Nosferatu

I'll admit that I was never a fan of the horror genre. I never understood why horror movies are a thing, I even found them ridiculus in a sense, especially considering how many terrible ones are out there. I couldn't understand why do people enjoy it. why would you want this feeling going through you? and watching this film I also felt it. I was constantly thinking about when will the film end and I'll go home to watch something lighter and fun, and with it being about dracula, I was thinking about rewatching Hotel Transylvania of all things. and I think I get it now, because I also immensely enjoyed every second of it. this film got me twitching in my seat constantly, and there were so many things masterfully done. the acting in this film is incredible, and Lilly Rose Depp really showed she can act damn well when she's given an actual script, instead of whatever the hell she had in The Idol. and while she's the standout, everyone else was also incredible. Nicholas Hoult was very convincing, and his one on one scenes with the count were incredible, Willem Defoe just keeps being incredible in everything he does, but I have to really give it to Bill Skarsgård most. Thanks to an incredible performence from him, as well as absoultely stellar work from the costum and makeup department, his Nosferatu is absolutely incredible. he's terrifying, he's disgusting, his presence is commanding any time that he's on screen and I didn't even realise it was him until I saw his name at the end credits of the film. and Robbert Eggers really showed masterful understanding of filmmaking in my opinion. I love it when movies, especially in the horror genre, go the extra mile and let themselves loose with their ability to convey the story, and more importantly, the feeling of the film, with the technical aspects. and the way this film does it's camera work, uses it's music, and has a perfect set design really immersed me and made me feel like I'm in that horrible, dark gothic world. but I wasn't in constant unease, which might be my favourite thing about this movie. it constantly cuts from dark and scary scenes, with characters being taken over or attacked by wolfs and rats, to, very suddenly so, bright scenes, where it feels too bright and my eyes needed a moment to adjust, where things feel almost normal. I recently watched Longlegs, a great film that puts you at constant unease, where it really works. in this film, however, I feel like these constant shifts are such an amazing choice, especially when you take a moment and remember the villian is Dracula, which everybody knows what his biggest weakness is, and having scenes during the day feel almost as though set in a normal world, though still being ominous in a sense was a stroke of genious, and is something that is really felt during the viewing of the movie. so to summarize, with a combination of acting at the highest level from practically everyone in the main cast, to a use of the technical elements at a level that is close to perfect by Robbert Eggers, that is really able to tie everything together, Nosferatu is a work of art, that shows exactly how a horror movie should be made, and I can say with full conviction is the best horror film I ever seen.