Seven years after becoming a top horror star as Pennywise in "It," Bill Skarsgård is back on the big screen playing the original movie monster, Count Orlok, in Robert Eggers' remake of the vampire classic "Nosferatu.

Nosferatu director explains why it is historically accurate for Bill Skarsgård's version of Count Orlok to have a mustache in Nosferatu.

As you know, Willem Dafoe has a fun connection to Nosferatu , dating back to his amazingly fun portrayal of Max Schreck in the 2000 dark comedy Shadow of the Vampire . The film is a fictionalized take on the making of F.

Like most Nosferatu stories, Orlok is represented in Eggers’ film as more of a horror than a hunk; he also represents a sort of forbidden desire for Ellen. “To have the attraction to this figure… I think he was probably a beautiful man at some point, but now he’s covered in maggots,” the director said. “That’s interesting to me.”

Oscar Isaac interviews 'Nosferatu' cast, speaking to Lily Rose-Depp, Bill Skarsgård, and Willem Dafoe about working with Robert Eggers.

Bill Skarsgård apparently went into a super dark place during his performance as Count Orlok in director Robert Eggers ’ upcoming vampire film Nosferatu . He’s played some deranged and evil characters in the past with Pennywise The Clown from It,

Skarsgård was worried he couldn't perform through the prosthetics, but recalls the moment it all came together.