Nosferatu

[covetingthepreciousthings]

Couldn't see a thread, has anyone been to see the new Nosferatu film?!

Just saw it today, loved it, but honestly can't believe it was only a 15 - can only assume because it didn't have swearing or guns?

Loved the shadow scenes.

We watched this again last night, we love this film, it's brilliant!

I'm just back from seeing it. I absolutely loved it. Dh thought it was rubbish!

The Dracula story is one of my favourites. I thought this was perfect, completely gothic, and just so beautiful. (And there was cats!) My only gripe would be Nosferatu himself. He just wasn't terrifying enough. The original one scared the life out of me, but this one was a bit too Vlad the Impailer for me. And the Depp girls acting was dodgy at times.

Otherwise, I thoroughly enjoyed it. And Dh got a bit of a nap! 😁

Must have a look at this 🤗

There was 6 people who walked out mid way through and near the end. I just think it's not a film where you'd just go to see on the off chance, like a ohhh what will we see this one looks good!!! It really is something you have to be interested in, as you say not just another horror film.

Just back from watching it, I loved it! Such a beautiful gothic film dripping with dread. Yes the performances were over the top but I thought it was all played perfectly and Rose Depp was amazing. I have no idea how Skarsgard did that voice, and it's been a long time, if ever that I've seen such a horrifically gruesome vampire

Yes I feel the same about him being a gruesome vampire. I listened to an interesting vampire in the media podcast on BBC sounds which was really interesting, but they were basically saying that vampires have gone from being horrifying to being overly sexy and it's taken the horror away.

I hope this changes things and we get more terrifying vampires in the future.

Yes I totally agree. I can't remember the last time I was truly scared by a vampire in a film or tv show. The scene where Thomas arrived at the castle was 😱😱😱

Loved the scenery, the sets are fabulous, good acting (especially Nicholas Hoult when he firsts encounters the Count).

But the Count looks like a menacing Willie Thorne!

I loved it! A truly beautiful film but very dark and grim, not for everyone. If you're a fan of gothic horror though I think you'll be impressed. Amazing cinematography and a lot of attention to detail. Skarsgård was brilliant as always and Lily-Rose Depp was surprisingly good, I always had her down as a nepo-baby but she's a damn good actress, I don't know how she managed those seizure scenes so well.

One of the best films I've seen for a while.

The Count reminded me of Dru from Despicable Me and once I saw it I couldn’t unsee it

the cinematography was amazing, sets, locations, costumes perfect. Thought the script was a bit mundane

I'm going against the grain here.

I thought it was very dull. Overly reliant on arty shots and panning camera work.

Saw it tonight. Bored the socks off me. Only went because my gothic horror loving DD3 wanted to see it. Too dark, literally. And the voice, breathing, slurping and swallowing noises made me feel nauseous (and I’m not easily disgusted).

It was very atmospheric. Acting wasn’t great except for Willem Dafoe.

I think it’s one for the purists.

Plenty of 15's have swearing and gun violence (Lethal Weapon, John Wick, Die Hard etc)

It's designed as a 'strong'-level rating for older teens, which is why kids aren't allowed in.

broadly equivalent to the American 'R' rating, which is like a 17A in UK terms.

18's now are (mainly) for torture/slasher horror and sustained/graphic sex scenes

Anything with a fantasy context (like this, being a gothic vampire drama) will have enough mitigation to distance the violence from reality.

Have you seen the movie Voyage of the Demeter? And the series Midnight Mass?

Both have vampires that scared the pants off me.

Oh I saw that version about 4 times when it came out. Loved it and still watch it on DVD. I totally fell in love with Gary Oldman he was beautiful in that with his long black wavy hair, but look at him now in Slow Horses 🥴🤣🤣🤣🤣.
I am going to see the new film love Dracula films. Even the crap Hammer Horror ones with Christopher Lee. I suppose because I used to sneak in to the flicks back in the day. Then into the Wimpy after. Lovely days

Yes @Nettleteaser101 I thought the same! 'I have crossed oceans of time for you', so romantic! And now he's playing the smelly unkempt Jackson Lamb 😄. Oh well, we all get older and it shows what a great actor he is. He was also unrecognisable playing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.

Saw it for the second time yesterday. If possible, I love it more. I plan on sneaking in a third viewing before it leaves cinemas on the super screen.

Bram Stokers Dracula is my absolute favourite film of all time, Nosferatu is right up there with with it for me. That end scene will live in my head rent free for a very long time.

Well, I personally think it's grim and depressing that we're moving closer to the American rating system, where sex - something many teens are actually having - gets a higher rating than graphic, gory and often horrifying violence. I'd call that moving backwards as a society.

This film contains a man biting the head off a pigeon (that shocked me!), and ripping another man's throat out with his teeth - both of which are shown in graphic detail. I'd say the 15 rating is rather questionable in light of that. Many episodes of Buffy were rated 15, and I can't remember anything in it approaching that level of gore.

I also wouldn't call a 15-yr-old an "older" teen; it's mid-teens at most. 17+ is an older teen, IMO.

And I am somewhat appalled that Fight Club has been re-rated a 15... 😧 Talk about desensitisation to violence! What is the world coming to?! A man becomes permanently disfigured after being beaten within an inch of his life in a scene of grotesquely extreme violence... What's next to be re-rated 15? Goodfellas?!

I'm glad you've said this as I think you've confirmed my thought that I should see it again on the big screen. I very rarely see films twice at the cinema but I think this might be worth it..

@covetingthepreciousthings I would have liked to have seen it on the imax but the nearest one to me is in Manchester so not really doable. My local has a super screen though so will bob along to that! I would have loved to see it in 35mm as well but I wouldn't even know where to start looking for that 😂. I'm not usually a more than once at the cinema person but I really do think this film is best experienced at a theater, I'll be getting it on DVD but I suspect it will lose something to a smaller screen.

15 -17 is the upwards range of who can see the film alone (before an 18),

and the BBFC themselves use it in descriptions of such-rated films:

"Intense threat and sci-fi horror are more suitable for older teenagers." - Alien

"Strong violence in this tense thriller is more suited to older teenagers." - Die Hard

given Buffy aired in the late 90s, the 15 cert given then would've also been in light of far stricter guidelines and cultural standards

I think we'll have to agree to disagree on what we see as acceptable viewing for that age

but it shares a similar restriction of 16 in Ireland, Germany and New Zealand.

(I'll concede you're right about their relative tightening on sex, after the new consultation)

Horribly patronising and we don't need that sinister slide towards US puritanism.

The Irish board gives most sexual content a '16', one above their 15A, and that it'd have to be "very graphically simulated sex" to get an 18.

e.g. Blue is the Warmest Colour or Nymphomaniac

which given 16 is the age of consent, is far more enlightened and realistic

Saw it yesterday and thought it was visually stunning. I loved the first half and was gripped but I got bored in the second half as it started to drag a bit. I was really tired when I watched it though so maybe I’d have had a better experience seeing it when I was more awake. The acting was all excellent