Nosferatu” writer-director Robert Eggers discusses his work with Bill Skarsgård and his approach to reimagining the horror film classic.

“As soon as I met her, it was clear. She really understood the script. She really understood the character,” writer-director Robert Eggers told Yahoo Entertainment. “Then she auditioned, and it was every bit as powerful as I expected and just as raw and ferocious as you see on the screen. I’m so proud of what she accomplished in this film.”

Robert Eggers' lushly gothic remake of "Nosferatu" is a loving homage to silent films, with its dramatic black-and-white scenes and overpowering sense of creeping dread. The eerie images of Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) hand sweeping over the entire city of London and -- in one of the film's most striking shots -- the face of his obsession,

Though not as horrifying as anything from Robert Eggers’ latest interpretation, this great ‘70s horror movie is a wild and fulfilling watch. Philip grew up in Louisiana (not New Orleans) before moving to St.

The filmmaker discusses his adaptation of this vampire tale, stories of female desire and why putting maggots on Bill Skarsgard was a beautiful idea.

Vampire film Nosferatu from writer/director Robert Eggers, with Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Willem Dafoe, Bill Skarsgård, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Emma Corrin, oozes passion.

Lily-Rose Depp was given homework before playing Ellen Hutter in Nosferatu, a horror film following Depp's character as she is haunted by the disturbing vampiric monster Count Orl