Because that film's imagery has become so iconic in the horror genre, Eggers told us that he was nervous approaching some of the story's set pieces because he wanted to do them justice. He was particularly concerned with two third act,

Robert Eggers' "Nosferatu" film remake makes some significant tweaks to the 1922 classic, turning to folklore and the "Dracula" novel for inspiration.

He gave the willies to German audiences in 1922 when he manifested himself in filmmaker F.W. Murnau’s “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror,” and set the template for all succeeding takes on the monster created by novelist Bram Stoker.

Eggers’ “Nosferatu” stars Nicholas Hoult (“Juror #2”) as recently married real estate agent Thomas Hutter, who’s given an undesirable task: Travel to Transylvania and sell a property to the mysterious and decrepit Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård),