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Nosferatu (2024) - Full Reaction (Patreon)

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Well I thought this might be mid-level scary for me, turned out to be MAX! It was nice to be watching LIVE though and feel not so alone but it was pretty intense (as you will see) I am glad I watched the 1922 version first, they actually followed it pretty closely-just added a dash of horrifying and a pinch of "I can't handle this at all"

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Night King01

You should really watch the 1979 Werner Herzog version as well. Its an incredible film and I believe its superior to this remake. There are two versions one where they shot the film in english and one where they shot it in german. Whichever version you watch is good because there is no terrible voice dubbing and the actors are doing both versions. Also it doesnt rely on any gore and is more atmospheric like the original. Also its only 1hr 47m

Anthony Carlson

I remember watching Natalie Gold’s reaction to this one and I remember her saying “I’m sorry, are we watching horror p*rn?”. Even though I didn’t watch the watch-along (it’s always happens when I’m at work 🤦🏻‍♂️. Not your fault Cassie. It is what it is), but I had a feeling she would react as such…

Stick Figure Studios

Robert Eggers (the young filmmaker responsible for this film) first burst onto the scene with his debut feature THE VVITCH, which introduced both the visionary talent of its writer-director and the stunning actress Anya Taylor Joy to the world; it's one of the best scary movies to come out this century) and has been consistently good with each successive work. His ability to create an atmosphere and build suspense is quite impressive, so when I heard he wanted to do another remake of NOSFERATU (the previous remake -- my personsl favorite version -- being by Warner Herzog in 1979, which means it gets remade about every 50 years), I thought he'd be perfect and I couldn't wait to see it. I caught it in the theater and was not disappointed. Fine cast, spooky visuals, great film. Can't wait to see this reaction. :-)

Stick Figure Studios

I admit I was a little bummed she didn't watch that one before this one. It's actually my favorite version of NOSFERATU.

Night King01

Im not taking anything away from the original as its one of the most important films ever made but thats what makes the werner herzog version is so good because he wanted to honor that films legacy. The Robert Eggers one is just fine. And of course Willem Dafoe steals the whole movie.

Brian McGovern

Question for next trivia night: How many "FRICKA"'s did Cassie let loose in Nosferatu 2024. 5 in the first 2 minutes. That must have been sime scare.

Stick Figure Studios

Yeah, the original is a great and important film and I really liked Egger's film, but I just get drunk on the hypnotic, almost hallucinatory imagery and atmosphere of Herzog's take. I got to see it on the big screen last year for the first time and it was sublime.

Night King01

Lucky man. Also klaus kinski is perfect

Wesley White

I'll watch this another time, sorry I couldn't be there for the live watch-a-long, duty calls at work lol! TBH, I've never seen the 1922 silent version, but I know enough about it that I knew what to expect in this movie, plus since this is an unofficial Dracula movie, of which I've read the book, I pretty much knew what was coming as I watched it! I just now finished re-watching you and Carly's reaction to TREMORS three years ago, was it really that long ago? That's crazy lol! You need to react to more of that franchise! Anyway, I saw this in the theater when it came out last year and honestly I enjoyed it! I don't scare that easily when it comes to horror, especially Gothic horror, which is what I'm into! Anything with vampires, werewolves, the Frankenstein monster, etc. that's for me! Ghost or haunted movies like "The Shining" don't scare me at all! However, my threshold is Religion horror, anything that involves the devil and being sucked or dragged into H-E-L-L, I'm a christian and that kind of stuff scares me the most, which is why I try my best to lead an honest life lol! Though I admit, I saw "The Exorcist" once, but it never scared me! Anyway, this was a great movie in my opinion, great cast and everything! I bet you're surprised Pennywise (Bill Skarsgard) was the one playing Count Orlock in this lol! I'm sure someone may have told you this during your reaction to the OG, but in that version, the German actor playing Count Orlock was Max Schreck, and just so happens, Tim Burton used that name for Christopher Walken's character in "Batman Returns" lol! What impressed me the most in this film was Lily-Rose Depp's (Johnny Depp's daughter) performance! She was so convincing, she deserved and Oscar for best actress in my opinion lol! Anyway, I'll give this a wach another time, can't wait to watch you get spooked and jump out of your skin, I'll be laughing hysterically lol! Love and support, you (and Carly) are the best, and God bless y'all and the family🥰😇🙏🤗😉✌🌹

Gray

Pretty good film I thought, kinda wish I had seen it at the cinema when it was out. Two great horrors with the The Fly & Nosferatu for the lives recently, will be hard to top them for the next watchalong.

