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I apparently missed this was to be a one shot special, thought it was another series. But yes, still quite good even if the story beats are rather predictable. I love the little touches like cigarette burns in the corner.

Wow. Werewolf By Night is pretty great. That is 3 Marvel Characters I never thought would be in live action all in a concise little movie that nailed it for all of them.

That episode of She-Hulk feels like the most authentic experience of reading a comic I've had in a while.

Hmmm. My son is really into werewolves. Is the character of Werewolf By Night a good guy, bad guy, or something else?

Genuinely? You’ll have to watch it first. Not gory. But more graphic than Marvel normally gets.

How would it compare to semthing like Tremors or The Terminator?

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
How would it compare to semthing like Tremors or The Terminator?

Probably slightly lower if only because it’s black and white so less of that crimson splatter, not that there’s a lack of splatter mind.

It is very... light on content, but it doesn't need to be anything more than a quick, fun, competently made tale. They style downplays the violence and makes it a bit cartoony. Refreshing after 7 episodes of She-Hulk.

 AduroT wrote:

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
How would it compare to semthing like Tremors or The Terminator?

Probably slightly lower if only because it’s black and white so less of that crimson splatter, not that there’s a lack of splatter mind.

In terms of what’s shown on screen? Terminator. But, a fair amount of the resulting nastiness is off-screen/implied. Not all of it, mind. Hence I (no kids, little frame of reference) can’t volunteer a rating.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Hmmm. My son is really into werewolves. Is the character of Werewolf By Night a good guy, bad guy, or something else?

It's a classic horror movie interpretation of a Werewolf. The man is not really in control of the beast kind of thing. But who is really the monster?!

 Lance845 wrote:

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Hmmm. My son is really into werewolves. Is the character of Werewolf By Night a good guy, bad guy, or something else?

It's a classic horror movie interpretation of a Werewolf. The man is not really in control of the beast kind of thing. But who is really the monster?!

Disney?

Though I guess they're fully in control of their actions, so it wouldn't count.

It's a 16+, which is the same rating as they've given Venom on D+ UK.

It's far more deserving of the number, but I'd still say it's a little conservative.

Highlights of violence include
- dismemberment
- penetrating throat wound that exits via jaw
- throat slash resulting in blood spatter on camera
- repeated impacts of skulls off various hard surfaces, not in anyway visually troubling but the Foley is on point.
- sword cleave into skull with weapon remaining embedded.
- multiple superficial bladed cuts

While the impact of this is heavily mitigated by the b+w filter, that should give.you an idea of the level.

 AduroT wrote:
Nah, she still looked largely in control there, just quite justifiably angry.

I disagree. Her friend tried to get through to her and she ignored it, she destroyed two walls, picked someone up by their throat, and was breathing heavily through gritted teeth. That was a loss of control not just being upset.

Grabbed the guy by the throat - didn’t rend him limb from limb. Didn’t go on a rampage.

Angry? Yes. 100%. But enough control to focus it on a specific person, so not a loss of control the way we see Hulk go Wibbly Mad.

I think she was boarderline there though. The end here is following Bruces guidance. It only takes them seeing you as a monster 1 time.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Grabbed the guy by the throat - didn’t rend him limb from limb. Didn’t go on a rampage.

Do you really expect a show with this tone to ever have Jen rip someone in half? And as Lance845 pointed out she was coming around. A mini-rampage is still a rampage.

Yeah the stuff that Elsa does is more violent than what the Werewolf does.

Ultimately it's not really scary, despite being billed as 'horror', and the larger-than-normal amounts of blood (for the MCU) is mitigated by the black and white-ness of the picture.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Yeah the stuff that Elsa does is more violent than what the Werewolf does.

Ultimately it's not really scary, despite being billed as 'horror', and the larger-than-normal amounts of blood (for the MCU) is mitigated by the black and white-ness of the picture.

Horror cinema isn't really about being scary though. It CAN be. But it's not. Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy musical that isn't scary at all. It took me awhile spending time with people in the horror cinema scene to really get that. But it's true.

We saw it. It was great. The gore wasn’t too much for my son, but I see why you warned parents.

Man-thing was a hit.

You mean Ted?

I will always know him as a Giant-Size Man-Thing.

Glad you and yours enjoyed it

Glad to see Man-Thing return to the screen, considering his own film back in 2005 was a bit of a bomb.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Yeah the stuff that Elsa does is more violent than what the Werewolf does..

She’s a widow, right?

MarkNorfolk wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Yeah the stuff that Elsa does is more violent than what the Werewolf does..

She’s a widow, right?

In comics she's the daughter of an immortal monster hunter named Ulysses Bloodstone and powered by a bloodstone that gives her the usual stronger/tougher power set.

Haven't seen WW by Night yet.

Her dad’s a bit less immortal in this one…

Did you guys catch the “this end up” on the coffin? We couldn’t figure out if that was supposed to be there in-universe or if it was supposed to evoke the low budget film-making of old time horror movies.

She is not a Black Widow in either comics or the MCU. And her Father was Immortal because of the Bloodstone. Comics wise, her father had his blood stone embedded in his chest Tony Stark ark reactor style.

When his Blood Stone was removed he aged to his appropriate age (thousands of years old) and turned into a pile of dust and bones.

I do hope we see Elsa again. Give her some guns this time.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Did you guys catch the “this end up” on the coffin? We couldn’t figure out if that was supposed to be there in-universe or if it was supposed to evoke the low budget film-making of old time horror movies.

I did and it earned a good heart chuckle from me.