Marvel Studios trades its usual widescreen spectacle for black-and-white monster-movie grain in Werewolf by Night, a 2022 special presentation built around a curse, a mansion, and a hunt nobody wants to lose.
What is Werewolf by Night about?
A reclusive order of monster hunters gathers at a fog-bound estate after the death of their leader, each competitor entering a deadly contest to inherit his most valuable relic. Among the invited hunters is a quiet man with a connection to the order's usual prey, forced to choose between the rules of the game and the creature chained up as its final trial. As alliances fracture and the night grows more dangerous, the hunt turns into something closer to a rescue, with the true nature of more than one guest coming to light before dawn.
About the cast
Gael García Bernal anchors the piece in the title role, with Laura Donnelly and Harriet Sansom Harris rounding out a small ensemble of hunters gathered for the competition. Director Michael Giacchino, better known for scoring Marvel's biggest films, makes his directorial debut here, and his background shows in a soundtrack built to carry the mood as much as the dialogue does.
Context & significance
Shot in stark black and white with a runtime built for a single sitting, Werewolf by Night leans deliberately into the look and pacing of mid-century horror rather than the studio's usual house style. It arrived as a standalone special rather than part of an ongoing series, which gives it room to tell a self-contained story without leaning on prior installments for context.
Watching Werewolf by Night on Ktime
Werewolf by Night streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles available, so it plays comfortably for Farsi-speaking households as well as English-language viewers. As with everything on the platform, watching requires a free account login, and the Farsi-first interface makes it easy to find alongside other genre titles in the catalogue.