K, Zachary

I will admit my gf was just as freaked as you were Cassie when it came to this movie. To help her out I showed her the 1967 movie the Fearless Vampire killers. Staring Sharon Tate which is a parody of vampire movies. Now I realize that not everyone has access to this. So I also showed her this https://youtu.be/1LyqPdZjQTY?si=CtIjni4pEGzkVXhs She was laughing so hard it took her mind off of it. Well I have to go back to my prayers. When I am dealing with insomnia. It usually helps. Thanks for the great reaction to this it was a lot of fun. Can't wait to see Sinners. I see the Mammoths won last night as well.

Nathan Jasper

I just hate that stupid mustache they put on Skarsgard. He didn't look like a vampire but rather just some creepy dude that liked young women. He was more of a stalker than a monster.

Stick Figure Studios

I thought I was going to hate it, but I ended up actually liking it. It makes him look more like an actual nobleman. Plus, I respect them doing something different from what came before. In my mind, that's what makes it even worth doing.

Mark Vaderr

I finally watched this movie, and I thought it was good, not great. The acting was strong from all parties involved, yet I thought the build-up was better than the payoff. I loved the atmosphere, and the cinematography was superb. Almost felt like "Bram Stoker's Dracula", but not fully. I did not expect so much blood and nudity in this film. Count Orlok is simply evil, although I didn't like the animalistic portrayal of him, and that damned moustache kept annoying me. Overall, it's a good movie. I thought the first half was better than the second half.

Shehab Dawoud

I saw this in theaters and the first half of the film.. that was the most I’ve been on the edge of my seat for years. I was legit cold sweating. Just the music and the sound effects. Masterful. The second half of the film doesn’t quite live up to the first but it’s still very good. The hand stretching over the town is one of the best shots I’ve seen. Robert Eggers is an auteur in the truest sense of the word. He loves his period pieces and diving in to ancient folklore and mythology. He does a lot of research and preparation to make sure that the locations, the dialects, the clothing, etc is spot on and it always pays off. There are two other of his films that would be perfect for next October: The Witch (2015), with a young Anya Taylor-Joy and a really good supporting cast. Then there is The Lighthouse (2019), which is more surreal than scary, with Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe putting in tour de force performances. His other film is The Northman (2022), a viking revenge epic with the likes of Alexander Skarsgård, Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Nicole Kidman, and Anya Taylor-Joy. His next project is a werewolf movie, coming out next year! I really hope we see more of his work!

Shehab Dawoud

He looks like Vlad The Impaler, the real life Dracula. That was the idea behind it.

MGCR

I absolutely adore supernatural horror; it's the only kind of horror I like. So this one was awesome for me. Plus Robert Eggers has never let me down before so I definitely still need to see the Northman.

Aaron

A word more than horrifying? Harrowing.

Nick Ireland

Those annoying kids had it coming. I dunno why, but I was on Orlock's side. He was just minding his business in his grave and this dumb Ellen girl decides to mess around with the spirits and disturb his peaceful slumber. She f'd around and found out. Never thought I'd see Dracula's d**k but here we are. I thought the ending was romantic.

Nick Ireland

The Northman is so good! Love all his movies too.

TheSingulatarian

Made her take out her ear buds, not bad. Robert Eggars is always good. She needs to watch "The VVitch". My personal dream project would see him tell the story of "King Phillips War" it was the deadliest war in American History, and most people know nothing about it. I think he could do it justice. Looks like Cassie is developing some Calluses.

Shehab Dawoud

This Orlock looks much different than the 1922 and 1979 versions. The mustache is an homage to Vlad Dracula III, also known as Vlad the Impaler. He was a prince in Wallachia, which is now Romania, in the 1400s. He had a big-ass mustache like that. His cruelty and evil are said to have inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula, although that's not verified. I see a lot of people hating on the mustache, but I don't think they know the story behind it, or they might think differently.

Jim

That was a tough one to watch.

Shehab Dawoud

We’re trying to build up her tolerance, that won’t happen if we take a step back.

Scott Macaulay

Great reaction. Gothic horror is back and I’m here for it.

