The setting , tone, time period and environment of this movie is reminiscent to the early Universal Pictures horror classics by Boris Karloff (Frankenstein), Bela Lugosi (Dracula) and Lon Chaney Jr (The Wolfman)!.It has an old school and classic vibe!
I find it frustrating that most of these reaction/breakdown/analysis-videos mostly just resort to telling us what is clearly happening on screen rather than giving any insight as to what the scenes might mean and whatever influences the director might have taken. It gives the impression that most of these s.c. movie channels don't really know that much about the movies they are supposed to talk about (or movies in general). It's like Snoop Dogg commentating on the Olympics (but less entertaining). Here's what I found interesteing about the trailer. Hopefully someone else picked up other stuff and we can have an interesting discussion * The first shot from the trailer is probably from the end of the movie when Ellen has realized that in order to save her husband and the town she has to sacrifice herself to Nosferatu. It might be earlier in the movie when she is praying for her husband to come home from Transylvania or she might be under some spell. However, if you look at the 1922 or 1979 version the first explanation is the most plausible. The shot of her getting strangled (presumably by Nosferatu) and lying on a grave is probably from earlier in the movie. There are photos of Lily-Rose Depp where she seems to be acting out the sleepwalking scenes from the 1922 version of the film so that is most likely where that scene is from. That scene is also present in the Bram Stoker's novel when Lucy Westenra sleepwalks out into the garden to have an encounter with Dracula. * The shot of the shadow of the hand hovering over Wismar is taken straight from another F.W. Murnau movie - Faust. It's cool that Robert Eggers included that homage in this movie. * A lot of the costumes seems to be more or less exact replicas from the 1922 movie. A good example would be when Thomas Hutter is riding away from Wismar. That outfit seem to be a 1 to 1 copy of what Hutter was wearing in the original * It will be interesting to see what role Albin Ebenhart von Franz is having in this movie. In the original the van Helsing character is more or less absent and in the 1979 version he is a minor character that only really plays a part in the ending. While it is well know that Willem Dafoe often accepts minor roles in movies he finds interesting his presence in the trailer gives the impression that the role is expanded in this movie. There is also the photo of him laughing like a madman while torching what might be Nosferatu's grave so he definitely seems to be more pre-active in this version. * A lot of people seem to think that the shot of the naked man sitting on the floor surrounded by candles is Nosferatu. I don't think so. I think it is Herr Knock, the Renfield character of this movie. It makes more sense for a deranged lunatic to be doing that kind of stuff rather than a cold, menacing manifestation of evil and pestilence. * It will also be interesting to see what this version has in store for Thomas Hutter. The 1922 and 1979 versions have wildly different outcomes for that character so it will be interesting to see what Eggers does with him. The scene of him writhing on the table while some nuns are staring blankly at him is not from either version so Eggers might have come up with a third outcome. Or maybe he is going back to the Stoker novel, where a sick and delerious Harker manages to escape Dracula's castle and finds himself in a Romanian convent, being nursed back to health by the nuns. * The scene with Ellen Hutter in bed saying "He is coming" has her almost moaning in pleasure and if you look at the - very brief - scene where von Franz is saying "Tell me, child! Who is coming?" you can see that she is smiling and her eyes are not focused. Maybe Eggers has taken inspiration from Bram Stoker's book and included a version of the scene where van Helsing hypnotizes Mina Murray to find out the location of Dracula. That is not present in the 1922 or 1979 version. * The trailer also show Hutter and von Franz driving a stake through someone or something. In the other versions of this film there is no mention of the vampire hunters (van Helsing, Jonathan Harker, Lord Arthur Holmwood, Quincey Morris and and Dr. Seward) present in the Bram Stoker novel. Maybe they have been re-introduced in this version. * The scene with van Franz opening an old tome and saying "We are here encountering the vampyr, Nosferatu!" is not from either earlier vesrions. Instead it almost mirrors a scene in the 1992 movie "Bram Stoker's Dracula" when van Helsing (Anthony Hopkins) opens a similar looking tome and says something similar. Maybe it's an homage to that movie. Anyway. That is just what I have picked up. Hopefully someone else can offer more insight.
I appreciate your insights but do keep in mind that I had only seen the trailer 1 time at this point. It wasn't available online unless you watched a leaked phone-recorded version.
Yeah, don't show Bill in all his glory as Count Orlok till the movie as that's not the count sitting on the floor in his birthday suit he's got better class than that.
I specifically went to see The Bikeriders tonight to see this trailer. The theater instead showed 5 minutes of commercials and not a single trailer. At lease Bikeriders was decent.
The setting , tone, time period and environment of this movie is reminiscent to the early Universal Pictures horror classics by Boris Karloff (Frankenstein), Bela Lugosi (Dracula) and Lon Chaney Jr (The Wolfman)!.It has an old school and classic vibe!
