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

One of Lathrop’s favorite sets was the monastery. He had seen photos of fresco-painted monasteries in Romania, but he wasn’t allowed to go. “They were all within 10 miles of the Ukrainian ...

Metal Gear creator and director Hideo Kojima shares praise for Robert Eggers' horror feature, Nosferatu, after the film was ...

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 ...

Nosferatu has no shortage of harrowing human performances, but let’s be honest — this movie’s many, many rat actors are the ones who make our skin crawl. A physical manifestation of Count ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PETA points out that rats form close bonds with their families ... The film is Eggers’ reimagining of the 1922 silent German horror classic “Nosferatu,” depicting a gothic tale of obsession ...

(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 ...