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Dec 2024
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Nosferatu Rises Again (feat. Robert Egge...

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**For this HTW special feature, Sally interviews director Robert Eggers about his new historically inspired film, Nosferatu.**Winter, 1476. Vlad III is a prince in Wallachia, in present-day Romania. He is a violent man, so violent that he earns the nickname "Vlad the Impaler." He also has another name that he inherited from his father: Dracula.Dracula is con ... Show More
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