Werewolf by Night

Wow, Marvel released something to Disney+ that's actually worth watching. Whaddaya know.

Is it going to become a classic? No, not likely. But it was a cool tale with a clear vision that was not distracted by the larger universe.

Fun to see Giacchino directing, and with a runtime just around one hour, it doesn't overstay its welcome, but despite the honourable attempt of capturing a classic Universal horror feel, it unfortunately has more of a TV show aesthetic to it.

Marvel should let their filmmakers create work like this, instead of their formulaic cookie cutter superhero origin story BS. Giacchino gets the source material, but adds to it a retro feel of a Universal horror film. I was most surprised by how great the fight scenes are--calling back to the best of the John Wick franchise in both stunts & blood. And as a monster story it understands how humans are often the real villains. It only loses a point for a silly MacGuffin. Highly recommended.

One of the better Marvel products to come out of the MCU in a while. While I love some of the more recent movies, this strays away from the formulaic structure you may be more familiar with.

I love werewolves. I love the visual sense here. The old-time aspect doesn't feel like a lame gimmick. That scene when Jack transforms and you see flashes of his silhouette on the wall... beautiful. Great soundtrack of course. I didn't want this to be a Marvel comedy fest and it really wasn't, though there were certainly jokes (and some worked well). Was even nice seeing some blood. I love Marvel but it's nice to see them branch out a bit too.

Well color me shocked, marvel created a decent piece of media for once.

Meh... Nothing much to write home about. It was a bit too clean to be a real homage to the old style horror movies: the story is weak. the only memorable part was the bloodied camera sequence; and they got the Man-Thing right (though it was the same trick they did with Groot; this is what Marvel learned from Disney/Lucas, how to make non-talking characters likeable)

Fun style. Too short. But at least that means we get minimal MCU bullshit. Wish they'd had the guts to shoot this with practical effects so it actually looked more like the movies it's paying tribute to.

Homage to classic horror that introduces monsters to the MCU. The story was basic , the acting was strong, the sets and some of the visuals were strong. Overall good effort here.