Above Average Dave

With the watch-along —which always seems to happen when I am not available for such fun — is it just the community in the comments or a giant Zoom Room?

Gray

Think a giant zoom room would be carnage haha, it's YT live chat like the premieres

Above Average Dave

As someone who went waaaaaaaaaay too deep into the Viking/Norse culture/Norsemythology rabbit hole, the Northman plays more like an art film set in Viking times than a true-to-history epic. But it's still gorgeously shot and an interesting watch.

Richard Maurer

Yes, all of Eggers films are amazing. I don’t normally enjoy psychological horror but The Lighthouse is an exception. It has a dream-like quality that is a part of all his films.

Richard Maurer

Thanks for watching this incredible film, easily the best version of Nosferatu ever, a rare remake that transcends the original. Vampires have been cheapened and made to seem like nothing more than especially emo humans in the past few decades but recently have been brought back to their horrific roots, by this film and to a somewhat lesser extent by The Last Voyage of the Demeter (23), which is something I’m grateful for.

Joe J

I see that kaiielle (KL Reacts) reacted to "The Exorcist"...yikes!!

Steve Mercier

This one is right up there with The Fly (and just behind The Thing) as one of the greatest horror movie remakes of all time in my not-so-humble opinion. The cast is phenomenal--I've never seen Lily-Rose Depp in anythng, so she greatly surprised me in the best way. The camera work and set design is top rate. And the subtext is lively: man's fear of female sexuality, as personified by an all-consuming plague of supernaturalism. Good stuff.

Just Plain Bob

Glittery vampires suck (no pun intended). In the original folklore, they were appalling creatures that brought disease and death. In the earliest (and best) literature on the subject, they were demons from the darkest pit that consigned their victims to hell, feeding on the innocent (and innocence). They were monsters and properly frightening. This film does a remarkably good job of bringing them back to their origin.

Joe J

I knew she would have a very tough time with this film. Everything about it is pure nightmare fuel for her.

Richard Maurer

In Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, Dracula has a mustache.

Richard Maurer

You, Me, and the Movies reacted to Human Centipede, a lot of reactors are stepping up their game this year.

Richard Maurer

Horror of Dracula is a favorite of mine. Christopher Lee bridged the romantic and horrific portrayals of Dracula, basically using attraction to destroy.

Above Average Dave

There are no other reactors but Cassie! The power of Carly compels you! There are no other reactors but Cassie! The power of Carly compels you! There are no other reactors but Cassie!

Coleton B.

Robert Eggers is a modern horror Auteur. Of his last 4 films (technicially speaking his first four) 3 are horror, all of which are horror masterpiece cinema (The VVitch, The Lighthouse and Nosferatu). His fourth recent film, The Northman is another example of his stringent attention to detail and focus on accurate, authentic story telling honouring the period in which his tales are set. Robert may be one of the greatest horror directors of all time, if his trend of genuinely frightening, truly spectacular and wholly precise horror films continue. I would give my left arm for him to adapt H.P. Lovecraft's Case of Charles Dexter Ward.

Just Plain Bob

Just FYI, “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” was adapted as “The Resurrected”, starring Chris Sarandon (“Fright Night”). It was released in the early 90s and directed by Dan O’Bannon (screenwriter of “Alien”, director of “Return of the Living Dead”). It’s reasonably faithful to the story, given how difficult adaptations of Lovecraft’s work can be. I’m still hoping that Guillermo del Toro gets to make “At the Mountains of Madness” one day. The test footage he shot looked amazing.

Richard Maurer

Dave - Did Clarence ask you to take his shift for him?

Wes

Eggers always bring the atmosphere. You just never feel comfortable and always on edge. Somethings happening but you don’t really know what.

Chris Thom

It's all Extra Butter Patrons. This one oscillated between about 40 and 70 users at any one time. Usually more participating at the beginning and end while it's just a chat.

Chris Thom

Pretty accurate comment by Natalie. lol

Chris Thom

Solid director. The Lighthouse was very, very strange. Not one I'm in a big hurry to see again. But this and The Witch I definitely would. I don't know if Eggers has an Oscar yet, but fairly sure we'll see him nominated again at least, at some point.

Chris Thom

Silent films are good opportunity to make a solid remake, imo.

