But all versions of Nosferatu’s second act have the Count coming to a gothic German town, joined by rats who carry disease.

Eggers dedication to use practical means also meant Lathrop and his team had to work with 5,000 live rats. Following one of the first public screenings of the film, Eggers discussed the scene in a ...

It’s hard to imagine why 5,000 live rats wouldn’t be enough for any film, but those who’ve seen Nosferatu surely know why that many rodents were necessary. Eggers’ dedication to ...

PETA plans to protest this Sunday's Academy screening of director Robert Eggers' "Nosferatu." The animal rights organization plans to send a "giant rat" to the Samuel Goldwyn Theater to "set the ...

This in mind, it’s not altogether shocking to learn that the production of his latest movie, a remake of Nosferatu, employed hordes of real rats… but it is still amazing to hear the number of ...

Working opposite a terrifying ancient vampire wasn’t the most disturbing part of making Nosferatu for Nicholas Hoult. The 2x Golden Globe nominee confirmed there was a “big rat budget” for ...

For his latest dark tale, writer/director Robert Eggers has put his own spin on the classic vampiric lore “Nosferatu” and employed thousands of real rats to do so. Speaking in a recent ...

The evil vampire then sets the rats loose upon the population of the town, just as Thomas returns on horseback. Ellen reveals that the Count, AKA Nosferatu, has been communicating with her ...

(In another lifetime, I wrote a rambling college paper analyzing the arrival of the ghost ship ferrying Nosferatu and his legion of rats to the fictional German town of Wisborg. Ask me about it ...