, muttered, screamed or over enunciated in an awkward Eastern Uropean accent in thr case of Orlock. I give it a 3 not a 4.
One major “clue” occurs when Hutter goes to the office and first meets Knock to discuss traveling to Orlok’s castle. We see that Knock has a patch of dry skin or a sore on his head. I believe this was meant to signal to us, the viewers, that Knock had already been infected with the “plague,” likely from a previous meeting with Orlok before Hutter comes to the office. I’ve been absolutely obsessed with this movie! I’ve already watched the 2024 version twice, revisited the 1922 version, and rewatched the 1970s version. I’m planning to watch Shadow of the Vampire later today as well! And yes Nicholas Hoult was absolutely amazing/eyecandy in this version!!
I'm excited to see it a second time! And shadow of the Vampire is soooo good!
@@WhytheBookWins can't wait to watch!
She didn’t give her consent consensually, so to speak, at the end though. She was compelled to give her consent to end the plague and to save her husband’s life. It’s like getting married with a gun to your head.
Good point.
Oddly, no fangs are seen in the new movie. 🤔🤔🤔
The mustache is in reference to the real Vlad Dracula.
I saw the movie today and really enjoyed it. Not my top movie of year, but high on the list. My #1 movie for 2024 is horror film The Substance, which is essentially the female version of Dr. Jeckyl And Mr. Hyde.
It's literally how he's described in the book.
We understand the reference, but why did they go the Frank Zappa route?
@MiseryCherub Men grew real mustaches back then.
@vonVile does it make you feel smart to speak to someone this way? I am Hungarian, we all know of Vlad and his moustach. There are different styles of them, this was not close enough to Vlad's, it looked more like Frank Zappa.
He looks like Stoker's Dracula. Love it. 🖤🧛♂️🧛♀️🧛♂️🧛♀️❤
Excellent review! I've seen it twice now, and upon my second viewing I too was really struck by the symbolism of Orlok being a metaphor for Ellen's Jungian shadow self, and I loved how the film works simultaneously on both a literal and symbolic level in that way. The depiction of Ellen in Egger's film and Lucy in Herzog's film are now co-favorites - which is somewhat ironic, as Depp's performance here reminds me so much of Adjani's performance in another film (Possession) in the fearless way she taps into this visceral, feral part of herself to embody the passions and the desires with which she's struggling to come to grips. Absolutely brilliant performance. And while I don't know if I'd place the blame here on Aaron Taylor-Johnson as you have, I would have rather seen less of his character and even more time and focus going toward Depp's and Hoult's characters. That scene you mention where Ellen keeps switching back and forth between her love for Thomas and her baser desires was powerful, but I felt it was almost too compact and isolated, and could have benefited from more space before and after to truly develop the dynamics there. The film is utterly mesmerizing and breathtaking, but I think I have to knock a half point off for the plotting and pacing toward the beginning of the final act. But the ending is magnificent, and that final shot... it certainly does linger in the mind.
A few more thoughts...
Yes Knock is totally aware of who Thomas' wife is from the beginning (suggested by his congratulating Thomas on his marriage, emphasizing Ellen's beauty, and his repeated, almost obsessive, chant-like references to "providence"), and is used by Orlok to bring Thomas to him (and subsequently Orlok to Germany).
Getting back to the idea of Orlok being a metaphor for Ellen's shadow self - this is also inferred on two occasions where Thomas is being oppressed by Orlok (once at the castle, and once later, upon his return home) and he has a flash of it being Ellen who is actually attacking him. I agree with you, that this is by far the best portrayal of the Harker/Hutter character (Hoult's performance at the castle goes a long way toward establishing how truly terrifying Orlok is!), and I would have loved to have seen it given even a bit more fleshing out, specifically with regard to Thomas trying to understand and accept the unrealized depths of the woman to whom he is married.
Thank you so much for this comment! Such a good point too about Hutter seeing Ellen when being with Orlok. And thanks for clarifying about Knock.
And yeah, ATJ's role definitely could have been reduced to make more time for Depp. I still need to watch Possession! I've heard great things.
When holder met Count Orlok was scary AF! The whole interaction was pure fear! The breathing was so phenomenal. Made so much sense to hear him take in air to speak... 😗🤌
I'm personally a fan of gothic vampire films so I'll probably like or love this Robert Eggers adaptation of Nosferatu whether it's a slow burn or not.
Dracula in the novel had a mustache so I'm glad this film incorporated it even though Eggers only did it for historical accuracy because Transylvanian noblemen in that time period would have had a mustache.
