Robert Eggers fumbles the bag with source material that should lend itself perfectly to his signature style.
The films best moments are delivered by Skarsgard - particularly the final sequence - but arrive too little, too late. And while Count Orlok provides most of the films memorable moments, the role still pales in comparison to that of Kinski’s or Max Shreck’s iterations.
Ralph Ineson & Willem Dafoe dominate every scene that they’re in, while Lilli Rose-Depp somehow managed to overact a…
