'Nosferatu' Remake Gets R Rating

This Christmas we will have the theatrical release of one of the most anticipated film projects of the year: the remake of the horror classic Nosferatufrom the screenwriter and director Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman), y Focus Features.

The most recent news announces that this week, the Motion Picture Association (MPA), the body in charge of classifying films from film studios in the United States, has granted the Rated R a Nosferatu by (via Bloody Disgusting):

“Violent and bloody content, graphic nudity and some sexual content.”

This new version stars Bill Skarsgård as Nosferatu/Count Orlok. As a marketing strategy, the actor's characterization will not be revealed in the promotion of the film, and will be kept secret until the film's theatrical release on December 25, 2024.

The luxury cast is also made up of Lily-Rose Depp (The Idol, Silent Night), Nicholas Hoult (The Menu, Renfield), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kraven the Hunter, Nocturnal Animals), Emma Corrin (The Crown, My Policeman), Simon McBurney (The Conjuring 2, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation), Ralph Ineson (The Witch, The Northman), y Willem Dafoe (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, The Lighthouse)as Professor Albin Eberthart Von Franz, vampire hunter.

SYNOPSIS:

“In the new reinvention, Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman (Lily-Rose Depp) in 19th century Germany and the ancient Transylvanian vampire (Bill Skarsgard) who stalks her, bringing with him unspeakable horror.”

Eggers wrote and directed the remake, as well as producing it alongside Jeff Robinov, John Graham, Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus.

Eggers earned critical and audience recognition with his debut feature, the independent horror film The Witch (2016), which is classified by many as their favorite of the modern times genre. In 2019 he presented his second feature film, the also acclaimed film The Lighthouse, while in 2022 he launched his thirdthe epic Viking revenge adventure, The Northman.

The original 1922 silent film and German horror classic was directed by German director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. His script unofficially adapts the story of Bram Stroker's book, Draculaproviding the audience with an image that became an icon for cinematographic culture. In 1979, Werner Herzog directed another version of the classic.

Nosferatu premieres December 25, 2024 in theaters from the United States via Focus Features, and January 1 in Mexico and the rest of Latin America via Universal Pictures.