Nosferatu” writer-director Robert Eggers discusses his work with Bill Skarsgård and his approach to reimagining the horror film classic.

“As soon as I met her, it was clear. She really understood the script. She really understood the character,” writer-director Robert Eggers told Yahoo Entertainment. “Then she auditioned, and it was every bit as powerful as I expected and just as raw and ferocious as you see on the screen. I’m so proud of what she accomplished in this film.”

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.