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Nosferatu is a 2024 horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers.[1] It was released on December 25, 2024.[2]

Plot[]

Seeking companionship, a young Ellen prays for any spirit to bring her love, only to be attacked by a beastly vision, causing her to have a seizure.

In 1838, an adult Ellen lives in the town of Wisborg, Germany, with her husband Thomas Hutter, an estate agent. Hoping to gain more financial security, Thomas accepts a commission from his employer, Herr Knock, to sell Schloss Grünewald, a decrepit stately home in Wisborg, to the reclusive and eccentric Count Orlok. Unknown to Thomas, Knock made this arrangement as part of an occult pact with Orlok.

Ellen becomes fearful and asks Thomas to remain with her, confessing that before their wedding, she dreamed that she married Death himself with only corpses in attendance. He dismisses her fears and departs for Orlok's castle in the Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania, leaving her with a wealthy friend, Friedrich Harding. Arriving in Transylvania, Thomas is shunned by the local Romani peasantry for affiliating himself with Orlok. That night, he witnesses them desecrating what they claim is a vampire's corpse by impaling its chest with an iron stake; the corpse jolts in pain and vomits.

Arriving at the castle the next evening, Thomas is greeted by an impatient and menacing Orlok, who dines with him and insists on finalizing the purchase of Schloss Grünewald immediately. Orlok disregards Thomas's inquiry about the villagers and what he saw, and when Thomas cuts his thumb on a bread knife, Orlok mesmerizes him and drinks his blood, revealing himself to be a vampire. The next night, Orlok takes Thomas’ locket with Ellen's picture and has him sign a mysterious document written in an occult script. Thomas demands to go home, as he’s been plagued by nightmares, but Orlok demands he stay until he no longer feels ill. Thomas later finds Orlok sleeping in his coffin and tries to kill him with a pick, but he springs awake and counterattacks. Fleeing the Count's wolves, Thomas falls into a river while trying to escape. He is found and nursed to health by a group of nuns, who entreat him to stay and recuperate, but he rushes back to Wisborg to protect Ellen. Orlok sails for Wisborg with a crate of grave dirt and plague-infested rats, killing the ship's crew along the way.

Meanwhile, Ellen is attacked by bouts of sleepwalking and seizures, which Wilhelm Sievers, her doctor, struggles to treat. As the episodes worsen, Sievers turns to his mentor Albin Eberhart Von Franz, a brilliant scientist ostracized in Switzerland for his occult beliefs. Von Franz deduces that Ellen is under the spell of the Nosferatu, a demonic, plague-bearing vampire. Friedrich is skeptical, believing that her symptoms are caused by anxiety over Thomas' absence. Knock is institutionalized after a gleeful rampage, and both he and Ellen prophesize Orlok's impending arrival. Sievers and Von Franz realize that the two are under the same spirit; searching Knock's office, they learn that Orlok is the Nosferatu.

Thomas returns to Wisborg as Orlok's arrival brings the plague upon the town. Knock escapes from custody and escorts Orlok to Schloss Grünewald, while Orlok appears to Ellen in a dream, taunting her that he tricked Thomas into signing divorce papers. Orlok warns that she must approve the divorce within two more nights and reaffirm the pact she made when she summoned him as a girl, or he will kill Thomas personally and let the plague consume Wisborg. The following night, Orlok kills Friedrich's family as a demonstration of his power; a grief-maddened Friedrich then dies of the plague while committing necrophilia with his wife's corpse.

Von Franz plans an expedition with Thomas and Dr. Sievers to destroy Orlok's resting place in Schloss Grünewald, but from his occult research, he theorizes that the Nosferatu can only truly be destroyed by a fair maiden's willing sacrifice. Informing Ellen of this, she agrees to the plan and psychically summons Orlok to her chamber. The three men find Knock in Orlok's coffin and kill him; Von Franz proceeds to burn the whole crypt, but Thomas realizes the expedition was a diversion and rushes back to save Ellen. She allows the Count to feast on her blood until sunrise, which causes Orlok to die and return to an inanimate corpse. Thomas bursts into the bedroom and holds Ellen’s hand as she dies of exsanguination, with her sacrifice killing Orlok and ending the plague in Wisborg.

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References[]

  1. ↑ ‘Nosferatu’ – First Look at Nicholas Hoult in Robert Eggers Remake Also Teases Count Orlok’s Appearance
  2. ↑ ‘Nosferatu’ Movie from Director Robert Eggers Sets Christmas 2024 Release Date

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