The 1992 film Bram Stoker's Dracula should have been called Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula. It's a very unashamedly indulgent film.
That film is the second most faithful adaptation of the novel, while still deviating from the novel in big ways. The prologue origin story, portraying Dracula to be a sympathetic vampire, and most importantly the Dracula/Mina romance were all added for the 1992 film adaptation.
The most faithful adaptation is the British made-for-television film Count Dracula which was released in 1977.
So...this version of Nosferatu is now my favorite Christmas movie! Not only do they say the word Christmas three different times in the movie, but in one scene in the Harding's home there is 1800's Christmas tree, with candles on the branches!
But, I digress...
THIS is how you make a Gothic movie!
Everything about this screams gothic from each frame! I have been waiting for so long for someone to 'get it' when it comes to gothic horror.
The cinematography is so. freaking. good. This could absolutely work as a silent movie, as well! Each frame tells a story, I absolutely fell in love with the look, the sound, the performances...
In my book it is practically perfect in every way! (apologies to Mary Poppins)
But, in reaction to a couple of points you touched on as I always do (apologies ahead of time...)
1) I can see your issue with Aaron Taylor Johnson, I did not like that first scene between him and Hutter, his laughing was particularly atrocious! But all his other scenes I really liked. I know this was 1838 Germany, but his performance is that of a proper Englishman during the Victorian age. That is why he seemed out of place, since it is Germany but again, being such a fan of the book I appreciated what he was going for.
2) Ellen - I actually much prefer Lily Rose Depp's portrayal of Ellen. She was so haunted and conveyed so much inner turmoil. Not often am I touched by a performance nowadays, but she hit my senses perfectly and my heart went out to her - both times that I've seen the movie.
3) The fact no one rises from the dead to be Orlock's minions is because - just like the Murnau version - Orlock is a plague. All he brings is death. Hence the rats everywhere.
---------So the cholera plague was running through Europe during the time, starting in India in 1817. Egger's placed this movie in 1838 - when that plague would have started running through Germany. 50 million people died throughout Europe from cholera, until the cure came out in 1885.
4) Whether or not it is 'implied' Orlock uses the rats to spread plague while he feeds is an interesting idea. Murnau specifically wanted Max Schrek to look 'rat-like' to reinforce this thinking. You have to remember, (again) the plague was prominent in Germany, throughout history, and they were just recovering from the Spanish flu from 1918. Nosferatu was made in 1922. (no math needs to be done) This made Murnau's choice more horrific to German audiences. So no, no beautiful vampire spawns in this version...
Always enjoy your videos and your views on different things; you have made me consider different angles and I appreciate that. I simply appreciate you allowing for feedback - even though I apologize that I can get rather long-winded - and strongly opinionated.
Looking forward to your next video, Happy New Year to you and your family!
Saw it yesterday. Best movie of the year, but also best version of Dracula since Bram Stokers Dracula. To start off this film felt like you were watching a Germen expressionist film from the 1920s. There were moments were they could have shot it in black and white and just had the music and it still would be amazing. Also the fact that this stuck close to the 1922 and 1979 versions espically when it came to the ending, incidently one part that i love was when they recreated Orlock's shadow opening Ellen bedroom door. In the slient version always freak me out when it came to that part here it's short of like his shadow another version of him like the 1992 take. As for the count himself, i loved that they didn't make him look like both versions where he's suppose to look like rat, instead they turned him into a walking corpose who's only alive because of the blood coursing through his veins. The thing i found intresting was that orlock look alot like how stoker described Dracula, a tall pale looking man with pointy ears, fingers, and a moustche. As for the rest of the cast, they were amazing espically Lily Rose Depp as Ellen. The fact that they all thought she was crazy and a woman made me feel really sad for her, you could see way she would call for some guardian angel and instead get someone like Orlock. As for the ending, i thought it was both visually beautiful, very erotic, and very disturbing all at the same time. The very last shot is i think one of the best in any movie i seen, it just contrast between the evil that was Orlock and the goodness that was Ellen. Also just reliaze this. In the whole film you really don't see the sun at all until the very end of the film between them. I thought that was a nice touch.
Thanks for sharing! And so true about the contrast of that last shot!
Americans are asking why have they brought out Nosfera Two whn they haven't even seen Nosfera One yet?
Somewhere in the universe, there is a balancing justice that will make you pay for this terrible pun. Be afraid, be very afraid.
Shadow of the Vampire is amazing!!!