Christian Becker

So, I'm giving this one a second try. Fell asleep on the first try. I'm sure having Cassie as support will help! ;-)

Johnny Bullis

Hard pass on this ... but I knew you would be grossed out by it.

Christian Becker

Yes, that one traumatized my childhood. It took quite a while until I ventured down in the cellar again.

Christian Becker

Addendum: Jepp, worked like a charm. Still do not like the movie overly much -pacing is a little bit too slow for my taste - but the reaction was worth every minute. Thx.

Clay F

First watch. The movie is good. I like the buildup and ending. I like the style and the acting. The movie is much more entertaining to me than the 1922 original. Great reaction - you definitely seemed scared. I actually love how the movie does Count Orlock's voice. Lily-Rose Depp did great -- my guess is her best movie so far. Nicholas Hoult is excellent (and I liked him as Lex Luther). I liked a younger Nicholas Hoult in "A Single Man" (2009) (drama/romance) (a period piece in 1962) with Colin Firth who was nominated Best Actor Oscar. Kudos to Aaron Taylor-Johnson - he is so convincing as his character. Emma Corrin who plays his wife (Anna) is also good in other stuff I've seen her in. If I had known of the brief scene of their two cute little girls (with the curly hair) getting killed (silhouette images), I would have looked away. Ralph Ineson (the doctor) is also Theon's right hand man in taking of Winterfell in GoT -- he had the 2 orphan kids burned and then smiled at their hanging burnt unrecognizable corpses.

Clay F

I liked Eggers "The Northman" (2022) with Alexander Skarsgård (the powerful vampire in True Blood), Anya Taylor-Joy, and Nicole Kidman. Nicole Kidman plays a character unlike you've seen her before.

Chris Thom

I always have to appreciate a horror movie that takes the cinematography that seriously. A bit of a rarity in the genre. Solid direction and acting in this one. Very well done for what it is.

Coleton B.

@ Bob - YES! But I just feel as though RE's Shtick would do it the ultimate justice! Guillermo's touch would be so interested to meld with Lovecraft's mythos, I've heard of that project vageuly also! @ Chris - The Lighthouse was super Avant Garde but it's one of those flicks that just gets better and better with each rewatch as you dissect and identify the layers that went into that bloody tapestry

Richard Maurer

I appreciate any horror movie that is willing to push boundaries, that alone would put this film above the average horror film. But then you add in the writing, acting, cinematography, and of course direction and you have a truly superior film. Even the makeup effects were on point. One of the best movies I’ve seen in quite awhile.

Chris Thom

Nicole Kidman is an incredible actress.

Walter

Well. Never saw that before. Really well made - atmospheric as heck, dark, twisted. Great performances. One of the better takes on Dracula I've seen. Am I scarred? Well, no. But I've seen a lot of stuff so I'm pretty jaded about that stuff.

Michael Labs

Greatly enjoyed this reaction and Cassie has grown a lot in dealing with the horror genre... I noted that this movie explored some of the lore related to vampires including the virgin on a white horse. Even though I doubt that the virgin in question would have been naked, it is said that nakedness in art has some symbolism in sacredness ("Sacred and Profane Love" by the painter Titian explores such a concept). That though is beside the point of the virgin on the white horse, the point is that the horse so encumbered would refuse to step over a vampire's grave... making it a method of detection. The original vampires were bringers of death and plague, especially such poorly understood ones at the time like "consumption" (Tuberculosis) for example. Usually, one of the first victims takes the blame. Unfortunately, I had forgotten about the fate of the kids and the fact that that was going to lay the nerves raw for the rest of the movie. However, it laid bare the true evil of the vampire. In a day and age of the "Twilight" nonsense, I found it to be refreshing. Also, I didn't see it mentioned yet but Skarsgard was using his actual voice after having been trained by an (opera?) singer to get it that deep and throaty. The breathing thing shows the use of air in and out of dead lungs to merely power speech. I could go on about various supernatural lore but I leave off for now. Thank you.

Christian Becker

Bought "The Norsman" on a streaming service as it was first available - haven't still watched it. The same with Avangers:Endgame - bought - never watched.

Stick Figure Studios

I liked THE NORTHMAN too. I still think THE VVITCH is his best so far, but I'd put NOSFERATU right after it.

Mytheos Holt

"He looked like Pennywise!" Same actor. Also I was sure this was the movie where you were pushing yourself, having seen it. What sick bastard told you this was "medium scary?"

