Watch the all-new trailer for Werwulf below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

In 14th-century England, a town is haunted by a ravenous beast that threatens the safety of a man and his family.

Building on the initial teaser trailer, this new-look trailer for Werwulf is a hell of a bite, and to push it further into its sheer madness of lycan-infused terror, Eggers also released this new look at what he claims is his darkest project yet, on a full moon. Now that’s a director who strives for lore-appropriate detail.

Werwulf follows a nameless Man in 14th-century England, who is holding a dangerous, deadly, and uncontrollable curse. When a series of mindless and sadistic acts of violence are unleashed upon the countryside, the Man must contend with the beast that lives inside him, and this is where the horrors truly start to come alive.

Eggers has assembled an all-star cast for this new production with the likes of Aaron Taylor-Johnson as The Man, Lily-Rose Depp as his Wife, and Willem Dafoe as a Wolf Hunter brought in to root out and slay the beast, and it’s all shaping up to be one hell of a melodramatic and high-intensity watch as the Man and his family try everything in their power to keep the beast at bay.

In the new footage, Eggers and cinematographer Jarin Blaschke really ramp up the horror and pull audiences into a sheer, living nightmare. Grimy and laden with dread, Werwulf is unlike anything audiences have witnessed before, and Eggers amps up the fear and terror in this picture; the trailer is a spine-chilling watch, made even more so by its orthochromatic capture courtesy of Blaschke’s eye.

Then there’s the presence of the beast itself, the Wolf, still unseen, but whose presence is very much felt; and while Eggers only offers a mere taste, the blood is certainly present, and with its closing roar, you can tell that the fear is real.

 

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Prepare for a gothic horror experience of pure, cursed fear when Werwulf arrives in cinemas on January 1, 2027.

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Whenever we hear the news that Robert Eggers is ready to get back behind the camera, it’s cause for excitement, and after the blood-curdling, gothic glory that was 2024’s Nosferatu, Eggers is ready to return to screens with a project that he has touted as his ‘darkest narrative yet’ in Werwulf…. and its first trailer will chill you to the bone.

Watch the freakishly raw new trailer for Werwulf below:

Drawing on the director’s fascination with monsters, mythology, and folklore, Eggers dials the drama and intensity back to the 13th century, as a vicious monster prowls the desolate and scarred English countryside, and a cursed man must desperately search for a way back to the light.

Conceived with noted poet and writer Sjón, who helped deliver Eggers’ Viking epic The Northman, this first look at Werwulf promises a tale of unnatural terror as pagan rituals smash against the shadow of Christianity in a world of pure instinct and reaction, and this first trailer definitely left us unnerved.

By giving audiences only a taste of what awaits in Werwulf, Eggers delivers an edgy, uncompromising film whose action is intense and whose horror is beastial and terrifying in its impact. Eggers has also been very clear that Werwulf will not follow the standard ‘werewolf-bite-narrative’ which has now become standard and almost cliché, but instead he has described this story as being very much about trying to outrun a curse that one did not naturally invite.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is front and centre as the unnamed protagonist, merely known as The Cursed Farmer, who is desperate for a chance to shed the beast that lives inside him, and he gives a completely animalistic performance as this shaken and broken man. There’s also the presence of Lily-Rose Depp as The Cursed Farmers’ Wife, who understands that there is a force inside her husband that cannot be tamed, and who desperately gives her love to him, while Willem Defoe could very well deliver his most freakish performance to date as The Hunter who wants to rids the lands of this beats no matter the cost, and his presence is utterly devilish in the narrative.

Shaping the script with Early Modern English, which required Eggers and Sjón to work with Oxford Academics, no detail has been left unturned, and the film carries a richness in both texture and feeling that will bring audiences deeper into its horrific experience. The cinematography of Eggers’ collaborator and friend Jarin Blaschke also deserves praise for its orthochromatic look, which incorporates the grain structure of black-and-white film onto colour film, with the film shot on 35mm Film Stock to amplify the vision Eggers seeks to bring to the big screen.

With its monstrous narrative and blood-drenched visuals of pure horror, Werwulf is an experience not for the faint of heart, and best say your prayers, because we’re pretty sure audiences won’t leave this one unscathed, but with its release this Christmas, we could very much see a picture that could reshape the very experience of horror cinema forever.

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