I love that movie so much!
@@LucyLioness100 I will watch!!
To be perfectly honest, I really didn't care for it, I saw it on Christmas Day. The only scene I liked was the dining room scene at the castle.
Asthmatic could be a word.
Fun Fact: scary stories were told on Christmas eve/day back in the day, I'm sure you knew that :)
Yeah that scene was so good!
Scary stories is a fun Christmas tradition 😊
@@WhytheBookWins we started telling scary stories this year. I told The Open Window by H.H Munro.
Just saw it. Want to see it again. 🖤
I enjoyed the aspect of the 🎬 being very atmospheric. All the actors did well, but the convulsion sequences were overdone. It seemed more like a possession movie, more so than a 🧛♂️ story.
Everytime a virus or pandemic hits 2 movies make a grand comeback Zombies and Vampires I'm over it
Agree on ATJ. His acting is almost always “meh” for me. When they find her in the beginning, she’s just seizing, so it’s almost like they’re implying her father just thought she was unclean for running away and being found in the nude. Maybe it was that there was evidence she had pleasured herself, but I think she was just like “intentionally nude” lol. Also, Orlock specifically wanted Hutter bc of Ellen, and had likely introduced Knock to the occult for this purpose. They find a Scholomance book with Knock, which would essentially be “Dracula’s own wizard book”. K wouldn’t have had a way to get that book any other way. So, he corrupted K, too, perhaps even just weeks earlier. She started a plague by being nude is the moral, I think. I wonder if you noticed the foreshadowing with Ellen holding flowers with eyes closed at the beginning. The door open behind her looks like a coffin lid.
That's true, that opening scene with her moaning is partly what made me assume it was more than just the seizures.
And that makes sense about him getting to knock su that he could send butter to get Ellen.
The Folio edition, beautiful!
Thank you, I love folio!
Thank you for the video about Nosferatu. This is a good video. I know more about Dracula. I have seen Nosferatu movies. I still need to read the book. Ellen is Lucy. The other girl is Mia. I'm looking forward to seeing the 2024 version of the movie. Read the book too. Lily Rose Depp is good in this movie. From what I hear. I look forward to seeing Bill Skarsgard as Count Or lock. The old school vampire is back. The scary days of vampires. Happy New Year. 🦇🧛
It was a pity he didn't follow the "Lucy Westenra" arc to its conclusion. He chose to have Orlok kill the children, but Anna who murders her own children would have been truer to Stoker's novel.
How so?
@jurassicpark1fan920 I suppose because of Lucy as the Bloofer Lady going after local children, although they don't die in Stoker's novel. However, a big difference in Stoker and the Nosferatu films, all three of them, is that Orlok/Kinski Dracula/Orlok do not turn other people into vampires! He kills them and he has plague infested rats in his soil that he brings, but none of his victims turn. Notice the lack of the brides! There is only one vampire in these worlds.
Just saw the movie tonight and it did not disappoint ! So glad I stayed away from the plot of this, I was hooked and horrified the whole time 😳🖤
Great video, Laura! I LOVED this film!
Thanks! Glad you loved it 😁
I’ll have seen it three times by end of today 😉
I thought that with the wife and the tomb scene I thought they’d do a reversal of the Bloofer lady story from Dracula with the kids being the vampires instead of the Lucy analog
Ooo that would have been a cool, unexpected twist on that part of Dracula!
I thought this movie was Awesome, I've already watched Nosferatu twice in theaters and in my opinion this is my favorite movie by Robert Eggers but to be fair I'm a huge vampire fanatic I love vampires so going in I knew I was gonna be head over heels over this movie but I still think Robert Eggers three other movies are phenomenal with The Northman now my second favorite then The Witch then lastly The Lighthouse but again I love all 4 of these movies.
I give it 3-5
If you want a complete adaptation of the beginning with Harker there is the Dracula miniseries on Netflix they have made changes but it's fun episode one is Harker meets Dracula at the castle episode two is on the demeter and the third I won't spoil it.
Gonna see it this week, I can't wait ! I know the first part of Dracula is your favorite, but in the 1977 Louis Jourdan BBC version, it was fascinating all throughout!
Yeah i watched that one last year and enjoyed it but it isn't a personal favorite.
Really enjoyed this! I personally didn’t love the film though I appreciate a lot about it. The melodramatic acting style threw me off, and felt like there was too much exposition, too much explaining (repetitive points made), too much of Orlock talking, which took away a lot of the mystery out of it for me and revealed some plot holes, which you’ve mentioned here. But I do appreciate Eggers going for something unique and his own.
