The latest adaptation of the silent film classic evokes anxieties at once eternal and contemporary, using one of horror’s ur-texts to dissect race, sex, and power.

Nosferatu director Robert Eggers has revealed that he once started working on a movie adaptation of Frankenstein, but stopped after two weeks. "Sometimes you know you've got a dud," Eggers said during an interview with Curzon.

Spend enough time on the film side of the internet, and you're bound to find discourse on who's the better director — Ari Aster, Jordan Peele, or Robert Eggers? I love the Midsommar and Hereditary director,