Now, in time for Halloween, Marvel dips even more explicitly into the spookiest genre in a film that wears its classic influences on its ripped sleeve: Werewolf by Night is a black-and-white treat that nods to age-old chillers.
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In the hands of horror genre icon Sam Raimi, the recent Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was basically a horror movie (albeit suitable for the whole family).
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The MCU has swelled to the point where "superhero" is no longer a genre, and each new film or TV series leans into a different genre (for instance, the Captain America movies are spy thrillers, Guardians of the Galaxy flicks are space operas, She-Hulk is supposed to be a comedy). Marvel is constantly throwing up post-credit cameos from stars who may or may not ever return, but Donnelly's Bloodstone demands to be seen again (perhaps in vampire-themed movie Blade, if that gets over its apparently troubled production). But really the true hero is Laura Donnelly from The Nevers and Outlander as Elsa Bloodstone, wisecracking black sheep of the monster-averse family. García Bernal is charming rather than commanding as the latest MCU lead. It's all ripe, rollicking fun, marshaled by soundtrack composer Michael Giacchino swapping his baton for a director's megaphone with obvious relish for vintage horror. And not forgetting blackly comic flourishes like a comically hunched major domo mugging gamely while cranking a wind-up coffin. There are skulls and candles and chanting hooded figures and lightning flashing while a fearsome metamorphosis occurs just beyond our sight. The air is rent by fearsome shouts, grotesque roars and unnerving music.
Which is a problem for one of the assembled hunters as the true hunt begins. A momentous hunt has been organized, and the prize is the Bloodstone - a mystical MacGuffin that can force disguised creatures such as werewolves to transform into their furrier, fangier form. Gael García Bernal stars as Jack Russell, who joins several other monster hunters at the funeral of the greatest slayer of them all, the late lamented Ulysses Bloodstone. Gael García Bernal used to be a werewolf, but he's alright noooooooowwwww! The vintage-style credits set the tone straight away, evoking classic horror movies from the earliest days of the movies and what some would call the golden age of horror. It's black and white, it's only an hour long, and it tells a monster-mashing supernatural standalone story with no obvious connection to the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.īilled as a "special presentation," complete with retro logo, the 52-minute film opens with an old-school horror twist on the familiar Marvel intro as bold comic book colors fade to silent-movie monochrome. Werewolf by Night is the latest Marvel adventure - streaming now on Disney Plus - but it's a little bit different. Gasp in horror! Recoil in fright! Steel yourself for thoroughly retro chills and thrills, as you Marvel at the bite-size delight they call.
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