Above Average Dave

Sadly, no. But life is only so long, so I have opted only to hang with the best 😁

Zane From Canada

I'm embarrassed to say I fell asleep watching The VVitch the first time. Missed a chunk of it. A good bit of freakiness, though. The Lighthouse. I love a good descent into madness story. I definitely saw Robert Pattinson as a serious actor after this one. Nosferatu. Downright, geniusly mad. Scary, dark, harrowing. Everything a good horror film should have, and a great example of a remake that worked. PS: I feel this is closest Cassie may get to experiencing "The Exorcist". 🤭

Clarence Newman

Just catching up after my long weekend away and I find myself slandered once again. Brought a tear to my eye it did. I cannot function these days without at least a modicum of abuse.

Clarence Newman

I view Richard's movie faves in the same way I do the 1990s Detroit Lions. A roster mostly filled with draft busts and one-legged duds, but with one really good player that makes the team fun to watch. Horror of Dracula is Richard's Barry Sanders. (Note: He did have two great players, but he traded The Fly to Cassie last month.)

Clarence Newman

I'm still hoping the surprise is Creepshow (1982). I would probably bet on Evil Dead, though.

Richard Maurer

Clarence - You are not allowed to disparage other people’s movie choices, not when you keep asking for Cannonball Run. The worst movie I’ve ever asked for was a 1000 times better than that garbage.

Richard Maurer

As long as it’s something good. I’m worried it will be The Conjuring or Insidious. That film series is the ‘Fast and Furious’ of the horror world.

Clarence Newman

Ooh, it's been a minute since that one came up. I'm glad you did it cos it needs a boost. Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore sending up his role as James Bond, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Farrah Fawcett and her nipples, Willy Lopez from Ghost, Woodcock from Butch Cassidy (he's the guy who gets blowed up protecting EH Herriman's money on the train), Jackie Chan in his first American movie, Terry Bradshaw from the Steelers, Adrienne Barbeau from Creepshow, plus the legendary Jack Elam with his wandering eyes. What's not to love? If Cassie has followed my instructions from the last live, Ben has been wearing his Cannonball Run shirt ever since and she'll be watching it soon just so he can change into something that doesn't attract flies.

Richard Maurer

Clarence- Nothing anyone can say will cause that film to win a poll. And don’t you think Cassie has been through enough this month without you trying to force that movie on her? Cassie, if it’s ever a choice between The Exorcist and Cannonball Run, for your own sake choose The Exorcist. It’s definitely the lesser of two evils.

Clarence Newman

That film WAS winning a poll, for a good five minutes, on one of the lives recently, but while I was jumping up and down, yelling at the computer screen for Cassie to end the poll RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND, she was off yapping to other folk and let it run for about 28 minutes. By the time it was over, CR had pulled a hammy and been overtaken by two younger films. Robbed I was.

Richard Maurer

You and Mark must have been the only people who had voted in the poll up to that point. No other way that could happen.

Richard Maurer

The Conjuring bored me. Jump scares almost never affect me, I’ve seen so many horror films I’m always expecting them so they rarely get me.

Clarence Newman

My legion of friends on here would back me up if it happened. 90% landslide at least.

Richard Maurer

I’d vote for it. If it were a two movie poll and the other movie was Cannonball Run II.

Richard Maurer

I only mentioned it because there’s a 0% chance of it ever happening.

Chris Thom

Didn't vampires always have a seductive pull to them though? Like the victim themselves were intoxicated by them and couldn't see the horror coming until it was too late? I've never read the Bram Stoker story but the FFC movie made it seem like Mina was totally addicted to him.

Richard Maurer

Chris - in the original mythology vampires were more like the modern interpretation of zombies, bloated walking corpses that drank blood instead of eating flesh, not at all attractive or romantic to anyone unless they had serious issues. Most people would assume that Bram Stoker created the first romanticized vampire, and while he certainly popularized it, he wasn’t the first. A author named John Polidori wrote The Vampyre in 1819, which was about a sophisticated, charming Vampire named Lord Ruthven. Before this story, fictional vampires were closer to the folk tale version.

