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Werewolves Within

2021 · 96 min

A snowbound whodunit that mixes laughs with growing paranoia, keeping you guessing and grinning as the town turns on itself.

Directed by: Josh Ruben
Genres: Horror, Comedy
Starring: Sam Richardson, Milana Vayntrub, George Basil

Tagline: A whodunnit with teeth.
Overview: When a proposed pipeline creates hostilities between residents of a small town, a newly-arrived forest ranger must keep the peace after a snowstorm confines the townspeople to an old lodge. But when a mysterious creature begins terrorizing the group, their worst tendencies and prejudices rise to the surface, and it is up to the ranger to keep the residents alive, both from each other and the monster which plagues them.

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Directed by: Josh Ruben
Genres: Horror, Comedy
Starring: Sam Richardson, Milana Vayntrub, George Basil

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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
campystrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
deception
mystery
greed
parenthood
Places: small town
single country house
wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
twist ending
single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	5
Horror	5
Humour	8
Realism	3
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: horror, comedy
Directed by: Josh Ruben
Written by: Mishna Wolff
Starring: Sam Richardson, Milana Vayntrub, George Basil, Sarah Burns, Michael Chernus, Catherine Curtin, Wayne Duvall, Harvey Guillén
Music: Anna Drubich
Cinematography: Matt Wise
Runtime: 96 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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