Nosferatu director reveals iconic horror story he gave up on trying to adapt

Robert Eggers is currently experiencing some of the most notable successes of his career. His latest movie, NosferatuNot only did the film receive rave reviews, its global box office exceeded $100 million in the first two weeks of its release, and its box office performance was also unexpected. The film is Eggers’ adaptation of the iconic 1922 silent horror film of the same name, which itself was unofficially adapted from Bram Stoker’s film Dracula.

Given his success Nosferatu As well as his obvious interest in classic horror stories, one can assume that Eggers may be planning to tackle another similar landmark horror work at some point in the future. Sure enough, in a recent interview CurzonEggers reveals that he has tried to adapt his own work based on Mary Shelley’s work Frankenstein. Eggers said he was inspired to do so by the birth of his son, who said he felt an “unconscious urge” to try and reinterpret the beloved, timeless Gothic novel.

unlike NosferatuHowever, the filmmaker said he has no plans to go ahead with his plans Frankenstein adapt. “I started trying to do FrankensteinAfter two weeks, I thought, ‘There’s no way I can do this, this is impossible,'” he revealed. In the same interview, Eggers didn’t offer any insight into the point he gave up. Frankenstein Might need to, just point out that it “absolutely sucks”.

While Eggers clearly struggled with the material, horror fans won’t have to wait too long to see what’s new Frankenstein Movie. Director Maggie Gyllenhaal isn’t just working alone at the moment Frankenstein– The adjacent movie is named bridebut Pan’s Labyrinth Filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro also directed his own film Frankenstein Oscar Isaac plays the film’s mad scientist, with Jacob Elordi playing his unnatural creation. Both movies will be released this year.

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Eggers, for his part, didn’t seem too heartbroken by his loss. Frankenstein adapt. “Sometimes you know you’re a loser,” he told Curzon. “I’m very excited about Guillermo del Toro’s work Frankenstein”.

Nosferatu Now playing in theaters.