Willem Dafoe in “Nosferatu.”
Nosferatu—a Gothic horror thriller starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult and Lily-Rose Depp—is new in theaters. Should you stay through the end credits for any additional scenes?
A remake of director F.W. Murnau’s horror film classic starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, Nosferatu stars Skarsgård as menacing vampire.
Depp stars as Ellen Hutter, a young woman who is the object of Orlok’s obsession, while Nicholas Hoult plays Ellen’s husband, Thomas Hutter—a real estate agent who visits the enigmatic count at his castle in Transylvania to help him secure a new estate.
Written and directed by Robert Eggers, Nosferatu also stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Simon McBurney, Ralph Ineson and Willem Dafoe.
The logline for the film reads, “Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.”
In addition to directing the film, Eggers wrote the screenplay, which in the credits note is inspired by the original Nosferatu screenplay by Henrik Galeen and Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula.
Nosferatu opens in theaters nationwide on Christmas Day.
Note: The next section includes a mild spoiler for “Nosferatu.”
Are There Any Additional Scenes During Or After Nosferatu’s End Credits?
An end credits or post-credits scene for a film generally serves one of two functions—either the additional scene wraps up loose ends left open by a scene earlier in the film or the scene serves as a teaser for a potential sequel.
As such, there are no post-credits scenes for Nosferatu, as the story wraps up in a straightforward manner without any indications that the story will continue.
Of course, if Nosferatu is a huge hit, the film’s studio, Focus Features, can try to convince filmmaker Robert Eggers to conceive an idea for a sequel but it’s unlikely.
Like the 2024 version of the vampire tale, the original ending of 1922’s Nosferatu was self-contained, as was the only other notable remake of the film, Werner Herzog’s 1979 Nosferatu starring Klaus Kinski.
While Focus Features is an NBC Universal subsidiary, it’s worthy of note that Focus and Universal Studios are two separate film divisions.
So, while the studios have the same corporate parent, Count Orlok—aka Nosferatu—has never existed under the Universal Monsters banner so fans can give up hope of the character being included in the studio’s shared Dark Universe of movie monsters should it ever be revived.
Rated R, Nosferatu opens in theaters nationwide on Friday.
