Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu remake gets a collectible sarcophagus popcorn bucket at Regal Cinemas

Last Updated on November 26, 2024

The Witch,The Lighthouse,andThe Northmanwriter/directorRobert Eggers‘ remake of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent classicNosferatu(watch itHERE) is set to reach theatres on Wednesday,December 25th – and with that date exactly one month away,Regal Cinemashas revealed that they’re celebrating the release of the film with a collectible sarcophagus popcorn bucket! You can check it out in the embed below.

An unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker’sDracula,the originalNosferatuhas the following synopsis:In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok (Max Schreck) summons Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen (Greta Schroeder). After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok’s servant, Knock (Alexander Granach), prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.Werner Herzog directed his own remake of the film in 1979.

Eggers’ take onNosferatuisa gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman in 19th century Germany and the ancient Transylvanian vampire who stalks her, bringing untold horror with him.

The cast includes Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man: No Way Home) as crazy vampire hunter Von Franz, Lily-Rose Depp (The Idol) as Ellen Hutter and Nicholas Hoult (Renfield) as her husband Thomas – a role Skarsgard was going to play at one point. Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Bullet Train) is in there as Thomas’s friend Friedrich Harding, with Emma Corrin (The Crown) as Friedrich’s wife Anna, Ralph Ineson (The Witch) as Von Franz’s cohort Dr. Wilhelm Sievers, and Simon McBurney (The Conjuring 2) in an unspecified role.Bill Skarsgard(It) is the title character and has said that playing Nosferatu / Count Orlok was like “conjuring pure evil. It took a while for me to shake off the demon that had been conjured inside of me.… I do not think people are gonna recognize me in it.“

The first reactions to the film recently made their way online, and they werevery positive.Nosferatuhas earned an R rating for bloody violent content, graphic nudity, and some sexual content.

What do you think of theNosferatucollectible sarcophagus popcorn bucket? Will you be stopping by Regal Cinemas to get one? Let us know by leaving a comment below.