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Hooptober 8.0 – Werewolves Within (2021)

Being Film #6 for Hooptober 2021

Did director Joel Rubin settle the question of “what’s the best video game adaptation of all time?” with Werewolves Within? Does it count as an adaptation when producers Ubisoft’s only real direction was “make it a good movie?” I have zero familiarity with the video game, although my family are staunch fans of the hidden role game Ultimate Werewolf, itself also based on the underlying concept of a small group of folks have to figure out who among them is a werewolf. And based on that I feel like Werewolves Within is a smashing success, a horror comedy where the mystery keeps up, the frights are fun, and the pacing brisk and madcap.

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