Lily-Rose Depp’s $181M Gothic Horror Epic Hits Peacock Sooner Than You Think
Nosferatu, the 2024 horror hit starring Lily-Rose Depp and grossing $181 million, sinks its teeth into Peacock later this month. This gothic reimagining of the 1922 classic follows a woman whose psychic bond with a centuries-old vampire puts everyone around her in mortal danger.
If you somehow missed it at the theater, Robert Eggers' Nosferatu—yeah, the one with Lily-Rose Depp and that unmistakable big-budget creepiness—is finally hitting streaming later this month. It's coming to Peacock, so if you're in the mood for a grimy, beautiful, and altogether strange vampire movie, set a reminder: this one actually lives up to the hype.
The Old-School Vampire Movie, Remade
So, Nosferatu isn't just any horror flick—it's a direct remake of the 1922 silent classic, which itself leaned hard on Bram Stoker's Dracula. Eggers (aka the guy behind The Witch) went all-in with this version, keeping things gothic, bleak, and very, very European.
The story goes like this: Ellen (played by Lily-Rose Depp) gets stuck with a psychic bloodsucker connection to Count Orlok, an old and seriously creepy vampire. Instead of running the other way, she's drawn in, which, as you can guess, wrecks just about every life around her.
Eventually, Ellen marries Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult), who has no idea his wife has this weird vampire mind-link. He goes off to Transylvania (that always goes well in this genre) for a real-estate gig with the Count. Things, unsurprisingly, go downhill fast—he gets sick, uncovers that Orlok is, well, not just a night owl, and meanwhile, Orlok's already bringing a plague of rats straight to their hometown. The big threat? If Ellen doesn't agree to be the Count's willing victim, everyone she loves is toast.
Behind the Scenes: Development Roadblocks & a Stacked Cast
If you've followed Eggers' career, you know he's been itching to remake Nosferatu since 2015, right after The Witch put him on the horror map. At one point, he was supposed to reunite with Anya Taylor-Joy (if anyone could make a psychic bond with a vampire compelling, it'd be her), but the stars never aligned—literally.
The project sat in development limbo for years, with casting swaps and endless speculation. It finally clicked in late 2022, when Lily-Rose Depp joined the project, brushing aside earlier casting rumors and kicking things into gear. The ensemble Eggers assembled is genuinely impressive:
- Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen (the haunted lead)
- Nicholas Hoult as Thomas (aka Mr. Oblivious Real Estate Guy)
- Bill Skarsgård as Count Orlok (because if you need a guy to haunt your nightmares, you get a Skarsgård)
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Friedrich
- Willem Dafoe as Professor Albin
- Emma Corrin as Anna
Reception: A Rare Hit With Both Critics and Audiences
The film premiered on December 25, 2024 (holiday horror, anyone?) and actually managed to get both critics and audiences onboard—which is not something every artsy horror remake can say. The Rotten Tomatoes numbers are pretty telling: 85% Tomatometer (critics liked it) and 73% on the Popcornmeter (audiences were along for the ride). At the worldwide box office, it pulled in just under $182 million. Not 'Barbie' money, but for a dark, old school vampire flick? That's a big win.
'Nosferatu will be available to stream on Peacock starting Tuesday, April 21, 2026.'
If you care about awards, it picked up four Oscar nominations. No statue for Eggers this time, but still: pretty respectable for a story that's now nearly a century old and still refuses to die.
Bottom line: if you missed it on the big screen or just want to relive some lush, rats-invading-Europe horror, mark your calendar for later this month, fire up Peacock, and prepare for some existential dread.