A new image from Robert Egger’s Nosferatu shows Willem Dafoe as a maniacal vampire hunter.

Although Dafoe appears to be alone in the scene, he apparently was surrounded by thousands of live rats. Dafoe plays a vampire hunter named Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz.

Eggers describes his period tale, which is set in both Transylvania and Germany, as a tale concerning “a haunted woman who’s tormented by a terrifying vampire.” That vampire is called Count Orlok and is played by Bill Skarsgård (It, Barbarian).

Lily-Rose Depp (The Idol) plays Ellen Hutter and Nicholas Hoult (Renfield) portrays her husband Thomas. Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kraven: The Hunter) and Emma Corrin (The Crown) play another couple, Friedrich and Anna Harding. The cast also includes Ralph Ineson (The Witch, The Northman), who plays Dr. Wilhelm Sievers.

Nosferatu is scheduled for release in theaters Dec. 25, 2024.

Credit: Entertainment Weekly