History Film / WerewolfByNight2022

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Some of the hunters laugh at the deceased, animatronic Ulysses's IncrediblyLamePun at the end of his opening monologue.

''Werewolf By Night'' is a 2022 SuperheroHorror HalloweenSpecial produced by Creator/MarvelStudios set in the fourth phase of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (specifically, it is Marvel Studios' first Special Presentation and 38th overall entry). It stars Creator/GaelGarciaBernal as [[ComicBook/WerewolfByNight the titular character]], is co-written by [[Series/Hawkeye2021 Heather Quinn]] and [[Series/MoonKnight2022 Peter Cameron]], and is directed by composer Creator/MichaelGiacchino.

Laura Donnelly also stars as [[{{ComicBook/Bloodstone}} Elsa Bloodstone]], and the character of ComicBook/ManThing also appears. The special was released on Creator/DisneyPlus on October 7, 2022, and a fully-colored version of the special will release October 20, 2023.

Laura Donnelly also stars as [[{{ComicBook/Bloodstone}} Elsa Bloodstone]], and the character of ComicBook/ManThing also appears. The special was released on Creator/DisneyPlus on October 7, 2022, and a fully-colored special will release October 20, 2023.

Laura Donnelly also stars as [[{{ComicBook/Bloodstone}} Elsa Bloodstone]], and the character of ComicBook/ManThing also appears. The special was released on Creator/DisneyPlus on October 7, 2022.

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* AnArmAndALeg: Elsa deprives a hunter of his left hand and wrist mounted crossbow by severing it with Jovan's axe. She then uses the crossbow to shoot him in the throat.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The footage in the trailer and making of video show the special as being almost entirely black and white, much like the first two episodes of ''Series/WandaVision''. [[spoiler:Averted at the end when the picture shifts into color.]]

* LiarRevealed: [[spoiler: Played with. On one hand, what little warmth Elsa comes to develop towards Jack quickly evaporates once she learns he's a werewolf. Even when Jack tries to justify how he didn't want to worry her, she lampshades that delaying the truth doesn't make his lying feel any less than what it is. On the other hand, the truth isn't so bad that Elsa doesn't allow Jack to say his piece before the rest of the hunters come in.]]

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** The special itself [[spoiler:until the end]] is presented like a shlocky black-and-white Franchise/UniversalHorror film -- complete with text-only title cards, jump cuts, paused zoom-ins, cue marks, and even flecks and specks seen in worn-out reels that have been run through the projector too many times, and cue dots in the upper corner unnecessary in the digital era. [[spoiler:The switch to color, meanwhile, mimics the saturated look of Technicolor.]]

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler:Man-Thing ultimately leaves Elsa alone because she helped him escape.]]

** The special itself [[spoiler:until the end]] is presented like a shlocky black-and-white Franchise/UniversalHorror film -- complete with text-only title cards, jump cuts, paused zoom-ins, cue marks, and even flecks and specks seen in worn-out reels that have been run through the projector too many times. [[spoiler:The switch to color, meanwhile, mimics the saturated look of Technicolor.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine There's no escaping the night.]]'']]
->''"Hunters have gathered from around the globe, strangers until this night, for a ceremonial hunt which will decide who next will wield the Bloodstone...and woe to the monster that finds itself among them!"''

* BloodierAndGorier: This is definitely among the gorier MCU entries, certainly the goriest produced by Marvel Studios[[note]]''[[Series/AgentsofSHIELD Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'', ''[[Series/Daredevil2015 Daredevil]]'' and especially ''Series/ThePunisher'' had many gory moments but were produced by the now-defunct Marvel Television[[/note]]. Limbs are severed and ears bitten off onscreen, with copious blood spray. Liorn [[spoiler: gets a crossbow bolt shot through his chin and dies choking on his own blood, also onscreen]]. In the climactic fight, [[spoiler: Jack brutally mauls several of the Bloodstone guards, with blood splattering the camera. One of them is nearly disemboweled, with his ribs visible as he collapses. Elsa kills Barasso, leaving him in a large puddle of blood, and slashes Azarel's throat, then slams a sword through her face and twists it, leaving it embedded in her skull.]] Apparently, the only reason this wasn't rated TV-MA is that the [[BlackBlood black-and-white filter hid the worst of the gore]].

''Werewolf By Night'' is a 2022 SuperheroHorror HalloweenSpecial produced by Creator/MarvelStudios set in the fourth phase of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (specifically, it is Marvel Studios' first Special Presentation and 38th overall entry). It stars Creator/GaelGarciaBernal as [[ComicBook/WerewolfByNight the titular character]], is co-written by [[Series/Hawkeye2021 Heather Quinn]] and [[Series/MoonKnight Peter Cameron]], and is directed by composer Creator/MichaelGiacchino.

* InadequateInheritor: Verussa makes no secret that she (and Ulysses) find Ulysses's daughter Elsa to be a disappointment for not following her father's footsteps, which is why the Bloodstone isn't automatically passing to her and instead going to one of the monster hunters in the GameBetweenHeirs.

* BloodierAndGorier: This is definitely among the gorier MCU entries, certainly the goriest produced by Marvel Studios[[note]]''[[Series/AgentsofSHIELD Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' and ''[[Series/Daredevil2015 Daredevil]]'' had many gory moments but were produced by the now-defunct Marvel Television[[/note]]. Limbs are severed and ears bitten off onscreen, with copious blood spray. Liorn [[spoiler: gets a crossbow bolt shot through his chin and dies choking on his own blood, also onscreen]]. In the climactic fight, [[spoiler: Jack brutally mauls several of the Bloodstone guards, with blood splattering the camera. One of them is nearly disemboweled, with his ribs visible as he collapses. Elsa kills Barasso, leaving him in a large puddle of blood, and slashes Azarel's throat, then slams a sword through her face and twists it, leaving it embedded in her skull.]] Apparently, the only reason this wasn't rated TV-MA is that the [[BlackBlood black-and-white filter hid the worst of the gore]].

* MadeOfIron: Elsa gets her head bashed against a stone wall a couple of times. Not only does [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished she not get a single scratch]] but she only take a second to recover.

* BlackComedy:As Verussa [[spoiler:is about to shoot Elsa, Ted crashes through the ceiling and immolates her and then throws the corpse at the casket of Ulysses. The head of the animatronic corpse falls off, rolls, and comes to a stop where the audience can clearly see it]].