Synopsis
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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Cast
- Sam RichardsonFinn Wheeler
- Milana VayntrubCecily Moore
- George BasilMarcus
- Sarah BurnsGwen
- Michael ChernusPete Anderton
- Catherine CurtinJeanine Sherman
- Wayne DuvallSam Parker
- Harvey GuillénJoachim Wolfson
- Rebecca HendersonDr. Ellis
- Cheyenne JacksonDevon Wolfson
Recommendations
- 80
Paste Magazine
With Werewolves Within, Ruben further proves his skills as a director who knows how to walk that delicate line between horror and comedy, deftly moving between genres to create something that isn’t just scary, but genuinely hilarious. - 75
Film Threat
The ensemble cast of Werewolves Within is what makes it. - 75
The Film Stage
Richardson and Vayntrub become the perfect straight-man characters to traverse the chaos with clear heads as everything devolves around them into petty grievances and homicidal bloodlust. - 70
IGN
Werewolves Within easily separates itself from the pack by delivering a quirky monster mystery filled with gentle laughs and massive maulings. Not every joke lands, and not every character fits, but overall it's an entertaining alternative to the season's more ghoulish and grim offerings. - 70
Variety
Maintaining a lean sense of suspense throughout, the scribe fashions all her characters with memorable attributes and plenty of social observations, yielding a compelling range of suspects none of which you can write off entirely. - 67
IndieWire
What this quaint little “Hot Fuzz” homage lacks in scale, it nearly makes up for with a stacked cast of delightful comic actors who all deliver the goods. - 63
Slant Magazine
The film becomes unexpectedly, effectively violent just when you’ve written it off as a glorified SNL sketch. - 58
The Playlist
The narrative provides enough thoughtful laughs that fans of politically-tinged genre fare featuring phallic fire totems should chuckle enough and have fun.
