Werewulf Trailer Theories + Thoughts
Just interested after the trailer released for people’s thoughts on the direction the film is taking and if anyone has done further looking into middle english folklore, and werewolf myths at the time and how they’re influencing the narrative of Werewulf?
I’ve heard that the film is subverting werewolf tropes and that the protagonist CHOOSES to become a werewolf instead of being bitten by one. This is shown in the trailer, the boy is lured to a cave and the werewolf curse is put on him via witchcraft and seance.
This choice is probably closer to the reality of traditional werewolf myths, but is also interesting because it moves the genre of the film deeper into something that is Folk Horror - more like The Witch, Wicker Man etc.
I think giving a werewolf story a folk horror flair is absolutely brilliant. It’s one of the most interesting sub genres of horror but really has very little films within it - maybe 20 or so outright folk horror films ever.
Best shot in the trailer for me is the one of the mauled herd of sheep and the child looking across the field. I really hope the film builds to a 20 minute sequence in which the horror is embedded in dread, and the threatening feeling of something lurking in the woods. The gore can be visceral, brutal but hopefully not overkill. I think the werewolf myth lives in that silent dread.