The shot at the end of the trailer of him standing in the dark hallway with what looks like a wolf or a dog is genuinely unsettling.
It’s not Count Orlok sitting naked. It’s the Count’s servant Herr Knock
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I find it frustrating that most of these reaction/breakdown/analysis-videos mostly just resort to telling us what is clearly happening on screen rather than giving any insight as to what the scenes might mean and whatever influences the director might have taken. It gives the impression that most of these s.c. movie channels don't really know that much about the movies they are supposed to talk about (or movies in general). It's like Snoop Dogg commentating on the Olympics (but less entertaining). Here's what I found interesteing about the trailer. Hopefully someone else picked up other stuff and we can have an interesting discussion
* The first shot from the trailer is probably from the end of the movie when Ellen has realized that in order to save her husband and the town she has to sacrifice herself to Nosferatu. It might be earlier in the movie when she is praying for her husband to come home from Transylvania or she might be under some spell. However, if you look at the 1922 or 1979 version the first explanation is the most plausible. The shot of her getting strangled (presumably by Nosferatu) and lying on a grave is probably from earlier in the movie. There are photos of Lily-Rose Depp where she seems to be acting out the sleepwalking scenes from the 1922 version of the film so that is most likely where that scene is from. That scene is also present in the Bram Stoker's novel when Lucy Westenra sleepwalks out into the garden to have an encounter with Dracula.
* The shot of the shadow of the hand hovering over Wismar is taken straight from another F.W. Murnau movie - Faust. It's cool that Robert Eggers included that homage in this movie.
* A lot of the costumes seems to be more or less exact replicas from the 1922 movie. A good example would be when Thomas Hutter is riding away from Wismar. That outfit seem to be a 1 to 1 copy of what Hutter was wearing in the original
* It will be interesting to see what role Albin Ebenhart von Franz is having in this movie. In the original the van Helsing character is more or less absent and in the 1979 version he is a minor character that only really plays a part in the ending. While it is well know that Willem Dafoe often accepts minor roles in movies he finds interesting his presence in the trailer gives the impression that the role is expanded in this movie. There is also the photo of him laughing like a madman while torching what might be Nosferatu's grave so he definitely seems to be more pre-active in this version.
* A lot of people seem to think that the shot of the naked man sitting on the floor surrounded by candles is Nosferatu. I don't think so. I think it is Herr Knock, the Renfield character of this movie. It makes more sense for a deranged lunatic to be doing that kind of stuff rather than a cold, menacing manifestation of evil and pestilence.
* It will also be interesting to see what this version has in store for Thomas Hutter. The 1922 and 1979 versions have wildly different outcomes for that character so it will be interesting to see what Eggers does with him. The scene of him writhing on the table while some nuns are staring blankly at him is not from either version so Eggers might have come up with a third outcome. Or maybe he is going back to the Stoker novel, where a sick and delerious Harker manages to escape Dracula's castle and finds himself in a Romanian convent, being nursed back to health by the nuns.
* The scene with Ellen Hutter in bed saying "He is coming" has her almost moaning in pleasure and if you look at the - very brief - scene where von Franz is saying "Tell me, child! Who is coming?" you can see that she is smiling and her eyes are not focused. Maybe Eggers has taken inspiration from Bram Stoker's book and included a version of the scene where van Helsing hypnotizes Mina Murray to find out the location of Dracula. That is not present in the 1922 or 1979 version.
* The trailer also show Hutter and von Franz driving a stake through someone or something. In the other versions of this film there is no mention of the vampire hunters (van Helsing, Jonathan Harker, Lord Arthur Holmwood, Quincey Morris and and Dr. Seward) present in the Bram Stoker novel. Maybe they have been re-introduced in this version.
* The scene with van Franz opening an old tome and saying "We are here encountering the vampyr, Nosferatu!" is not from either earlier vesrions. Instead it almost mirrors a scene in the 1992 movie "Bram Stoker's Dracula" when van Helsing (Anthony Hopkins) opens a similar looking tome and says something similar. Maybe it's an homage to that movie.
Anyway. That is just what I have picked up. Hopefully someone else can offer more insight.
I appreciate your insights but do keep in mind that I had only seen the trailer 1 time at this point. It wasn't available online unless you watched a leaked phone-recorded version.
Yeah, don't show Bill in all his glory as Count Orlok till the movie as that's not the count sitting on the floor in his birthday suit he's got better class than that.
Bike riders was great
Glad to hear it! I'm going to check it out next weekend
Funny how the fans, and the people buying the tickets, feel that less is more....and dumbass Hollywood always thinks more is more and ruins the mood.
I would only buy a ticket to the bike riders so I can only see the trailer 😂
I specifically went to see The Bikeriders tonight to see this trailer. The theater instead showed 5 minutes of commercials and not a single trailer. At lease Bikeriders was decent.
The trailer will be online on Monday