Thanks! And yeah I've heard people with those same complaints.
It sounds like you're not familiar with the 2023 remake with Doug Jones as Orlock....I just recently learned of it and watched it before seeing the new one....I must say it's now my favorite version....you really should check it out. And good review of this one, I very much enjoyed it as well and I am a fan of all things Dracula! Thanks again!
Oh wow yeah I had never heard of that!
re: Knock, I felt a lot of similarities to the Dr. Channard character in Hellraiser II (1988). The way he sits on the floor, certain details about his office and demeanor, all very Hellraiser. I wonder if the 1922 Knock influenced Clive Barker, and then that version came back around to influence this Knock.
Oh interesting comparison! The circle of influence is funny 😆
Excellent!! I cant wait to see this new version!! I LOVE the original but still haven't seen the 79 one. It's on Tubi so I'm just being lazy at this point since I've known of the 79 one since I was a kid and have wanted to see it.
The VVitch is one of my all time favourite movies so I'm trying not to get too excited about this, but shit man...after this video and some others I've seen, it's hard not to.
Thanks again for another great video! I'm so excited for this movie so, I guess if I'm disappointed...it's your fault.
The 79 one is soooo good! And I hope this new one isn't getting overhyped 😆 I've definitely seen some people who were lukewarm about it.
17:52 orlok sees a photo of her from hutters pocket locket in the 1922 Nosferatu film
19:38 Harding at that moment is dying of the "blood plague". In previous films I thought Orlock was feeding and that was the cause of the plague, yeah.
20:27 You see, I hated Harker becoming Nosferatu. It made Lucy/Ellen's sacrifice in vain. I prefer that Ellen in 2024 succeeded. My own impression is that Ellen is a very powerful psychic, which is why her life force quickened Orlock in his grave. Thus he rose in search of her again when she met Thomas and they fell in love.
I must point out that while Max Shrek was a fantastic actor, the rest of the 1922 film is full of actors who cannot act.
Thanks for sharing! I like your view of Ellen. And good point, when I think of the 22 movie I am really just focused on Shrek lol and don't think too much about the others.
I AGREE about Nicholas Hoult’s performance. He is spectacular at acting SCARED!
I still can't get over his performance 😭 so good especially in that castle scene
Was just talking to my husband this morning about this book and all the adaptations. And that I was hoping you would do this adaptation. Manifesting it!
Mary Riely and Dr. Jekell and Mr. Hyde would be an amazing Book Vs. Movie. Just throwing it out there
Can't wait to check this out LOL why does it feel like I'm only clicking on the vampire related videos recently 😂. Have u ever done True Blood show v book? That would be fun.
I haven't! I'll look into it
My favorite Dracula adaptation.
Has the copyright on the Bram stoker not run out
I think it has
The moustache threw me way off but looking back it did make him extra creepy so im good with it.
Yeah agreed
All I know is Nosferatu 79 is creepier and weirder than this new one. I think it's being European has something to do with it. The new one is a bit too Hollywood, with the American celebrity actors and the often Tim Burtonish visuals, to creep me out.
Yeah the 79 one is still my favorite i think.
Herzog famously committed some disturbing animal cruelty to make Nosferatu, so I never got past the intro.
I liked the 79 version, there were absolutely stunning scenes and truly captured the atmosphere and the landscape so well, but it's really hard for me to give those awkward 70's moments a pass...like when Hutter turns into a vampire (spoiler) and he gingerly jumps out of the chair/holy wafers...iykyk lol!
I think they got out of the vampire characterization and emphasized more on the possessions, exorcism and demon aspect of this even when orlock bite them its on the chest and not the neck, hes portrayed as a feral beast and not as a vampire originally. This why i think no on else got transformed into vampires
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The book was fantastic. Dracula had prestigious physical strength in the book.
19:40 in 1922 Nosferatu orlok brings a literal plaque
Thanks for clarifying!
Idkkkkk not mentioning Bill’s drinking performance is kinda sus
The first time we straight up see him drink from Hutter was so disturbing!
The orgasmic seizures distracted from an otherwise beautifully crafted gothic horror. I think maybe I'm still traumatized from her show The Idol, but her O O O's were unsettling in the wrong way. Orlok spoke way too much, that one-note throat singing lower octave vocalization had way too little variation. I hated that the male characters that surrounded Ellen just prattled on which really dragged the plot, and spoiled all the tension built by Thomas, Ellen, Orlok.. & that sentient Castle.
