Robert Eggers' macabre 'Nosferatu' trailer will sink its teeth into you

The F. W. Murnau remake of our darkest dreams.
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Shannon Connellan
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It's been a whopping 102 years since Max Schreck's dreaded Count Orlok crawled out of the darkness and onto movie screens in F. W. Murnau's German Expressionist horror jewel Nosferatu. A whole century of vampire films have stalked the studios since then, from Dracula to Interview with the Vampire to Twilight and beyond. Now, The Witch and The Northman writer/director Robert Eggers takes a bite out of the legend.

An interpretation of Bram Stoker's Gothic horror masterpiece Dracula, Nosferatu looks to blend Eggers' signature folk horror chops with the creepy elements we expect from a vampire movie. The film will see Bill Skarsgård as the iconic Count Orlok, alongside Willem Dafoe, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, and Simon McBurney.

The teaser gives a dark and sinister taste of what's to come, sure to get your blood pumping in a deeply uncomfortable way.

Nosferatu hits cinemas Dec. 25.

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Shannon Connellan

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about everything (but not anything) across entertainment, tech, social good, science, and culture. Especially Australian horror.


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