Director Robert Eggers Says His Brutal Medieval Horror Movie Werwulf Discards Overdone Hollywood Clichés
The film reunites Eggers with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp and Willem Dafoe, and Focus says it is his most visceral and haunting work yet.
- Focus Features released a first-look image of actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson in director Robert Eggers' upcoming horror film Werwulf, which the studio describes as "Robert Eggers' most visceral and haunting experience yet."
- Set around 1300, the film explores werewolf lore before the species was eradicated in England, with Eggers aiming to "hit a reset button" on familiar horror clichés like silver bullets.
- The film reunites Eggers with actor Willem Dafoe, who plays a hunter, and actor Lily-Rose Depp, a farmer's wife, while Taylor-Johnson stars as the cursed farmer.
- Werwulf hits theaters December 25, 2026, following its trailer debut at Cinemacon earlier this year, with footage showing Taylor-Johnson transforming into the titular creature.
- The project continues Eggers' run of historically rooted horror following Nosferatu, The Northman, and The Witch, maintaining the director's reputation for period detail and his ongoing relationship with Focus Features.
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Director Robert Eggers Says His Brutal Medieval Horror Movie Werwulf Discards Overdone Hollywood Clichés
Focus Features has released the first photo from Nosferatu director Robert Eggers’ next period horror film, Werwullf, which can be seen below.In his first interview about Werwullf, Eggers told Esquire how his film will be unlike any other werewolf movie and also revealed details about the characters played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Lily-Rose Depp, both of whom previously starred in Eggers’ Nosferatu.Werwullf follows a 13th-century farmer (Tayl…
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See the first look at the Robert Eggers film 'Werwulf'
Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as Man in director Robert Eggers’ ‘Werwulf.’ (Rory Mulvey) We now have our first look at Robert Eggers’ Werwulf. Focus Features posted the first photo and official description for the upcoming film to Instagram on Thursday. Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as a character called Man in the movie. The photo features him in the forest surrounded by dogs and holding a large spear. Lily-Rose Depp and Willem Dafoe also make up th…
We Finally Have Our First Look At The Most Anticipated Horror Movie Of The Year
Focus FeaturesYou know what to expect from a Robert Eggers movie, and yet, you never know what’s coming next. The filmmaker behind The Witch and Nosferatu has now made a career for himself in gritty, dark, horror movies in a period setting. But with his next movie, Werwulf, Eggers is taking things up a notch with a 13th century movie about a young farmer who has to cope with lycanthropy. Like Eggers’ other features, Werwulf is set in the past, b…
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.) Ho…
First Look At Aaron Taylor-Johnson In Robert Eggers’ ‘Werwulf’
Focus has dropped a first look image of Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Robert Eggers’ latest feature Werwulf. Check it out above. An official synopsis for the film has yet to be released, but the film has a tagline: “Werwulf is a harrowing tale of devotion, damnation, and the devil within.” Continuing his run of historically-rooted horror […]
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