NOSFERATU: Did Robert Eggers just make the scariest CHRISTMAS MOVIE ever?

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The horror specialist returns, with a reimagining of the legendary vampire story... just in time for the holidays. Report by Nelsonj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Robert, good to meet you, sir.

00:01Yeah, same here.

00:02I might say congratulations on making the scariest Christmas movie of all time.

00:06Thank you, yeah.

00:07Well, I'm glad to be in the UK where there's a tradition with ghost stories for Christmas.

00:11Absolutely.

00:12Was it sort of serendipity that it's kind of come together, coming out now,

00:16and it's a movie with the cold and the ice and the snow,

00:19or did you think this is a perfect time to scare people?

00:23We didn't know when it would come out,

00:25but when this idea was tossed around I got very excited

00:28and thought it was definitely the right choice.

00:31Trading Skarsgård for this film,

00:34obviously Alexander was fantastic in the last one,

00:37Bill in this.

00:38How does that kind of come about?

00:40Do you go for family dinner and just go,

00:42right, I'm going to use you now, I'll use you then,

00:44then I'll use your dad or something?

00:45Yeah, absolutely, and Walter too.

00:48No, weirdly I actually met Bill before I ever met Alex,

00:53and it just happened that Northman came together before this.

00:57And re-teaming with Willem Dafoe,

00:59what is the sort of secret sauce to your relationship?

01:03The Lighthouse is one of my favourite movies.

01:06He's very reliable, fantastic and interesting and quirky

01:09in every single role he takes.

01:11I'm guessing that's the obvious reason why you keep bringing him back.

01:14Yeah, I mean if one of the best actors who ever lived

01:16wants to work with you, you've got to invite him back.

01:19How lucky am I?

01:20Yeah, well I certainly enjoyed it, mate.

01:22I'm sure lots of people will as well.

01:23Looking forward to see whatever the next one is.

01:25And just very quickly though,

01:27was there any kind of trepidation or nerves for you

01:29when you choose a story that pre-exists?

01:31The first two films are completely different,

01:33but we've known you for creating these worlds around us,

01:37and this was the first time you've stepped in and gone,

01:39you think you know this, this is what I've got to offer.

01:41Yeah, of course, it's very daunting,

01:44and when the film didn't happen for many years,

01:48I thought this was Warnow's ghost saying,

01:51you've got too much hubris, buddy.

01:54So it's something to wrestle with,

01:57and you have to respect the past.

01:59I'll tell you what, it's a perfect pairing,

02:01and I'm sure it's going to do fantastically.

02:03Well, congratulations, man.

02:04Looking forward to the next one.

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