Film
Nosferatu Steps Into the 21st Century Although his vampire flick falls short of earlier work, Robert Eggers has created a dreamworld unlike any other.
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It has been more than 100 years since German filmmaker F.W. Murnau released the first great horror film, 1922’s silent Nosferatu. An unauthorized adaptation of the Irish author Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula, Murnau’s film singularly created the horror genre and inspired filmmakers for eras to come. So much so that the American filmmaker Robert Eggers, whose adaptation of Nosferatu was released on...