Even if you dont knowNosferatu, you knowNosferatu.
Through the rustling curtains we see the outline of a vampire.
Orloks silhouette is the other reason you probably know Nosferatu.
But it isnt just the movies cheap availability that made the shadow shot so popular.
Orloks shadow suggests something inhuman and twisted, all because of the way the darkness hits the wall.
Both shadow shots suggest that Eggers has somewhat altered his visual style forNosferatu, his fourth feature film.
Nosferatu arrives in theaters on Dec. 25, 2024.
