“Nosferatu” is more retelling than remake, like a myth that takes on new, sickly detail to petrify the curious as it’s passed down through the years.

There were a couple of sickly looking specimens I figured had a date with an ax.

Chapman had a sickly husband and took in foster girls to help pay the bills.

They wanted to be seen as heroes, now they’re outed as agitators for a phony and sickly culture.

The results aren't particularly great - the song is sickly and overlong - but the fact that it's coherent at all is a testament to his skill as a producer, arranger, mentor and referee.