Werwulf has received its MPA rating.

Billed as Robert Eggers’ “most visceral and haunting experience yet”, the film has been rated R for “strong bloody/disturbing violent content, gore, sexual assault, graphic nudity and strong sexual content.”

Nosferatu, which features disturbing violence, sex scenes, and implied necrophilia, was rated R for “bloody violent content, graphic nudity and some sexual content.” The reasons listed in Werwulf’s MPA rating suggest that it will be the most harrowing of his five features.

“You are going to embark on a very dark journey, but if you know my films, there are a couple jump scares in here, but it’s psychological horror,” Robert Eggers told Den of Geek about the horror in Werwulf. “Even if there’s extreme acts, and even if there is gore, that’s not what’s scary about it.”

Werwulf centres on a medieval English village ravaged by werewolf attacks. The highly anticipated horror film stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp, and Willem Dafoe.

It was recently revealed that Ethel Cain will be featured on the soundtrack. The Preacher’s Daughter singer’s six-minute song “Wynter Waxeth”, credited to Cain and composer Robin Carolan, will close the film.