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Nosferatus Popcorn Coffin Is a Deadly Entry in 2024s Bucket Arms Race
This Christmas, all the cool kids are going to suck. Suck blood, that is, when they go to see easily the darkest wide release this holiday season, Robert Eggers Nosferatu. It stars Bill Skarsgrd as the evil Count Orlok, an immortal vampire whose control over a young couple (Nicholas Hoult and Lily-Rose Depp) throws a whole town into chaos. Local theaters might be chaos too thanks to a promotional tie-in to the film. Focus Features has revealed its teaming with select theaters (its unclear which, specifically, so check your local one) to release a special popcorn bucket for the film. Its of Count Orloks coffin. You see a glimpse above, see a little video here, and heres a better image. The Nosferatu popcorn bucket Focus Though themed popcorn bucks have long been a thing, the trend saw a huge surge in 2024 with the release of the sexually charged bucket for Dune: Part Two. That shined a new spotlight on subsequent buckets from films such as Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, and gave Marvel an excuse to make its own sexually suggestive bucket for Deadpool and Wolverine. The buckets have continued since, most recently with one for Gladiator II that uses augmented reality.This Nosferatu bucket is where its at though. A prop from the movie, translated to a popcorn receptacle with a shape that can actually hold popcorn. Were all about it. Plus, with tickets now on sale for the holiday thriller, Focus is having some extra fun too. For example, sold-out seats on Fandango show up as coffins for the film. How macabre is that? Well have more from Nosferatu in the coming weeks. For now, where does this rank among 2024 popcorn buckets for you? Let us know below. Co-starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney, and Willem Dafoe, Nosferatu opens on Christmas Day. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, whats next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.
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