Chris Columbus says Harry Potter let-down shaped his approach to Nosferatu

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chris Columbus, one of the producers behind Nosferatu, has explained how an experience directing Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone shaped his approach to the new vampire film. Xan Brooks said it was a film that, strangely, felt perfectly suited to the festive season: “It tells its old dark tale with such respect and conviction that it feels like being wrapped in a warm comfort blanket.” Watch Apple TV+ free for 7 days New subscribers only. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free In a five-star review for The Independent, critic Clarisse Loughrey said: “In Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu, the vampire is reincarnated. And he is as true to us as he was to FW Murnau, director of 1922’s original Nosferatu, or to Bram Stoker, whose novel Dracula provided the source material.” In another recent interview, Columbus recalled the “bizarre” Chevy Chase remark that caused him to quit working on National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.