# TWO remakes of Nosferatu recently? TWO? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [October 29, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-remakes-of-nosferatu-recently-two/1009401 "2024-10-29T10:54:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-remakes-of-nosferatu-recently-two/1009401/1 "2024-10-29T10:54:10Z")
While researching another thread, I stumbled across the fact that a new version of **Nosferatu** came out last year, and yet another is set for release this Christmas. Really? Who is demanding these ? We already have the original, considered a classic (although it’s been chopped up, not properly tinted, and some of the animation effects are disappointing, even for the period). Then Werner Herzog remade it in 1979, with Klaus Kinski (who had earlier played Renfield in Jess Franco’s **Count Dracula** ) in the title role. It was filmed in both German and English, but after the English-language version was reportedly laughed off the screen, they only released the German version, with subtitles for non-German markets. (I finally saw the English version on DVD a couple of years ago. It doesn’t inspire laughter – I think the audience just wasn’t ready for it.) It has its moments, but as a whole I find it too drawn-out and boring. Vampies shouldn’t be boring. But now I find that one version came out last year and another is on its way, and I hadn’t heard about either of them. I have to wonder why? Why now? And what do they plan to bring to the film that’s new? > **[Nosferatu (2023) ⭐ 6.0 | Horror](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5574078/)** > > Nosferatu: Directed by David Lee Fisher. With Doug Jones, Sarah Carter, Joely Fisher, Emrhys Cooper. Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife. > **[Nosferatu (2024 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu_(2024_film))** > > Nosferatu is an upcoming American gothic horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers. It is a remake of the 1922 German film, which was in turn based on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. The film stars Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney, and Willem Dafoe. > Development on the film began in 2015 when Eggers planned to make it his second film, describing it as a passion project, but eventually opted to delay produc... ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-remakes-of-nosferatu-recently-two/1009401/2 "2024-10-29T14:19:56Z")
I would’ve said for the 100 year anniversary of the original, but looks like they whiffed it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-remakes-of-nosferatu-recently-two/1009401/3 "2024-10-29T14:24:49Z")
I would imagine because the novel entered the public domain a few years back. Dracula (the novel, not the various film versions) has been in the public domain for decades but maybe they felt that’s been overdone at this point. ETA: never mind. Looking things up, apparently they’ve each been in development/production for several years and only now getting done. The timing may be a coincidence at this point or maybe even a deliberate at synergy. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-remakes-of-nosferatu-recently-two/1009401/4 "2024-10-29T14:25:47Z")
Dafoe played Max Schreck in _Shadow of the Vampire_. Wonder what he’ll be playing in _Nosferatu_. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-remakes-of-nosferatu-recently-two/1009401/5 "2024-10-29T14:30:17Z")
Wait a minute; didn’t Christopher Walken play Max Shreck in **Batman Re** … never mind. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-remakes-of-nosferatu-recently-two/1009401/6 "2024-10-29T14:32:10Z")
Wasn’t there something similar with an HG Wells novel, like 10 years ago? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-remakes-of-nosferatu-recently-two/1009401/7 "2024-10-29T14:50:29Z")
There is, I think, a history in Hollywood of similar movies being released at roughly the same time. Like two parent-child body switch movies, or two movies about volcanoes in Southern California. Edited to add, the inevitable [Wikipedia list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_films) calls them “twin films.” ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-remakes-of-nosferatu-recently-two/1009401/8 "2024-10-29T14:52:23Z")
Coincidences like this happen all the time in film releases, and the vampire genre is (to my bewilderment) a perrenial favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-remakes-of-nosferatu-recently-two/1009401/9 "2024-10-29T15:18:21Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Edited to add, the inevitable [Wikipedia list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_films) calls them “twin films.” I was just going to mention that Twin Films are a thing. You got the wiki page, so here’s a Nerdstalgic video I saw a while back where I learned about it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/R3zY7r1YjOE/maxresdefault.jpg "Why Do Twin Films Get Released At The Same Time?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3zY7r1YjOE) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-remakes-of-nosferatu-recently-two/1009401/10 "2024-10-29T15:24:44Z")
When _Braveheart_ and _Rob Roy_ were released close together, Mel Gibson remarked, “It’s either the Collective Unconscious, or corporate espionage.” ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-remakes-of-nosferatu-recently-two/1009401/11 "2024-10-29T16:21:33Z")
The one from last year I have never heard of, it looks like it was an extremely low-budget Kickstarter-funded film. But the upcoming Robert Eggers release has been getting _a lot_ of buzz. Surprising you hadn’t heard about it. ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-remakes-of-nosferatu-recently-two/1009401/12 "2024-10-29T21:38:12Z")
The twin film thing has been forever, but notice how they have different titles? Nosferatu being an exception since they are both remakes of the same movie. The Mandela effect people never seem to understand that. It wouldn’t be unusual to have two genie films out at the same time, but no one is going to name one _Kazaam!_ and the other _Shazaam!_