Nosferatu crystallizes a theme which runs throughout Robert Eggers’ work about digging up, and surrendering to, the old pagan

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

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,