There’s no real wrong time for a good monster-mash feature, not even two weeks after the public’s Halloween fever has faded away. At least, that’s what rookie director David Hayter must be hoping. Scary fatigue often sets in shortly after the debilitating candy hangovers of November 1, but the Watchmen and X-Men scribe’s werewolf thriller Wolves will prowl into theaters on November 14 regardless. Hayters, as they say, gon’ Hayt.

The red-band trailer below shows conflicted teen Cayden Richards as he discovers his own lycanthropic tendencies and goes on the lam after getting wrongly fingered for his parents’ murders. Cayden seeks refuge in the town of Lupine Ridge, appropriately encountering a violent clan of older werewolves. All else notwithstanding, the film dutifully illustrates how essential a thorough Latin curriculum can be for high-schoolers. A student with a well-rounded knowledge of Latinate roots might not have made camp in the town essentially named “HERE BE WOLVES.” Here be the trailer:

The trail of the tape

Title: Wolves

Director: David Hayter

Screenwriter: David Hayter

Cast: Jason Momoa, Lucas Till, Merritt Patterson

Release date: November 14, 2014

The entire trailer in one line of dialogue: “You think you’re somebody else!”

The entire trailer in one screengrab:

Neither X-Men nor Watchmen had the strongest script, and Hayter’s bland dialogue appears to have found its way into this film as well (see quote above). But on all other fronts, the trailer delivers the goods. The shots of Cayden under the stadium lights have a nifty visual panache, and the action scenes promise some cathartic thrills. Some of the upper-echelon werewolves resemble a cross not between man and wolf, but between Criss Angel and Eddie Izzard—an unlikely aesthetic, but one that’s easy to get behind. Plus, there will be hot wolf-on-wolf boning, so a little something for everyone. What better film to get you psyched for Thanksgiving?