Robert Eggers Highly Acclaimed Nosferatu to hit Indian Screens on January 10

For more than a hundred years now, Nosferatu has been spellbinding audiences across the globe, making it one of the most quintessential, influential horror films ever made. Indian audiences will now have the special chance to see this German Expressionist masterpiece in its first official release on January 10.

First released in 1922, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula and directed by F.W. Murnau. The remarkable thing about this movie is its survival through all the legal fighting to nearly destroy it, resulting in this film becoming a milestone work in the horror genre. It casts its wholly gloomy atmosphere, shadowy framing, and a strikingly memorable performance by Max Schreck as the evil Count Orlok.

Nosferatu promises to take Indian audiences in with its gothic imagery and disconcerting tone. After all, they are not strangers to the supernatural in their own cinema. Most likely, it will find that pitch in the heart and mind of the connoisseur who enjoys both the older and the newer kinds of representations of the genre.

The Indian release of Nosferatu promises to be an event that goes beyond cinema. It is a chance for Indian viewers to connect with horror's early roots and admire the art that is early twentieth-century cinema, which will find connections with traditions of storytelling around the world. As this silent classic reaches the screens of India, it is set to create magic even in the hearts of viewers like it has done for more than a hundred years.