This movie bewildered me. Such an inventive premise diluted and subverted by a gigantic pack of armadillo sowbugs. The visual wizardry of the creepers was one of the strongest aspects of the movie, but this plotline was much less interesting than what I thought was going to be the core idea - reprinting a person. I don’t know how the director who brought us the razor sharp social commentary is behind this heavy-handed, late-to-the-party, scattershot messaging.
This movie gets…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I’m sure there are film lovers that see more in the original Nosferatu than I was able to - more nuance, story, and feeling. To me, it was a film that was extraordinary - haunting and imaginative - for its time. Watching it in 2024, however, my sentiments leaned more toward respect than enjoyment.
Eggers’ Nosferatu took the bones that were that movie (yes, they felt like bones of a movie to me compared to modern film) and fleshed…
