The latest look at Nosferatu from visionary writer/director Robert Eggers dropped today. The full length trailer gives a better glimpse at Bill Skarsgård as the iconic Count Orlok yet still leaves enough to be surprised once we see the film this holiday season.

It’s taken Eggheads quite some time to get to this moment in Nosferatu history. In July 2015, a remake of Nosferatu was announced with Eggers writing and directing. In November 2016, Eggers provided an update and was a bit shocked that the Nosferatu remake was going to be his second film, saying to IndieWire, “It feels ugly and blasphemous and egomaniacal and disgusting for a filmmaker in my place to do Nosferatu next. I was really planning on waiting a while, but that’s how fate shook out.” During a 2019 interview with Den of Geek promoting The Lighthouse, Eggers revealed that although he had dedicated a lot of time for preparation to bring the film to life, he didn’t know when or if it would happen. The writer/director said, “Look, I spent so many years and so much time, just so much blood on it, yeah, it would be a real shame if it never happened”.

F.W. Murnau directed the original 1922 version of Nosferatu, which is an unauthorized and unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. Even with several changes implemented within the film, Stoker’s heirs sued over the film, which resulted in a court ruling for all copies of the film to be destroyed. In 1979, Werner Herzog directed his own version of the film.

Nosferatu stars Skarsgård, Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe, Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Emma Corrin. The film was written and directed by Eggers. Robin Carolan composed the score, with two tracks out now.

Focus Features will release Nosferatu in theaters for Christmas on December 25, 2024.