On Monday, Nosferatu – The Undead by Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse) celebrated its world premiere in Berlin’s Zoo Palast – not far from the Marble Hall location, where FW Murnau’s (unlicensed) Dracula adaptation Nosferatu premiered in 1922. With the premiere of the horror remake, the embargo on reviews also fell largely positive and attested another success for filmmaker Eggers.
The regular Nosferatu film release is for the January 2, 2025 provided.
Nosferatu: The positive reviews for the bloody horror remake
Among the many positive voices is Nicholas Barber from the BBC, who writes: “What really separates Eggers’ Nosferatu from the rest is its deep exploration of the images and themes of vampire mythology. There aren’t many Dracula films that give you this much to sink your teeth into.”
Meagan Navarro from Bloody Disgusting has similar raves: “Eggers reinterprets Murnau’s groundbreaking work as a psychosexual, gothic tragedy, transforming this adaptation into a mesmerizing, macabre masterpiece.”
The conclusion of Janick Nolting’s 4-star review of film releases is a little more nuanced: “It is questionable whether Robert Eggers’ new adaptation will achieve a similar status as FW Murnau’s silent film classic. On the other hand, it is a bit slow in parts and relies too much on well-known elements. In terms of horror, atmosphere and narrative complexity, it can However, it easily keeps up with the original. Nosferatu – The Undead is an old-school horror piece at its best.”
All That Glitters Is Not Blood: Negative Nosferatu Reviews
Kevin Maher of the British Times lamented: “Ultimately it’s a tonal problem. The film takes itself so seriously that it stumbles into camp territory. It wants to be Murnau’s original, but Mel Brooks’ Frankenstein Junior gets in the way.”
And Peter Debruge of Variety writes: “Nosferatu builds toward a tragic finale but is held back by pretentious dialogue, sleepy pacing and weak performances, particularly that of Lily Rose Depp as the Cursed Miss.”
Nosferatu currently has a score of 93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 83 on Metacritic.