Halloween may have come and gone, but Hollywood decked out in frightful finery for the premiere of Nosferatu.
The Robert Eggers-written and directed horror film is a remake of the silent classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. The 1922 film, which was inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula and also remade in 1979, gave cinema one of its horror icons: the bald, pointy-eared and fanged Count Orlok.
And a reality TV star who’s a master with makeup recreated the look for the 2024 premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 12.
So who’s underneath the prosthetics and makeup? It’s none other than popular RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Katya Zamolodchikova, who often goes just by Katya.
Katya was a fan-favorite on Season 7 of the drag competition series, and went on to star in All-Stars 2 where she finished as a runner-up. After Drag Race, she teamed up with fellow season 7 alum Trixie Mattel to star in the web series UNHhhh, The Trixie & Katya Show and Netflix’s I Like to Watch.
Katya arrived at the Nosferatu premiere wearing prosthetic ears and fangs, pale makeup with dark sunken eyes and long, claw-like nails. She was accompanied by doll artist and costumer Astor Yang, who appeared to dress as Orlok’s victim Ellen Hutter.
In the remake, Count Orlok is played by Bill Skarsgård and Ellen Hutter by Lily-Rose Depp. The rest of the cast includes Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney and Willem Dafoe.
Even the actors got in on the night’s theme, with Depp wearing angelic silver gown while the rest of the cast wearing all black or dark brown.
Inside the theater, which was built in 1927 and has a gothic vibe of its own, Katya and Yang posted Instagram Stories of themselves with a black-and-white filter, continuing the 1922 theme.
Drag Race was well-represented at the premiere, with season 13’s Gottmik, season 14’s June Jambalaya, and Pit Crew member Bruno Alcantara all in attendance. Check out their photos below:
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This isn’t the first time a Drag Race competitor caused a scary sighting on the red carpet. At the 2023 Primetime Emmys, Season 15 competitor Princess Poppy turned heads as a green goblin.
Nosferatu opens in theaters on Christmas Day.
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