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Happy Halloween Defenders we are back with Marvel chatting about the Marvel Special Presentation Werewolf By Night starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Laura Donnelly.
Synopsis for our Werewolf By Night Movie Review
Directed by: Michael Giacchino
Story by: Heather Quinn
Teleplay by: Heather Quinn and Peter Cameron
Werewolf By Night/Jack Russell created by Gerry Conway, Michael G. Ploog, Roy Thomas and Jean Thomas
Following the death of their fearless leader, Ulysses Bloodstone, a team of elite monster hunters gathers at the eerie Bloodstone Manor to claim the Blood Gem, a mysterious, alien relic with unfathomable powers, and leadership of death dealers.Ulysses’ second wife Verussa announces the ceremonial hunt to the assembled hunters that include the cursed aristocrat Jack Russell and the patriarch's estranged daughter Elsa.
One-by-one the hunters begin the hunt of the Monster and the other hunters who are ‘fair game’ to determine who will wield the ‘Bloodstone’. Escaping a number of the other hunters, Elsa and Jack form an unlikely alliance. As Elsa discovers that Jack wants to free his friend Ted, aka Man Thing, the monster being hunted, she agrees to help him so she can reclaim the Gem and her birthright.
While Ted is freed, both Jack and Elsa are captured by the rest of the hunters as they discover that Jack is also a monster. Both Elsa and Jack are caged together back at the Manor, as Verusa transforms Jack into his monster form, a Werewolf. He escapes the cage slaughtering most of the assembled guards while Elsa finishes off the other hunters. Verussa uses the gem to try to finish off Jack but he is saved by Elsa who in turn is rescued from Verussa by Man Thing.
On a restless, moonlit night Elsa reclaims the sacred Bloodstone and the head of the Bloodstone family as Ted and Jack are reunited in the woods.
Cast of Werewolf By Night
* Gael García Bernal as Jack Russell* Laura Donnelly as Esla Bloodstone* Harriet Sansom Harris as Verussa* Kirk R. Thatcher as Jovan * Eugenie Bondurant as Azarel*
