Wisborg, Germany, 1838. Estate agent Thomas Hutter travels to a remote Transylvanian castle to sell property to a reclusive nobleman. His young wife Ellen, who has suffered from psychic visions since childhood, begins to feel the count’s presence before Thomas has even arrived. Eggers restores Murnau’s 1922 expressionist nightmare into 132 minutes of plague, possession, and unbroken dread.