Werwulf (Robert Eggers, 2026)

[brundlefly]

Robert Eggers next film is the embarrassingly titled but fully on brand Werwulf

Trailer. Merry Christmas!

[Matt]

1.33:1? Black and white, sepia, and drained color? Planimetric symmetrical framings? As the kids say, we're so back.

[Lowry_Sam]

Hopefully he tackles The Invisible Man or Creature From The Black Lagoon next, Frankenstein has been played out of late.

[therewillbeblus]

Eggers has been open about his main passion being deciphering old dialects with making films as a secondary interest, so I imagine that if he reimagines another story it will take place in a different age and culture

[knives]

It would be cool for him to talk some African culture’s folktale in that case. It’s linguistically interesting and not seen too often.

[Lowry_Sam]

Which is why I don't mind him redoing old narratives, at least there's an intention beyond just making some major studio some money while retaining one's creativity & unique vision & doing it well. Hopefully he doesn't lose it though if & when he choses to do Frankenstein or Pinocchio.

[TVC15]

Much like Nosferatu, this appears to be all style, no substance

[knives]

You might find the substance wanting, but it seems such a bizarre and perhaps lazy thing to call Nosferatu style over substance. The style was clearly serving a thematic point concerning the treatment of sexuality and disease connected to a few other things in the period shown.

[FrauBlucher]

I thought it was a terrific telling of NOSFERATU. There was plenty of substance for me to go along with the “style”.

Here’s an interesting thought I have. I would like to see Eggers do a retelling of MARKETA LAVAROZA. Surely, his style would greatly play into this

[Matt]

Hopefully he tackles The Invisible Man

I don't think Leigh Wannell's The Invisible Man can be topped.

I would kind of agree with the "style over substance" argument with The Northman That seemed like an excuse to do action scenes and long takes. But definitely not Nosferatu. I talked about it in the dedicated thread, but I think there's plenty of substance there. Plus, I think Eggers is more about emotional impact through tone and imagery than about coherent plot and narrative. The Witch (sorry, refuse to use the VV nonsense) was basically an exercise in slowly ramping up tension toward a bloody catharsis. The story is little more than "girl gets seduced by the devil," an elaborated and more explicit Hawthorne short story playing out over 90 minutes. The Lighthouse was more about paranoia and the horror of being stuck with one weird person for an extended period of time than about... whatever sort of plot you could sift from it. If you read some of the Sarah Orne Jewett stories Eggers used as inspiration (highly recommend The Country of the Pointed Firs, you can see the same thing happening there.

[knives]

I really adored Northman which felt in league with Pasolini’s last four movies in the sense of highlighting the sort of earthy blood, guts, and semen nature of works considered elite.