Lily-Rose Depp's horror remake debuts strong Rotten Tomatoes rating
Nosferatu has debuted with a near-perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes following its first reviews.
A Robert Eggers remake of the 1922 horror classic of the same name, the film stars Bill Skarsgård as terrifying vampire Count Orlok, whose infatuation with Lily-Rose Depp's haunted young woman causes untold horror in its wake.
Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Simon McBurney, Willem Dafoe and Ralph Ineson also star.
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Following its first reviews, Nosferatu has debuted with a near-perfect score of 95% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. This score has dipped slightly at the time of writing as more reviews have rolled in, still holding an impressive 93% rating from 57 reviews.
Here's what some of the critics have been saying so far:
Digital Spy
"Nosferatu ends up being an excellent blend of the folk horror of The Witch and the grander scale of The Northman. In finally realising his passion project, Robert Eggers has treated us all to the best horror movie of the year."
Indie Wire
"Eggers’ broadly suggestive script doesn’t put too fine a point on the specifics of Ellen’s repression, but Depp’s revelatory performance ensures that the rest of the movie doesn’t have to."
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The Hollywood Reporter
"It’s thrilling to experience a movie so assured in the way it builds and sustains fear, so hypnotically scary as it grabs you by the throat and never lets go."
Independent
"Nosferatu not only revitalises a classic monster, it reminds us why they matter at all."
Collider
"The result is a truly frightening adaptation that maintains a pervasive feeling of perpetual, otherworldly dread. Nosferatu is an excellent horror outing by a director at the height of his powers, and one of the year's finest films."
Guardian
"This is an elaborate, detailed love letter to the original, intelligently respectful and faithful."
Nosferatu is released in US cinemas on Christmas Day and in UK cinemas on New Year's Day.
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