From the iconic and controversial 1922 silent film that was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula to a 1970s remake by Werner Herzog to a meta-horror flick about the making of one of the best horror movies of all time, here are three versions of the Nosferatu story I think you should watch.

Which is to say, you probably recognize the story of Eggers' Nosferatu: the mysterious Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) wants to buy a house in the fictional German port town of Wisborg, so newly hired agent Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult) is sent by his boss Knock (Simon McBurney) to close the deal.

Nosferatu” writer-director Robert Eggers discusses his work with Bill Skarsgård and his approach to reimagining the horror film classic.

SFGATE columnist Drew Magary was disappointed by the monster in Robert Eggers' adaptation of a silent horror classic.

His much-anticipated remake of German filmmaker F. W. Murnau's 1922 silent horror classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror begins with Ellen Hutter (a phenomenal Lily-Rose Depp) crying out from her childhood bedroom for "a guardian angel, a spirit of comfort...anything."

The acclaimed filmmaker talks to 'Los Angeles' about his vision for the iconic vampire's look and lustful obsession

As a lifelong Dracula fan fascinated by the way death and sexual desire define vampire mythos, Eggers knew that he wanted his Nosferatu to be as erotic as it was haunting. But Eggers also wanted his Nosferatu to feel like a decidedly feminist, macabre romance, which is why he took some inspiration from Emily Brontë.

The director channels the shadowy aesthetics of German Expressionism in this take on the Dracula story, starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp and Willem Dafoe.

Though Willem Dafoe has starred in dozens of movies, acting in Nosferatu offered him the chance to try something he’s never done before — film with thousands of rats. “That was very special,” he told Yahoo Entertainment about sharing the screen with 2,