Werewolf by Night Reviews

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since it was Marvel’s first special and since it was available on Disney+, I was quite eager to check it out. I have been faithfully watching everything from the MCU, the movies and the mini-series, and I enjoyed most of it, even ‘She-Hulk’ which didn’t get much love, but, to be honest, I had a rather hard time to care about this Halloween special though. I did appreciate that, once again, they went for something completely different as, this time, they delivered some kind of vintage Halloween horror special, even in black-in-white and I have to admit that the approach was actually pretty cool. Unfortunately, as far as I was concerned, the story was just terribly flat. Same thing with the characters. I mean, Gael García Bernal was as usual not bad at all and his character, Jack Russell, was fairly entertaining but all the other characters were just so underwhelming though. I should also praise them for going for some practical effects instead of the usual CGI for their werewolf character but, to be honest, the damned thing looked really cheesy. What I also missed was a link with the rest of the MCU, something that already bothered me with ‘Moon Knight’ and ‘Ms. Marvel’. With the previous phases, at the end of each phase, there was a huge Avengers blockbuster uniting  all the characters that were introduced during the las phase but, in this case, we will have to wait up until the end of Phase 6 which is rather disappointing. As a result, the whole Phase four did feel rather disjointed and this special was a good example why. Anyway, to conclude, even though I didn’t care much for it, it was still a decent watch though and it is worth a look, at least, if you are really into the MCU.