The Werwulf Discourse is Bad. Let's Talk About It.

Check out the FlexiSpot Nest Modular Power Sofa Bed here: https://go.flexispot.com/KazRowe-NESTSOFA Use my code “ROWE” to get an extra $100 OFF! Since the Werwulf trailer dropped, people have raised concerns about how dirty and grey the middle ages in portrayed in the film. The grey, dirty middle ages is a long used and tired trope in film and tv, but in this case... is it actually okay? Did Robert Eggers ACTUALLY do anything wrong? Hear me out! ~~~~~~~~~~ Care for Gaza: https://x.com/careforgaza?lang=en Donate to the PCRF: https://www.pcrf.net/ Buy my graphic novel, Liberated: The Radical Art and Life of Claude Cahun: https://www.kazrowe.com/comics/cahun https://shop.getty.edu/products/liberated-the-radical-art-and-life-of-claude-cahun-978-1947440074 Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KazRowe I'm on TikTok @ kazrowe Find me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/kaz.rowe Buy my comics: https://gumroad.com/kazrowe Send me a ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/A347K4X Captioning by Transcription, Ho! Captioning Services Filmed using: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k– https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagicpocketcinemacamera Blackmagic Video Assist 5” HDR – https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagicvideoassist Olympus M. Zuiko ED 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro– https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1003635-REG/olympus_v314060bu000_m_zuiko_digital_ed.html Samsung Portable SSD T5 - 2Tb– https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/portable-solid-state-drives/portable-ssd-t5-2tb-mu-pa2t0b-am/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sources: The Past is a Foreign Country Revisited by David Lowenthal The Victorian Critic and the Idea of History by Peter Allan Dale Inventing the Middle Ages by Norman Cantor The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe by Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry Transformative terrors: the devil, animals, and gendered predation in Robert Eggers’ The Witch by Vítor Alves Silva The Horrors of History: Gender, Folklore, and Puritanism in Robert Eggers’ The Witch by Trinity Stuckey “Unhomesickness”: An Analysis of Folk Horror Narratives in Robert Eggers’ Cinema by Şiir Su Sezgın (Eco)horror of Masculinity: Confronting Abject Nature in the Films of Robert Eggers by Courtney J. Dreyer The Medieval Sense of Smell, Stench and Sanitation by Dolly Jørgensen The Nature and Function of Water, Baths, Bathing, and Hygiene from Antiquity through the Renaissance by Cythia Kosso and Anne Scott Bathing Culture in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period: Debunking a Modern Myth, with a Focus on the Contribution by Der König vom Odenwald by Albrecht Classen Myths About the Unsanitary Middle Ages: A Study of Hygienic Practices in Europe, 7-8 Centuries Ago by M.A. Pobezhimova and I.G. Nenekhov Bodily and Spiritual Hygiene in Medieval and Early Modern Literature: Explorations of Textual Presentations of Filth and Water edited by Albrecht Classen Sanitation, Baths, and Street Cleaning in the Middle Ages and Renaissance by Lynn Thorndike Sweet and Clean? Bodies and Clothes in Early Modern England by Susan North Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages by Jack Hartnell The king of dirt: public health and sanitation in late medieval Ghent by Janna Coomans Werwulf Trailer Explained: ‘If You’re Not Smelling The Shit, You’re Not Experiencing It Properly’ by Alex Godfrey for Empire https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/werwulf-trailer-explained-by-robert-eggers-interview-exclusive/ Robert Eggers’ Werwulf: First Look and Story Details Revealed for Historical Horror Movie By Jim Vejvoda for IGN https://www.ign.com/articles/robert-eggers-werwulf-first-look-story-details ‘The Northman’ Director Robert Eggers On Historical Accuracy, Studio Notes & Not Making A “Movie Schmovie” By Elena Lazic for The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/the-northman-director-robert-eggers-on-historical-accuracy-studio-notes-not-making-a-movie-schmovie-20220421/ Weirdly Authentic: The Historical Films of Robert Eggers by Bethany Latham for Historical Novel Society https://historicalnovelsociety.org/history-film-weirdly-authentic-the-historical-films-of-robert-eggers/ Robert Eggers’ Love of History (and Vampires) By Andrew Allard for Virginia Law Weekly https://www.lawweekly.org/col/2025/2/5/robert-eggers-love-of-history-and-vampires Director Robert Eggers on Nosferatu by Stephen Pizzello for The American Cinematographer https://theasc.com/article/robert-eggers-nosferatu/ Designer-Turned-Director Robert Eggers Discusses His Horror Film ‘The Witch’ by Jessica Bloom for Format https://www.format.com/magazine/features/design/the-witch-robert-eggers-movie-interview