A Symphony of Horror,” hit theaters — and helped define the vampire genre with conventions that persist today. While the story’s old, and you’ll likely be somewhat familiar with some of it, horror auteur Robert Eggers’ newest incarnation of “Nosferatu” proves that the terrors lurking inside this moody and atmospheric tale still tap into our deepest fears all this time later.

Robert Eggers' "Nosferatu" film remake makes some significant tweaks to the 1922 classic, turning to folklore and the "Dracula" novel for inspiration.

Which is to say, you probably recognize the story of Eggers' Nosferatu: the mysterious Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) wants to buy a house in the fictional German port town of Wisborg, so newly hired agent Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult) is sent by his boss Knock (Simon McBurney) to close the deal.

Over a century ago, F. W. Murnau brought Nosferatu, an unlicensed movie adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, to the big screen. Now, Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Northman) brings a new iteration to the table with his Nosferatu remake.