I haven't seen the idol but I didn't hear good things about it 😬
And funny enough the men talking too much is a lot like the book and it's one of the reasons I prefer the first half of it because there too, Harker in Dracula's castle has some of the best scenes!
@WhytheBookWins probably my biggest turn off is men talking.. in books and movies that is. Loved Nick in this role, his terror slowly consumed him. Will have to check if you've done any Carmilla comparisons. Love your channel ❤️
Nah. Bram Stoker's Dracula from 1992 takes that cake, followed by Horror of Dracula from 1958. (Which oddly follows this film's plot more closely than it does the novel.)
Yeah both of those have their merits. I think i preferred the 1970 Lee movie over the 58 one though.
The silent is still my favorite, with the new one very close behind. I loved it. I have trouble getting through the 70’s movie because of Klaus Kinski’s insufferable whiny voice. It’s so irritating. The rest of the movie is pretty good though, especially Isabelle Adjani.
Langella is the best Dracula. Eggers Nosferatu is not Dracula. So, it’s another debate.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson was CRINGE. Almost ruined his scenes
Loved this adaptation! I watched it twice in one day. Give it another viewing… your questions will be answered.
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I hated the mustache, and the little hair bit on his head. I guess I just have an image of what Nosferatu should look like, based off the original character design. But you’re right the mustache was definitely a choice hahaha. Isn’t count supposed to be some what attractive from the story of it?
No, the count is actually physically repulsive, at least in the book. Hook nose, pointed ears, hairy palms, and a long mustache. Also I think he smells. It's just that he has power.
He definitely starts out repulsive, he gets younger as he feeds though. But still not the suave vampire we think of today due to the movies.
It was just ok.
The fact that so many people complain about the mustache is proof that very few of the s.c Vampire lovers and Dracula fans have actually read the book or possess any knowledge of the book. They just come across as posers. In the 1897 novel Dracula is described as looking like an old man with pointy ears, whispy hair and a droopy mustache. Also, he is based on Vlad Tepes who rocked a big mustache - at least in the paintings that exists of him. The image of the vampire as a sexy, suave nobleman originated in the 1931 Hollywood adaptation with Bela Lugosi and then got more and more silly, culminating in the awful Twilight movies. This IS how Dracula/Nosferatu should look. Not like sexy Tom Cruse. He is a monster, not a fantasy boyfriend.
Exactly!
Wah Wah Wah still looks shitty AF
And the Count had two different looks, the one in Transilvania and the second one in London. So you are wrong.
@ Not really. In the novel he gets younger as he integrates himself in London and starts feeding on the population there but it’s not a magic trick. It is just an effect of him having access to so much to feed on. It rejuvenstes him. This was something they really ran with in the Coppola version from 1992. In the Nosferatu movies he stays the same. You don’t have to like this movie, that wasn’t the point I was making, but trying to nitpick and act like it is a crazy thing that they added (back) the mustache when it is litteraly in the original text just makes you look uninformed.
People are either "posers," or they did read the book and simply forgot the small detail of him having a mustache lol. There are a lot of other much more memorable details in the book, so I can understand why the mustache is forgotten.
I agree that the book portrayed Dracula as evil and disturbing looking. He was not suave and It was not a love story which is why I have a problem with Coppola calling his version Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
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NAHsferatu.
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Should advise if there’s spoilers in your content in future.
I did
Should advise you pay attention to the things you watch.
The initial reviews were so over the top it left me with a feeling they were all paid reviews. Now that many ‘regular’ people have seen it the reviews are lukewarm that it’s long and slow. Plus he looks like Omar Shariif and the 1922 version seemed scarier.
Meh...
I'm a regular person. I thoroughly enjoyed this film.
Not an adaption of Dracula it is a plagiarism of Dracula who could go out in the daytime in the origin novel that is more than a minor change
Yeah 1922 Nosferatu is what started the idea that he could be killed by sun.
Dracula was never about feminism, so no, not the best adaptation. If anything it's the worst adaptation on that regard.
Female sexuality has always been a theme of Dracula in one way or another.
It's like Eggers grab the 100 year old masterpiece by Murnau, put it thru' ChatGPT and wrote the prompt "make it like TWILIGHT but darker, shittier, more pretentiously artsy fartsy and f*ck up the ending so it's look like a fever nightmare from a modern western woman", lmfao. I'll stay with the original.
Thats... certainly a hot take.
You do you buddy
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