Robert Eggers has never done things the conventional way. Werwulf is making that clear at every turn, right down to how you can see it. Each Eggers film has declared something about what cinema can do. The Witch proved folk horror could genuinely terrify. The Lighthouse showed two men could carry a black-and-white nightmare entirely alone. The Northman brought Viking epics to mainstream audiences. Nosferatu, furthermore, became one of 2024’s defining horror events. Werwulf is his darkest film yet by his own description, and screening it in 35mm on Christmas Day is the perfect match for a film pulled from the soil of 13th-century England.
The 35mm Announcement
Focus Features has confirmed that Werwulf will be playing in 35mm in select theaters on Christmas Day, December 25, 2026. Tickets for the 35mm screenings are on sale now at werwulffilm.com, Focus Features’ official Werwulf site now has its own dedicated “Get 35mm Tickets” option.
Not every theater is getting a print, so check the format before you buy. The 35mm run is limited to participating venues.
The Confirmed 35mm Venues
Confirmed 35mm locations across the United States include Alamo Drafthouse Downtown LA (Los Angeles), Alamo Drafthouse Cedars (Dallas), Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn (Brooklyn), Alamo Drafthouse New Mission (San Francisco), Angelika Film Center at Mosaic (Fairfax, Virginia), Angelika Film Center (Dallas), Belcourt Theatre (Nashville), Enzian Theater (Maitland, Florida), Harkins Tempe Marketplace (Tempe, Arizona), Heights Theater (Columbia Heights, Minnesota), Hollywood Theatre (Portland), and Jacob Burns Film Center (Pleasantville, New York), among others.
Nashville’s Belcourt Theatre is billing an “Exclusive 35mm Engagement” with showtimes beginning Thursday, December 24, a day ahead of the national release. The Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, New York opens its 35mm run on December 25 and charges a premium that the center says covers extra projectionist staffing. Both theaters are giving a limited edition Werwulf hat to the first 25 ticket buyers who pick up at the box office or show a purchase confirmation, while supplies last.
The Film
Set in 13th-century England and written by Robert Eggers and Sjón, the film’s dialogue is in Middle English. Dialect coach William Conacher altered the pronunciation of many words and phrases to make it more comprehensible to modern audiences. Eleanor Baker and Daniel Wakelin, Middle English scholars at Oxford University, helped make the dialogue more period-accurate. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe, and Ralph Ineson star. Focus Features, Working Title Films, and Maiden Voyage Pictures produce. Universal Studios releases the film in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2027.
The Marketing Campaign
The marketing campaign has been running an ARG, an alternate reality game, asking fans to point their phones at the real full moon to unlock clues. The Snapchat lens carries the film’s eerie aesthetic, opening with the Werwulf title in blackletter type alongside the promise that the film arrives only in theaters this Christmas. With one more full moon to go before the prize is unveiled, the campaign is keeping Werwulf howling in the conversation right up until its holiday release.
Werwulf opens in theaters Christmas Day, December 25, 2026. Get 35mm tickets now at werwulffilm.com.
