Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Monstrous Transformation Teased in Robert Eggers’ ‘Werwulf’ Trailer

Focus Features has released a new trailer for Werwulf, and it looks like it’s going to be another gothic Christmas for Robert Eggers‘ fans.

Directed by Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse, Nosferatu), Werwulf stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as a man who transforms into a monstrous creature, while Lily-Rose Depp plays his wife and Willem Dafoe portrays a knight tasked with ridding the countryside of wolves. Set in 13th-century England, the medieval horror film also features period-appropriate language.

“Every wolf shall die!” Dafoe’s character declares in the trailer.

Depp’s character pleads for help to save her husband from his curse.

“My husband… he is a good man. For the love, I bear him,” she says. “Please, make him safe from his cursedness.”

The trailer ends with Taylor-Johnson shaking and looking toward the sky as his transformation into a wolf appears to approach.

The trio of actors are reuniting for the werewolf-centered film after previously starring together in Eggers’ vampire-centered Nosferatu, released in 2024, also on Christmas Day. The film grossed $180 million worldwide and received four Oscar nominations in craft categories.

The first footage from Werwulf was shown during Universal’s presentation at CinemaCon in April, where the film was billed as Eggers’ “most terrifying motion picture yet.”

Eggers also co-wrote the film with Sjón, whom he worked with for 2022’s The Northman.

Producers include Eggers, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Garrett Bird and Sjón, while Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus and Bernard Bellew serve as executive producers.