Fan of supernatural stories and / or from the Mexican Gael Garcia Bernal, D-Day is yet to come. And that day is this Friday (October 7), when a new series from the universe sees the light on Disney + wonder, The curse of the werewolfadaptation of a comic little known to the general public.
The curse of the werewolf It has many homages to 1930s horror movies, especially Universal’s monsters, and can be enjoyed without having seen a single Marvel movie or series, it must be said.
This does not mean that it is within the continuity of that universe and that Kevin Feige has promised that it “introduces a world that will end up being very important to the future of the MCU”.
We will have to see how it ends, but it is a product that it’s an effective pastime that plays well with the need to be both terrifying and fun.
The plot point of The curse of the werewolf it’s simple and attractive: A group of monster hunters gathers to hunt down a dangerous creature, and whoever succeeds will win a powerful relic.
The series also shows the curious chemistry between Gael García Bernal and Laura Donnelly it is essential that it has a charm beyond all that concerns the Man-Thing, the goal of that hunt.
not so scary
It’s clear that The curse of the werewolf does not bet openly on its most terrifying aspect. Instead, opt for a lighter approach that makes it more digestible for all audiences, some restraint to make it more accessible to the normal Marvel viewer.
Furthermore, terror is represented with an approach that is sometimes more reminiscent of a Marvel action scene than the productions it pays homage to, being when The curse of the werewolf it seems a little more conventional.
Something to do with “The Twilight Zone”
On the other hand, the most successful feature is Man-Thing, both for that design with clear echoes of Lovecraft already present in his appearances in the world of comics as the best exponent of what he indicated before balancing the comic and the terrifying without affecting the credibility of what happens on the screen.
Some have compared The curse of the werewolf with an episode of ‘The twilight zoneone of the best and most important series of all time, beyond the need to tell a closed story and not to spend too much time on character development because what happens takes precedence over who happens.
But that approach can be applied to almost any television anthology and beyond that there is no connection with the essential creation of Rod Serling.
black and white aesthetics
As for black and white photography, it strikes and helps to give it a special touch The curse of the werewolf. It is true that we lack an extra push to completely bring us back to that cinema of another era, but this is where we pull back the least, since, in general, this Disney + title suffers a little. Fortunately, this visual homage also allows Giacchino to be a little more generous in showing the violence on screen, thus bringing out that more terrifying side a little more.
The curse of the werewolf is a fun Marvel curiosity that seems different more because of the universe it is a part of than what it actually offers. Fly, it has several funny moments, more violent than expected in one product “made in Marvel” and its protagonists help to animate the show.
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Source: Clarin
