Nosferatu (2024)

 English

 

Nosferatu is an upcoming American gothic horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers, and starring Bill Skarsgård as the titular vampire. Following Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), it is the second remake of the 1922 German Expressionist film of the same name written by Henrik Galeen, which in turn is an "unauthorized and unofficial" adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.

Development on the film began in 2015, following the release of The Witch. Eggers planned to make it his second film, describing it as a passion project, but eventually opted to delay production and go on to direct The Lighthouse and The Northman instead. Frequent collaborator Anya Taylor-Joy and Harry Styles were attached to the project earlier, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Skarsgård and Lily-Rose Depp were cast as leads in September 2022. Nicholas Hoult joined the cast the following month, with the remaining cast confirmed in early 2023. Filming primarily took place in and around Prague between February and May 2023.

Nosferatu is a co-production of Regency Enterprises, Studio 8, and 1492 Pictures, and is set to be released theatrically by Focus Features. 

 Español

 

Nosferatu es una próxima película de terror gótico estadounidense escrita y dirigida por Robert Eggers y protagonizada por Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult y Lily-Rose Depp.

Después de Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979), es el segundo remake de la película expresionista alemana de 1922 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens escrita por Henrik Galeen, que a su vez es una adaptación "no autorizada y no oficial" de la novela Drácula de Bram Stoker de 1897.

El desarrollo de la película comenzó en 2015, tras el lanzamiento de The Witch (2015). Eggers planeó convertirla en su segunda película, describiéndola como un proyecto apasionante, pero finalmente optó por retrasar la producción y pasar a dirigir The Lighthouse y The Northman. Skarsgård y Lily-Rose Depp fueron elegidos como protagonistas en septiembre de 2022. Nicholas Hoult se unió al elenco el mes siguiente, y el resto del elenco se confirmó a principios de 2023. El rodaje tuvo lugar principalmente en República Checa, Praga y sus alrededores entre febrero y mayo de 2023.

Nosferatu es una coproducción de Regency Enterprises, Studio 8 y 1492 Pictures, y su estreno en cines estará a cargo de Focus Features.

 

Français

 

Nosferatu est un film américain réalisé par Robert Eggers et dont la sortie est prévue en 2024. Il s'agit d'un remake du film Nosferatu le vampire (1922) de Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, lui-même adaptation non officielle du roman Dracula de Bram Stoker. 

Носферату, симфония ужаса

 

«Носферату, симфония ужаса» (нем. Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens) — классический немой экспрессионистский фильм ужасов немецкого кинорежиссёра Фридриха Вильгельма Мурнау, выпущенный на экраны в 1922 году. Макс Шрек исполнил роль графа Орлока, вампира, который охотится на жену (Грета Шрёдер) своего агента по недвижимости (Густав фон Вангенхайм), и приносит чуму в их город.

Фильм «Носферату, симфония ужаса» был снят компанией Prana Film и является самовольной и неофициальной экранизацией романа Брэма Стокера «Дракула» 1897 года. В нем были изменены имена героев и другие детали, в том числе граф Дракула был переименован в графа Орлока. Считается, что эти изменения были сделаны во избежание обвинений в нарушении авторских прав. Однако в оригинальных немецких титрах указано, что фильм основан на романе Брэма Стокера. Историк кино Дэвид Карат в своём комментарии к фильму утверждает, что «ни один источник не подтвердил документально» это утверждение, и что поскольку фильм был «малобюджетным фильмом, снятым немцами для немецкой аудитории... действие фильма происходит в Германии с немецкими персонажами, что делает историю более осязаемой и непосредственной для немецкоговорящих зрителей».

Даже после изменения некоторых деталей наследники Стокера подали в суд на производственную компанию, и по решению суда все копии фильма должны были быть уничтожены. Однако несколько копий сохранились, в наше время фильм считается шедевром мирового кинематографа.

 

 

 

 

Daybreakers (2009)

English

In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.

Español

En el año 2019 casi todos los habitantes del planeta han sido infectados por una misteriosa plaga que los ha transformado en vampiros. Los humanos son ahora una especie en peligro de extinción, se han convertido en ciudadanos de segunda, y se ven obligados a vivir recluidos, escondiéndose para escapar de los vampiros que se dedican a cazarlo o a criarlos en granjas donde fuerzan tanto la máquina que están a punto de causar su extinción. Su salvación está en manos de Edward Dalton, un vampiro investigador que no se alimenta de sangre humana y está intentando dar con un sucedáneo de la sangre que pueda alimentar a los vampiros y salvar, así, a los pocos humanos que quedan. Todo parece perdido en esta carrera contrarreloj y se agotan las esperanzas de dar con una solución… hasta que Ed conoce a Audrey, una superviviente humana que le revela un impresionante avance médico.

