tek's rating:

Werewolf by Night, on Disney+
Disney Wiki; Disney+ Wiki; IMDb; Marvel; MCU Wiki; On Disney+; TV Tropes; Wikipedia

This is based on comic books I've never read. It was released in October 2022, sort of as a Halloween special (though it has nothing to do with Halloween). It chiefly follows a man named Jack Russell, who is one of several monster hunters who gather following the death of a man named Ulysses Bloodstone. Ulysses possessed a powerful weapon called the bloodstone, and the hunters are all going to be competing to kill a monster in order to become the new owner of the bloodstone. Another one of the hunters is Ulysses's estranged daughter, Elsa. The other hunters are of little importance to the story, except that the competition's rules allow them to try to kill each other as well as the monster. The competition is overseen by Ulysses's widow (Elsa's stepmother), Verussa (Harriet Sansom Harris), who doesn't get along with Elsa. But Jack eventually teams up with Elsa.

Beyond that, I don't know what I can say that wouldn't be too spoilery. But I will say the special is in black & white, which is a nice touch, helps give it the atmosphere of a really old horror movie. (In October 2023, a colorized version was released, but I haven't watched that.) And there are actually two monsters in the special, both of whom are apparently the "good guys", while the monster hunters are portrayed as the bad guys. It makes me wonder how many of the monsters they've killed were actually innocent and how many were truly dangerous or evil. In any event, the special was certainly entertaining in a number of ways. And I look forward to seeing more MCU content in this vein.


web specials index

Marvel Cinematic Universe
Fandom; TV Tropes; Wikipedia

Phase One: Iron Man * The Incredible Hulk * Iron Man 2 * Thor * Captain America * The Avengers
Phase Two: Iron Man 3 * Thor: The Dark World * Captain America: The Winter Soldier * Guardians of the Galaxy * Avengers: Age of Ultron * Ant-Man
Phase Three: Captain America: Civil War * Doctor Strange * Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 * Spider-Man: Homecoming * Thor: Ragnarok *
Black Panther * Avengers: Infinity War * Ant-Man and the Wasp * Captain Marvel * Avengers: Endgame * Spider-Man: Far from Home
Phase Four: Black Widow * Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings * Eternals * Spider-Man: No Way Home *
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness * Thor: Love and Thunder * Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Phase Five: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania * Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 * The Marvels
short films: Marvel One-Shots
TV: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. * Agent Carter * Inhumans * Cloak & Dagger
Netflix: Daredevil * Jessica Jones * Luke Cage * Iron Fist * The Defenders * The Punisher
Hulu: Runaways * Helstrom
Disney+ (P4): WandaVision * The Falcon and the Winter Soldier * Loki * What If...? * Hawkeye * Moon Knight * Ms. Marvel * I Am Groot *
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law * Werewolf by Night * Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Disney+ (P5): Secret Invasion * Loki s2