Robert Eggers' new take on Nosferatu fails to bite, as the director's trademark style can't elevate this too-familiar Dracula retelling.
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Eggers regular Bill Skarsgård lands the lead role of Count Orlok, but his performance is overshadowed by the director's heavy-handed homage to the 1922 silent classic.
Nosferatu's slow-burn pacing and reliance on Eggers' signature brooding visuals leave little room for the kind of fresh, unsettling take on vampire lore that made The Witch and The Lighthouse so captivating.