Everybody knows him. Sometimes it seems like everybody has played him. Bela Lugosi, of course. (“Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.”) Christopher Lee. Klaus Kinski. Gary Oldman. Leslie Nielsen.

From the iconic and controversial 1922 silent film that was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula to a 1970s remake by Werner Herzog to a meta-horror flick about the making of one of the best horror movies of all time, here are three versions of the Nosferatu story I think you should watch.

Which is to say, you probably recognize the story of Eggers' Nosferatu: the mysterious Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) wants to buy a house in the fictional German port town of Wisborg, so newly hired agent Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult) is sent by his boss Knock (Simon McBurney) to close the deal.

His much-anticipated remake of German filmmaker F. W. Murnau's 1922 silent horror classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror begins with Ellen Hutter (a phenomenal Lily-Rose Depp) crying out from her childhood bedroom for "a guardian angel, a spirit of comfort...anything."

Nosferatu” writer-director Robert Eggers discusses his work with Bill Skarsgård and his approach to reimagining the horror film classic.

Over a century ago, F. W. Murnau brought Nosferatu, an unlicensed movie adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, to the big screen. Now, Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Northman) brings a new iteration to the table with his Nosferatu remake.