Nosferatu Dir: Robert Eggers (13th Floor Film Review) [Video]

American director Robert Eggers has stated that the “more you try to turn away from darkness, the more darkness is right against your back.” In Nosferatu, Eggers extraordinary resurrection of FW Murnau’s 1922 silent classic, darkness shines like the day. You cannot run or hide from it. You must succumb to the darkness.

Eggers, who conjured up The Witch, The Lighthouse and The Northman, has a gift for immersive storytelling. Meticulously researched in an obsessive pursuit for authenticity, these films and their worlds are seductively tactile. It’s no surprise that he had an early career stint as a production designer. Through this period accuracy Egger’s ghastly tales become so real they become fact. In The Witch, a 17th century New England family is haunted by sinister forces. We know that this folktale is fiction, but Eggers and his rigorous attention to detail permits audiences to suspend disbelief and delve deep …