Check out a pre-transformation Werwulf in a first look at Robert Eggers' latest

With Robert Eggers’ Werwulf, the director of Nosferatu, The VVitch, and The Northman, asks that other purveyors of classic myths and monsters with a folk-horror twist hold his mead. The film, described by studio Focus Features as “Eggers’ most visceral and haunting experience yet,” will apply his old-timey style to the story of a man who spends his nights as a wolf while carefully minding his language. (It’s Werwulf, not Swerwulf, after all.) However, in the run-up to the film’s Christmas launch, we’re not expecting a full-on transformation scene or even much of a clean look at Eggers’ beast until the movie bows. That’s essentially how they hid Nosferatu’s mustache until the film was released in 2024.

Hence, this first-look image of the film, starring Nosferatu‘s own Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe, and Lily-Rose Depp, might as well be a shot from Kraven or 28 Years Later. Here we see a desaturated Taylor-Johnson among his pack of dogs, holding a spear in the woods. What’s missing? Any wolves. But at least we know there will be some canines in Werwulf. 

Directed and co-written by Eggers and co-written by Icelandic poet, Björk collaborator, and Northman co-screenwriter, Sjón, Werwulf opens on December 25.

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