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Robert Eggers thanks SpongeBob for introducing young audiences to Nosferatu


Ahead of the release of 'Nosferatu', director Robert Eggers has thanked an unlikely source for the enduring interest in the iconic vampire.

The movie, which is set to release on December 25 in the US and January 3 in the UK, is a remake of the 1922 film of the same name, which in turn was based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday (December 12), The Northman director was made aware that Nickelodeon cartoon SpongeBob had introduced its young viewers to kids to the iconic vampire – also known as Count Orlok – several times in the show. He said he was familiar, explaining: “There was a show called Muppet Babies when I was a kid that would play little clips of Lon Chaney’s Phantom of the Opera and early versions of Cyrano de Bergerac and stuff; that weird cartoon gave me exposure to a lot of movies that I watched when I was a little older with memories from Muppet Babies.

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