An undead fiend lusts after a distraught waif in Nosferatu, Robert Eggers’s languid retelling of one of horror cinema’s most influential texts. Thomas (Nicolas Hoult) is an ambitious and newly married real estate agent eager for promotion when his boss, Herr Knock (Simon McBurney) offers him an opportunity that he cannot refuse. Travel to Transylvania to close a monster deal with the eccentric Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård), and he’ll be set for life. The only downside is that he’ll have to leave behind Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp), his blushing bride who happily dotes after him, but they see the chance to build something greater for themselves and accept the challenge. Little do they know that Orlok’s has ulterior motives that will put their very existence in...

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