Cirque du freak : The vampire's assistant (2009)

English

A teenager unknowingly breaks a 100-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires; vampires who do not harm their victims and Vampaneze who kill whomever they feed on.
Darren Shan (Chris Massoglia) and his best friend, Steve Leonard (Josh Hutcherson), go to a traveling freak show and Steve recognizes one of the performers as a vampire. Steve goes to see the vampire, Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly), after the show and tries to convince him to turn Steve into a vampire. Crepsley insists that becoming a vampire means having to give up any hope of a normal life, and Gavner Purl notes that children aren't supposed to become vampires anyway. Steve then reveals that he hates his life, and wants to be a vampire more than anything else. Crepsley reluctantly tests Steve's blood, but quickly spits it out, saying it tastes of evil. Steve furiously swears revenge on Crepsley and leaves. Darren, who is hiding in the cupboard after stealing Crepsley's spider, Madam Octa, overhears the whole thing.
When Crepsley realizes that Madam Octa has been stolen, Darren flees from the theater with Crepsley hot on his trail. Outside there is a limo waiting for him, which he is told to get into. Inside he meets Desmond Tiny (Michael Cerveris) and mad Vampaneze Murlough (Ray Stevenson). Murlough is unimpressed with Darren, but Mr. Tiny is certain he has great potential. They drop Darren off at his house where he sneaks back into his room.
The next day at school, Darren tries to take a look at Madam Octa, but Steve catches him and tries to get a close look at her while holding her cage. The bell rings, startling Steve and making him drop the cage, and she escapes. As Madam Octa tries to escape the school she creates chaos and Steve chases her, trying to kill her, and Darren follows after trying to save her. At the last moment Madam Octa slips into Steve's shirt, bites him, and makes good her escape. Madam Octa's poisonous bite leaves Steve in the hospital, and it is likely he will not survive. Darren then goes to Crepsley to ask for the antidote and is offered a deal by him. Crepsley will keep Darren safe from Mr. Tiny and give him the antidote if Darren becomes a half vampire and Crepsley's vampire assistant. They administer the antidote to Steve at the hospital, after which Darren, who still wishes to be rid of Crepsley, sounds the hospital alarm, forcing Crepsley to leave without him. Even as a half-vampire, Darren finds continuing with a normal life too difficult. After nearly attacking his sister out of bloodlust, Darren agrees to leave his family and go to the Cirque Du Freak with Crepsley. He fakes his own death and a funeral is held for him. During the funeral, Steve notices the scars on Darren's fingers and realizes he has become a vampire.
When Crepsley digs up Darren's grave they are attacked by Murlough, who tries to kidnap Darren and make him into a vampaneze. They lose Murlough and return to the Cirque. Darren meets the snake boy, Evra Von (Patrick Fugit), and Rebecca (Jessica Carlson), the monkey girl. Meanwhile, Steve is contemplating suicide. Mr. Tiny stops him and offers him a chance to become a Vampaneze, like Murlough. Mr. Tiny tells Steve that he is neither a vampire nor a Vampeneze, but someone with an interest in both. Tiny learns Darren has not fed on humans yet and sends Vampaneze after him, knowing that he will be weak. Darren escapes, so they kidnap Rebecca and have Evra tell Darren "to go home".
Meanwhile Mr. Tiny makes contact with Steve and entices him to join his Vampaneze by playing on his resentments and insecurities. Steve is turned into half-Vampaneze and then he and Murlough capture Darren's family. Darren arrives home to find his family missing and a flier for Cirque du Freak. Darren arrives at the theater, where Murlough and Steve are waiting for him. They fight, but Darren is weak from not feeding. Crepsley arrives to fight Murlough. Rebecca frees herself, while Mr. Tiny watches from the balcony. Rebecca offers Darren some of her blood. He eventually agrees and fights with Steve using his new powers. Crepsley stabs Murlough and with his dying words Murlough declares that the truce between the two clans is broken. Steve and Darren continue to fight, but Tiny stops them and turns Murlough into a Little Person. Tiny and Steve then leave. Left by themselves, Rebecca and Darren then share a long heartfelt kiss before being interrupted by Mr. Crepsley.
When they all return to the Cirque du Freak, Darren is voted in by the Cirque's members to stay. Later, Gavner Purl (Willem Dafoe) comes to inform Crepsley that they must travel to Vampire Mountain tomorrow evening. Darren and Evra return to their tent to find out that Darren now has a new coffin with speakers installed in it, a present from Mr. Crepsley.

