Who Is the Real Monster in New “Werwulf” Trailer?

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Robert Eggers is getting his spooky band back together for his latest ancient horror flick. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp, Ralph Ineson, and of course Willem Dafoe all return from 2024's Nosferatu for another tale of a European village tormented by supernatural evil.

In Werwulf – an original script written by Eggers and Sjón – a man (Taylor-Johnson) with his own demons is enlisted to help hunt a beast ravaging the countryside. But as the death toll grows, so do suspicions that the culprit may not be a typical predator.

The film's unusual look is courtesy of Eggers' usual cinematographer Jarin Blaschke. Once again shooting in a 1.37:1 ratio, the 35mm film stock was developed using a special orthochromatic process, resulting in a unique color palette and heavy grain structure. I'm sure audiences will be level-headed in their debate over which is the proper format to see it in.

For fans who want to go even further into the darkness, there's an alternate reality game available at DevourethAllMankynde.com. Players can get clues every full moon on the film's social media pages, and attempt to decipher them all, with a "mysterious prize" available to those who get them all.

Werwulf takes a bite out of the holiday competition on Christmas Day.

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About Kip Mooney

Like many film critics born during and after the 1980s, my hero is Roger Ebert. The man was already the best critic in the nation when he won the Pulitzer in 1975, but his indomitable spirit during and after his recent battle with cancer keeps me coming back to read not only his reviews but his insightful commentary on the everyday. But enough about a guy you know a lot about. I knew I was going to be a film critic—some would say a snob—in middle school, when I had to voraciously defend my position that The Royal Tenenbaums was only a million times better than Adam Sandler’s remake of Mr. Deeds. From then on, I would seek out Wes Anderson’s films and avoid Sandler’s like the plague. Still, I like to think of myself as a populist, and I’ll be just as likely to see the next superhero movie as the next Sundance sensation. The thing I most deplore in a movie is laziness. I’d much rather see movies with big ambitions try and fail than movies with no ambitions succeed at simply existing. I’m also a big advocate of fun-bad movies like The Room and most of Nicolas Cage’s work. In the past, I’ve written for The Dallas Morning News and the North Texas Daily, which I edited for a semester. I also contributed to Dallas-based Pegasus News, which in the circle of life, is now part of The Dallas Morning News, where I got my big break in 2007. Eventually, I’d love to write and talk about film full-time, but until that’s a viable career option, I work as an auditor for Wells Fargo. I hope to one day meet my hero, go to the Toronto International Film Festival, and compete on Jeopardy. Until then, I’m excited to share my love of film with you.