A Nosferatu extended cut could be on the horizon, with director Robert Eggers teasing the release of one on the film’s physical release.
What do we know about the Nosferatu extended cut?
During a recent video for Esquire UK featuring Eggers, Willem Dafoe, and Bill Skarsgård, Eggers briefly spoke about a scene featuring Skarsgård’s Count Orlok that appears in the trailers and promotional image of the movie, but not in the movie itself.
Although the Orlok scene doesn’t appear in the movie, Eggers teased that “if you wish to purchase the Blu-ray, it is in the extended version of the film.” This is the first we’ve heard of any mention on an extended cut, so it’s unclear exactly how long or how much more will be featured in it when the film does eventually arrive on 4K and Blu-ray.
Nosferatu is a remake of the 1922 film of the same name, which itself is an unauthorized and unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker’s legendary 1897 novel Dracula. The film is written and directed by Eggers, who previously made 2015’s The Witch, 2019’s The Lighthouse, and 2022’s The Northman.
Along with Skarsgård, the film stars Nicholas Hoult as Thomas Hutter, Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hutter, Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Friedrich Harding, Emma Corrin as Hanna Harding, Willem Dafoe as Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz, Simon McBurney as Herr Knock, and Ralph Ineson as Dr. Wilhelm Sievers.
“Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake,” the synopsis for the movie reads.
