Robert Eggers’ Werewolf Movie Poster Art Gives Nosferatu Treatment To Iconic Monster
After the success of Nosferatu, Robert Eggers' next movie, Werwulf, comes to life in a chilling piece of poster fan art. Following 2016's The Witch, Eggers released The Lighthouse in 2019 and The Northman in 2022, all of which solidified his unique filmmaking sensibilities. Nosferatu was his biggest hit yet in December and it put a new spin on vampire horror. Now, he's set to do the same with werewolves in his upcoming film, Werwulf, which is reportedly set in 13th century England with period-accurate dialogue.
Though details on Werwulf remain scarce, artist @diamonddead on Instagram now imagines what Eggers' dark take on a werewolf might look like. The poster art, which is in black-and-white, seemingly features a werewolf in the midst of a transformation, with a human head but a wolf-like set of teeth and nose. The poster also features a full moon in place of one of the creature's eyes. Check it out below:
What The Werwulf Poster Art Means For Robert Eggers' Movie
Nosferatu Has Set A High Bar
One of the reasons why the Nosferatu reviews have been so positive is undoubtedly due to Bill Skarsgård's Count Orlok. Eggers and Skarsgård crafted a monster that's really unlike any vampire that's been featured in a movie before, featuring both a unique, rotten-corpse-like appearance and a deep, disturbing voice. The Werwulf art above raises interesting questions about how Eggers may attempt to subvert expectations when it comes his werewolf design.
Eggers' Werwulf will come almost two years after Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man, which hit theaters last month. Reviews for this film have been mixed, and one point of criticism has been the werewolf design. Likely due in part to budgetary concerns, the werewolf in this movie is closer to man than wolf. Since Eggers isn't a director who likes to heavily rely on CGI, as seen with his practical Count Orlok design, it's possible that his werewolf in Werwulf will take a similar approach, and this could limit design options.
On Rotten Tomatoes, Wolf Man has a lackluster 52% critics' score and 57% audience score.
Our Take On Robert Eggers' New Werewolf Movie
Will Werwulf Repeat Nosferatu's Success?
It's possible that the werewolf in Werwulf won't look anything like the one in the poster art above, but Nosferatu's Count Orlok design suggests that, however it looks, it will probably be unsettling. All of Eggers' films have been positively received, and Nosferatu's success has helped to push the filmmaker more into the mainstream. Though there's always a risk when this happens that a filmmaker's signature sense of style becomes watered down as they gain access to larger budgets, Werwulf's title and Eggers' reported use of 13th-century English dialogue hints that this won't be the case.
Source: @diamonddead
