THE VIEWING GUIDE
Werewolf By Night
A deep dive into the must-see moments from the month’s big release
SPOILER WARNING
WEREWOLF BY NIGHT, Michael Giacchino’s debut as director, after years of being one of the best composers in the business, may only be 53 minutes long, but it packs a lot in. Here, Giacchino tells us all about how he turned Marvel Studios’ first Halloween special into more treat than trick…
DE-COMPOSE YOURSELF
Even in a month featuring She-Hulk: Attorney At Law’s fourth-wall-shattering season finale (see page 19), Werewolf By Night is the wildest creative swing the MCU has taken in some time — astandalone short film, shot in black-and-white, that pays homage to any era of horror you could mention. And it signals its intention from the off, as Giacchino gleefully transforms the Marvel Studios fanfare (which he wrote) into a frightacular parody of Universal Horror cues, complete with screams and the sound of slicing claws. “It was a fun thing to do, but it was also an important way to start the movie,” says Giacchino. “Those screams were not in my original version. Josh Gould, our sound designer, found some amazing screams, and it’s like the cherry on top of everything.”