Italiano

Darren Shan è il classico adolescente medio americano che frequenta il liceo:è bravo a scuola, popolare ed è fissato con i ragni. Un giorno riceve da un'auto, targata Des-Tiny (in inglese "destino"), un volantino che spiega che in città si è fermato un circo un po' particolare: il circo dei freak. Il volantino dice anche che la carovana si fermerà solo una notte e il ragazzo, per vedere lo spettacolo, scappa di casa e si reca allo spettacolo con il suo migliore amico Steve (che è fissato con i vampiri). Durante lo show assiste inconsapevolmente a vere e proprie magie, dato che il baraccone itinerante è realmente abitato da creature grottesche come un ragazzo serpente, un uomo lupo,una donna barbuta, un uomo con 2 pance e una donna che si può far ricrescere gli arti amputati. Tra questi, Larten Crepsley che è in realtà un vampiro. Darren ruba il ragno velenoso Madam Octa (il cui morso porta alla morte) che Larten Crepsley ha addestrato e lo nasconde nel suo zaino. Il giorno seguente a scuola Steve lo scopre e fa accidentalmente fuggire il ragno, ma nel tentativo di ucciderlo viene morso da quest'ultimo. Per salvarlo, Crepsley chiede a Darren di diventare il suo assistente mezzo-vampiro, e il ragazzo accetta, abbandonando per sempre la sua vita da adolescente e inscena la sua morte. Si unisce al circo dei freak, dove divide la tenda con il ragazzo serpente, incontra Rebecca (la ragazza scimmia) e fa delle commissioni per Crepsley (come spolverargli la tomba, ritirare il suo mantello dalla lavanderia o nutrire Madam Octa). Darren scopre di avere dei nuovi poteri: sa "saettare" (cioe correre quasi alla velocità della luce), può esalare un gas che mette fuori gioco gli umani, ha la "super-saliva"(che cura le sue ferite) ed ha delle unghie taglienti come coltelli. Ma si accorge anche che se non beve il sangue umano è debole e non può sfruttare i suo poteri, ma lui si rifiuta di bere sangue umano. Intanto il suo amico Steve diventa un mezzo-vampiro-killer e rapisce i genitori di Darren, la sorella e Rebecca, con l'aiuto di Murlaugh che li tiene in ostaggio in un teatro....

Shadow of the vampire (2000)

English

In 1921, German director Frederich Wilhelm Murnau (John Malkovich) takes his Berlin-based cast and crew on-location in Slovakia and Poland in order to shoot Nosferatu, an unauthorized version of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. He informs them that the person playing the part of the vampire Count Orlok, an obscure German theater performer named Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe), is a highly professional character actor, but in order to involve himself fully in his character, he will only appear among the cast and crew in full make-up and character (the real life Schreck was a German stage and film actor who appeared in several films, including Die Finanzen des Grossherzogs).
The main setting is an old Slovak castle. Schreck is there waiting for the filming team, and his appearance and behavior are truly disquieting. The cameraman soon starts feeling terrorized and sick, and has to be taken away and replaced. The other main actor, Gustav von Wangenheim (Eddie Izzard), is frightened of Schreck, but then convinces himself that Schreck is simply a very good actor.
On one occasion, two members of the crew are sharing a drink under the stars, and Schreck approaches. They invite him to join them, and Schreck drinks with them. Jokingly they ask about his vampirism and Schreck tells them of his history as a vampire, centuries old. When questioned, he tells the crew that he is so old, he cannot remember how he became a vampire, and cannot create more of his own kind. A bat flies by and Schreck catches it with a quick hand and bites it, ecstatically sucking blood from its body. The others are left impressed by what they still assume is talented acting.
As it turns out, Schreck is a true vampire, and Murnau has made a deal with him in order to make his film absolutely realistic. Schreck has been promised the main actress, Greta Schroeder (Catherine McCormack), as a prize, provided he fulfills his role until the end of the filming. But the vampire is frequently uncooperative until eventually the entire production, stranded on an island in the North Sea, is at his mercy.
In the end, Schreck kills Greta while acting out a scene. Murnau is left as the sole survivor, operating the camera, as several other crew members are killed and Schreck falls victim to the scripted death of Orlok: Enough time has passed for the sun to rise and its rays are now let onto the set.

Italiano

Murnau ha intezione di girare un film dell'orrore con protagonista un vampiro. Per fare ciò egli si basa sul celeberrimo romanzo di Bram Stoker, da cui trae ispirazione, nonostante non abbia rispettato i diritti d'autore. Ciò gli causerà non pochi problemi con i parenti dell'autore del libro e, nel frattempo, inizia a delinearsi in modo inquietante la possibilità che Max Schrek, l'attore scelto per interpretare il vampiro, sia davvero una creatura demoniaca.