Just Plain Bob

Chris, I HIGHLY recommend you read Dracula. It really is a great book. Stoker’s Dracula was NOT romantic in any way, appearing as an old man (he did appear more youthful the more he fed). He was tall and gaunt with a droopy white mustached. I believe he had a unibrow (memory’s sketchy on that one so I could be wrong). What I remember most were his hands. He’s described as having hairy palms. At no time is he described as handsome and no women were depicted as being attracted to him. He has a hypnotic quality, but it’s not some pleasant, dreamy type of hypnosis. It’s rob-you-of-all-free-will hypnosis. He can transform into a wolf or mist (and it’s implied he can shapeshift into other forms as well). At night, he’s virtually indestructible. During the day, he’s still physically enormously strong but cannot change form, and direct exposure to sunlight has no effect on him beyond diminishing his power. In short, most of what people know about vampires was made up in Hollywood movies (which is also true of werewolves). They’ve strayed far from Stoker’s book and even farther from the original folklore (in which they were literally reanimated corpses and appeared as such). They were disgusting, appalling creatures. PS: In the novel, Dracula compels Mina to drink his blood. In the movies, this is sometimes depicted as a necessary step in turning someone (if memory serves, Anne Rice popularized it in her Lestat novels). In the book, he does it to establish a direct psychic link with Mina, allowing him to control her from a distance. However, it also allows her to see him and guide his enemies to his location (depicted accurately in the film by Coppola).

Richard Maurer

Bob - I may not have been clear when I wrote Stoker’s novel popularized the romantic image of Dracula. While he may not have been physically attractive, he was was still not the folk tale version of a vampire either. He was still able to be seemingly cordial to a guest and his hypnotic power gave him the ability to control (in a sense “attract”) his victims. But I was mostly speaking of the novels impact on most film interpretations, other than Nosferatu, where Dracula is mostly portrayed as charming , charismatic, and attractive to his victims. It seems filmmakers chose to extend Dracula’s ability to “charm” his victims to his physical appearance as well. Lugosi and Christopher Lee’s Dracula films probably had as much, or even more, influence on subsequent interpretations than the novel.

Kal Zakath

There is a movie from 2000 called Shadow of the Vampire in which Willem Dafoe takes on the role of Max Schreck. It's really a solid movie - definitely a different kind of take on the Nosferatu story - even though it would be the third Nosferatu-ish movie she would have seen, maybe in a couple years after the powerful feelings from the 2024 version (and yes, a LOT of us watching this movie for the first time felt them) have settled down she can do that one for an October watch.

JPDotCom23

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is my choice to play James Bond. The original 'Nosferatu' was made in Germany, for Germans and names were changed to German names but it was still ripped off of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. His daughter sued the filmmakers and won and all copies should have been destroyed, thankfully it wasn't. Writer/Director Robert Eggers is my new hero, he did 'The VVitch', another scary movie, he is set to adapt a new horror-style version of 'A Christmas Carol' with Johnny Depp, looking forward to that.

Alex Tan

Let's give Cassie a round of applause for surviving the theatrical release of Nosferatu (2024)! 👏👏 My girlfriend & I watched this movie in theaters on our 6-year anniversary date on the day after Christmas, last year.

James M

What a great retelling. Eggers gave Ms. Hutter control over her destiny and Orlok's, but did so in a way that did not completely deconstruct the story. I'm really pleased with this version. I have to say Bill Skarsgard did not impress me the way Gary Oldman did in "Bram Stoker's Dracula". He feels entirely suitable to the role but not a character that will be very memorable. Conversely Lily-Rose Depp was outstanding both in her dramatic physicality as she's possessed and in her intensity as she shifts from love to confusion to resolution. I was truly impressed.

James M

I've seen people remark on how frightening it was, and I also think it's not so much. However I know the story well and there's nothing here to surprise me apart from the agency Eggers gives to Ellen, and that's not scary. It felt more like a tragedy than a horror film to me.

James M

On the counterpoint side: I did not think it was very frightening. That's probably because I know the novel from reading it and have watched many kinds of Dracula films ranging from "Nosteratu" (1922) to "Dracula" (1931) to "Billy the Kid Versus Dracula" (1966) etc. etc. There were no horror twists here I haven't seen elsewhere except for adding children. Rather than digress too far on that again, let me just say I found that choice gratuitous and distracting more than frightening. It was the one real misstep by Eggers.

Kyle K

I like to imagine this is in the same universe as The Witch