And connected his decease bed, with his last breath, the movie instrumentality said 5 last words: “Nosferatu, in theaters Christmas Day.”
A joke, of course, but something Focus Features is taking seriously arsenic it conscionable announced its 2nd tie-in coffin for the upcoming Robert Eggers vampire film, starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Emma Corrin. This 1 is an existent coffin you tin hide idiosyncratic successful if you truthful choose, which is antithetic from the previously announced one which was much of a prop replica from the film. What we find comic astir this though is that the existent coffin, which seems overmuch much important, is acold little costly than the prop replica. The existent coffin is $4,000, the fake 1 is $20,000.
The existent coffin comes from Titan Caskets which designed a ” one-of-a-kind casket inspired by the haunting aesthetic and affluent storytelling of this highly anticipated movie.” It’s “designed specifically for fans of the movie and those drawn to gothic elegance, this casket blends Titan Casket’s renowned prime with cinematic artistry, capturing the eerie yet blase essence of the movie,” according to the property release. Here’s different image.
Then, of course, we’ve already covered the erstwhile coffin which is not truly a coffin, it’s a prop replica of the Count’s coffin successful the movie, arsenic good arsenic a bed. And, to beryllium honest, you tin spot wherefore 1 costs 5 times much than the other. The furniture is overmuch much elaborate. It just, you know, isn’t designed to beryllium buried successful the crushed similar the different one. Here’s different representation to refresh your memory.
io9 spoke to Nosferatu manager Robert Eggers past week and the afloat interrogation volition beryllium up soon. But, erstwhile we spoke, we asked him what helium would accidental to idiosyncratic who bought a Nosferatu coffin. He benignant of chuckled, thought, and past said “Congratulations.”
Nosferatu—which besides has a coffin-shaped popcorn bucket, the astir budget-friendly enactment for anyone successful request of a macabre souvenir—is successful theaters connected Christmas Day. Find retired much astir the existent coffin astatine this link.
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