Nosferatu: A carefully crafted world of dark shadows
This latest Eggers masterpiece won't disappoint lovers of Gothic horror
Over the past decade American director Robert Eggers has carved out a space as a distinctive creator of dark cinematic worlds that have made him a firm favourite with serious millennial and Gen-Z film fans looking for something other than the expected bombast of franchise fare splashed onto their local big screens. In The Witch, The Lighthouse and The north Man Eggers has demonstrated an ability to create carefully imagined worlds of dark shadows, implied supernatural terrors and intensely researched historical canvases that pull at the heartstrings and entrance the eyes of lovers of folklore, the occult and Gothic horror. ..
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