'Werewolf By Night's Gore Wasn't Cut Down in Color says Michael Giacchino

The Big Picture The MCU's first foray into horror was also its most violent entry to date. Werewolf By Night pays homage to Hammer Horror in a gory way with arms flying off, throats being slit, and the titular Jack Russell ripping through guards like it's nothing. It was believed that director Michael Giacchino and company got away with some brutal kills and violence because the special was in black-and-white and that the upcoming color version would need a few tweaks.

It seemed like wishful thinking to keep all the gore intact in Werewolf By Night's color version given the MCU's general lack of it. The House of Mouse generally prefers its films to be family affairs, especially when under the banner of its flagship superhero IP. These projects occasionally stray to darker places, but not quite to the level of Giacchino's Marvel directorial debut which features blood, guts, and a gnarly werewolf transformation worthy of Larry Talbot himself.

"We thought we had gotten away with something with the black and white," he said. "We were able to do a lot more gore because of that. As it turns out, they didn't seem to care because they didn't make us take any of it out or pump down any of the reds or anything. So it was just like, 'Oh, I guess we were worried for nothing.'" In fairness, Werewolf By Night is much more of a gateway horror than anything.

Giacchino Is Still Waiting for a 'Werewolf By Night' Follow-up Werewolf By Night brought audiences to Bloodstone Manor where a terrifying and deadly competition was set to take place between a group of monster hunters. Following the death of Ulysses Bloodstone, each participant would seek the family's powerful namesake relic for themselves in a hunt that would pit them against a deadly creature.

It's safe to say the special presentation was a huge win not just for Giacchino in his first major directorial gig, but for the MCU which sorely needed a change of pace. The director and his star Bernal are both hopeful for a future that involves Jack, Elsa, and Ted, aka Man-Thing, though nothing is moving forward yet.

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