Nosferatu Director Robert Eggers Is aware of the Worth of Gateway Horror

You may drive a stake via the notion that the director of Noferatu is a deeply critical goth dude. Certain, Robert Eggers—who additionally made The Witch, The Northman, and The Lighthouse—usually embraces darker themes, however he additionally is aware of typically a basis have to be laid for audiences to understand his works. Which is to say, sure, Eggers is properly conscious that Nosferatu parodies, particularly the one famously seen on SpongeBob SquarePants, could also be mounted in audiences’ minds as they’re watching his film. And he doesn’t thoughts in any respect!

This tidbit got here out of a intelligent pink carpet query posed by the Hollywood Reporter; watch it and also you’ll be taught much more about Eggers’ standpoint on youngsters’ TV reveals. Seems he’s an enormous Muppet Infants fan himself.

Director Robert Eggers thanks SpongeBob for introducing youthful individuals to #Nosferatu pic.twitter.com/HQgmQ4WEMR

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) December 13, 2024

“There was a present referred to as Muppet Infants once I was a child that might play little clips of like Lon Chaney’s Phantom of the Opera, and early variations of Cyrano de Bergerac and stuff,” Eggers recalled. “And that really, that bizarre cartoon gave me publicity to loads of films that I watched once I was somewhat older with reminiscences from Muppet Infants. So, thanks, SpongeBob.”

Nosferatu opens in theaters December 25.

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