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Werewolf by Night is different from the usual Marvel fareWerewolf by NightFor fans of: Monster movies, practical special effects
Marvel is categorizing this standalone streaming special as a "special presentation," presumably because at 53 minutes it's too short to count as a movie, and it's also just not exactly a movie or a TV show. It's about the lesser-known Marvel character Jack Russell, also known as Werewolf by Night because he turns into a werewolf at night, who's played here by Gael García Bernal. The special is a comedy-horror tribute to monster movies of the '30s and '40s. It's in black-and-white and tells the story of a group of monster hunters as they gather at Bloodstone Manor to compete with each other for the possession of a mysterious, highly valuable object. The coolest thing about it is that it uses more practical special effects than the heavily computerized MCU usually does. Bernal actually wears a werewolf costume instead of a motion capture suit that gets turned into a textureless digital creation. Every now and then, Marvel demonstrates that it can still do something different. -Liam