“Nosferatu” partial poster featuring Lily-Rose Depp and Bill Skarsgård.
Nosferatu — the 2024 horror hit starring Bill Skarsgård, Lily-Rose Depp and Nicholas Hoult — is coming soon to Prime Video.
Directed by Robert Eggers, Nosferatu opened on Dec. 25, 2024. The official logline for the movie reads, “A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.”
Skarsgård stars as the vampire Count Orlok in Nosferatu, while Depp plays Ellen Hutter, whom the vampire has been haunting in her dreams. Hoult plays Ellen’s husband, Thomas Hutter, a real estate agent who is trying to thwart Orlok from preying on his wife. The film also stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Simon McBurney, Ralph Ineson and Willem Dafoe.
Prime Video has announced that Nosferatu will join its streaming video on demand lineup on Friday, June 27.
Viewers who don’t have Prime Video can get the streaming service as one of the benefits of being an Amazon Prime subscriber for $14.99 or $139 per year. Prime Video-only subscriptions are also available for $8.99 per month.
According to streaming tracker When to Stream, only the theatrical version of Nosferatu will be available on Prime Video when the film makes its SVOD debut on the platform on Friday.
The extended cut of Nosferatu, which includes four minutes of additional footage is only available on the Peacock streaming service.
Robert Eggers Contacted Bill Skarsgård About ‘Nosferatu’ After Seeing Him In ‘IT: Chapter Two’
Nosferatu director Robert Eggers said it was because of another horror role — Pennywise the Clown— that led him to pursue Bill Skarsgård to play Count Orlok. However, it wasn’t Skarsgård’s portrayal as the clown that inspired Eggers.
“It was [Bill’s role] as Pennywise, but in IT: Chapter Two, when he played Pennywise as a middle-aged human man instead of a clown,” Eggers said in a Zoom conversation prior to the film’s theatrical release. “It just had a kind of darkness and depth that I really believed.
“So, that’s when I emailed or texted Bill and said, ‘Let’s talk about Orlok.’ I really wanted to work with Bill since I met him almost 10 years ago,” the filmmaker added. “I cast him in The Northman in a supporting role but because of COVID, it didn’t happen. He was always on my mind.”
Nosferatu received awards season recognition for films released in 2024, largely in the technical categories.
The film earned nominations for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design and Best Production Design for the 97th Academy Awards; and received nominations in the same four categories and a Best Original Score nomination from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards.
Nosferatu begins streaming on Prime Video on Friday.