The movie's poster.
Nosferatu is a horror movie and a remake of the 1922 silent movie of the same name which itself is an adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. The movie was released in theaters on December 25, 2024, to critical acclaim. It was rated R by the Motion Picture Associates of America for bloody violent content, graphic nudity, and some sexual content.
The actors that star in the movie include Bill Skarsgård, who is best known for playing Pennywise in It and It: Chapter Two, and Lily-Rose Depp, the daughter of Johnny Depp, known for his roles in various Tim Burton movies including Sleepy Hollow and Corpse Bride.
Plot[]
In the early 1800's, a young woman named Ellen wants to summon a supernatural force to ease her loneliness. She eventually summons a creature, but to her regret.
Years later in 1839, Ellen is married to a man named Thomas Hutter, who live happily in Germany in a small town called Wisburg. One day, Thomas' employer Herr Knock tells Thomas to go to a castle in Transylvania as the owner of the castle wishes to move to Germany. After having a disturbing nightmare, Ellen doesn't want Thomas to leave for Transylvania, but he insists that he makes the journey, and Ellen stays with her friend Anna Harding, along with Anna's husband Friedrich and their two daughters Carla and Louise. Thomas travels to Transylvania and stays at an inn in a small village for the night, where the villagers shun him for venturing to the castle. That night, Thomas sees gypsies and other townsfolk going to a grave and impaling the corpse inside it.
The following night, Thomas is taken by a strange figure riding a horse and carriage and they arrive at the castle where he meets its owner, Count Orlok. Thomas is frightened to death by Orlok's appearance but still negotiates with him over dinner, where he accidently cuts himself and blacks out. The next day, Orlok has Thomas sign the contract to make his purchase of the home in Germany official, though he also demands for Thomas' locket. Thomas becomes sick and begs Orlok to leave the castle, but he refuses to let Thomas depart the castle. After falling asleep, Thomas finds bite marks on his chest and tries to escape Orlok's castle. Thomas finds Orlok sleeping in a coffin and attempts to kill him with an axe, but to no avail. Thomas is able to escape the castle and is cared for by a woman in the village who claims that Count Orlok made a deal with the devil, and that led to him becoming a vampire. Count Orlok departs to a ship where his coffin makes the journey to Wisburg, Germany, where he causes a deadly plague on the ship from rats, killing the crew members on board.
Count Orlok.
Ellen has been suffering from seizures and sleepwalking for several days. Not even her doctor named Willhelm Sievers can treat her, so he insists the help of another doctor named Albin Eberhart von Franz who was his mentor. After seeing Ellen, von Franz believes she is under a spell from the vampire. The two doctors go to see Knock who is now in a mental institution after eating sheep alive. Knock says that he is the vampire's servant and that Orlok is Nosferatu.
Thomas finally returns home to Ellen's relief, but he is not well, and she escorts her husband inside. Meanwhile at the institution, Knock kills a porter by biting his neck and escapes. Knock then escorts Orlok to his new home, Grünewald Manor. Orlok then unleashes a deadly plague onto Germany. That night, Ellen is encountered by Orlok and wants Ellen to be his bride. Ellen refuses and says she loves Thomas. Orlok then tells Ellen that she must come to him willingly, but if she refuses be with him after three nights have passed, he will kill Thomas and let the plague continue.
Later on, Thomas tries to tell Ellen about the vampire, but she already knows and tells him about her troubled past with Orlok, Ellen and Thomas then have troubled sex which ends in Ellen screaming in terror. On the second night, Orlok kills Anna and her daughters by drinking their blood as retaliation. After the funeral, Friedrich dies from the plague after violating his wife's corpse.
After doing research, von Franz discovers that Ellen is the only one who can kill Orlok by sacrificing herself. When Ellen learns what she must do, she pleads with von Franz to keep Thomas away. On the third night, von Franz lies to Thomas about knowing where Orlok is, and they go to a coffin that Thomas believes Orlok is in. Inside the coffin however is Knock who has become a vampire and is killed. After learning of this deception, Thomas rushes back to the manor to save Ellen.
Back at the manor, Ellen says she will finally be Orlok's bride. The vampire arrives and kisses her. Orlok and Ellen both naked lie in the bedroom where Orlok begins sucking the blood from her heart. Ellen is actually distracting Orlok by letting him feed on her until the sunrise. When the sun finally rises, Orlok screams in agony as the sunlight kills him. Unfortunately, Ellen lost an extremely large amount of her blood after Orlok had sucked it from her chest, so Ellen dies with Orlok as well. Thomas heartbroken arrives and holds Ellen's hand until she draws her final breath. von Franz then confirms that Ellen's sacrifice has ended the plague and destroyed Nosferatu, saving the people of Germany.
Cast[]
- Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hutter
- Nicholas Hoult as Thomas Hutter
- Bill Skarsgård as Count Orlok
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Friedrich Harding
- Willem Dafoe as Albin Eberhart von Franz
- Emma Corrin as Anna Harding