‘Werewolf By Night’ Has The MCU’s Highest Disney Plus Audience Scores

Everyone was a little caught off guard by the recent announcement, and imminent release of Werewolf by Night, a horror project based on some pretty obscure comics that was being directed by musical composer Michael Giacchino.

But as a one-off special on Disney Plus and an unusual entry into the MCU, turns out it’s pretty great. And right now, it has attracted the highest audience scores of any series Disney has released on the streaming service to date. And it’s top three in terms of critics scores, too.

Here’s the list as it stands now that Werewolf by Night has arrived:

• Ms. Marvel – 97% critics, 80% audience
• What If…? – 94% critics, 93% audience
• Werewolf by Night – 92% critics, 94% audience
• Loki – 92% critics, 90% audience
• Hawkeye – 92% critics, 90% audience
• Wandavision – 91% critics, 88% audience
• She-Hulk – 87% critics, 36% audience
• Moon Knight – 86% critics, 90% audience
• The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – 84% critics, 83% audience

A 94% puts it above everything else on the list including What If…? though it may drop be become tied with it. Generally speaking, audience scores are between the 80-90% range for most of these projects, outside of the absurd review bombing that’s happening with She-Hulk, which has sunk it to a goofy 36%. 44% below the next closest score, Ms. Marvel, which was also review bombed for a time, though not nearly this bad.

If you’re not sure whether to watch Werewolf by Night or not, or even really know what it is, here’s the official description:

“On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the death of their leader. In a strange and macabre memorial to the leader’s life, the attendees are thrust into a mysterious and deadly competition for a powerful relic—a hunt that will ultimately bring them face to face with a dangerous monster. Inspired by horror films of the 1930s and 1940s, the chilling special aims to evoke a sense of dread and the macabre, with plenty of suspense and scares along the way as we explore a new corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.”

It’s a classic horror homage, and a pretty good one, by all accounts. It’s literally just an hour long, a single “episode” telling the story, unlike really anything else the MCU has done to date. I expect to see more experimental projects like this in the future, because that’s the kind of flexibility Disney Plus can offer, when used correctly.

Glad to see the MCU branching out, and now I’m curious what it might look like if they let Michael Giacchino direct a full series or movie, instead of just scoring them…

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