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Movie ID: 1190
RT slug: werewolves_within
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/werewolves_within
Release year: 2021
Runtime: 97 mins
Wide release date: —
Limited release date: 2021-06-25
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2021-07-02
Tomatometer final: 86%
Audience score final: 60%
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Directors: Josh Ruben
Writers: Mishna Wolff
Producers: Andrew Lieberman, Benjamin Wiessner, Jason Altman, Margaret Boykin, Matt Miller, Natalie Metzger
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-08-19 20:52:16
Updated: 2026-08-19 20:52:16
After a proposed pipeline creates divisions within the small town of Beaverfield, and a snowstorm traps its residents together inside the local inn, newly arrived forest ranger FINN (Sam Richardson) and postal worker CECILY (Milana Vayntrub) must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature that has begun terrorizing the community.
Werewolves Within is the rare horror comedy that offers equal helpings of either genre -- and adds up to a whole lot of fun in the bargain.
Canonical reviews: 148
Canonical fresh: 128
Canonical rotten: 20
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 86%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-08-19 19:35:42
Snapshot Tomatometer: 86%
Snapshot review count: 148
Snapshot fresh count: 128
Snapshot rotten count: 20
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #2889 (full_snapshot)
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| 2 | Milana Vayntrub | Cecily |
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| 4 | Sarah Burns | Gwen |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 246177 | John Daniel Tangalin | The Cinema Spot | Fresh | — | 2025-07-19T13:12:40.000Z | 2025-07-19 13:12:40 | I love Richardson and Vayntrub’s dynamic together as Wheeler and Moore. They perform well as their characters, with the screenplay developing them the most. The two play roles of sweet, friendly, albeit fierce individuals so perfectly. |
| 246178 | Joseph Tomastik | Loud and Clear Reviews | Fresh | 3/5 | 2024-10-03T18:21:41.000Z | 2024-10-03 18:21:41 | A decent oddball comedy with some other elements sprinkled in. Every aspect has something that’s at least a little off, but it just manages to pull through with its style and humor. |
| 246179 | Jeremy Aspinall | Radio Times | Fresh | 3/5 | 2024-01-25T20:28:43.000Z | 2024-01-25 20:28:43 | The emphasis is on wry comedy rather than visceral terror, but the twists and turns keep coming and the ensemble cast delivers the gallows humour with deadpan aplomb. |
| 246180 | Sharai Bohannon | A Nightmare On Fierce Street Podcast | Fresh | 5/5 | 2023-08-14T02:44:41.000Z | 2023-08-14 02:44:41 | It was a delightful movie. I don't know another word to describe it. It was the perfect palate cleanser after what's been happening in life, in the world, and in film. |
| 246181 | Jessica Scott | Daily Grindhouse | Fresh | — | 2022-12-22T17:21:18.000Z | 2022-12-22 17:21:18 | Though horror fans (myself included) often have a taste for bleak nihilism, it’s refreshing to see a genre film embrace the radical idea that being a genuinely good person is a worthy life’s purpose. |
| 246182 | Dallas King | Flick Feast | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-11-12T20:36:49.000Z | 2022-11-12 20:36:49 | fangtastically good fun... an entertaining lycan-throwback to 80s genre cinema and a murder mystery with real bite. |
| 246183 | M.N. Miller | Ready Steady Cut | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-10-09T17:56:23.000Z | 2022-10-09 17:56:23 | Werewolves Within has a nice balance of thrills, shrills, and eye-opening kills to satisfy fans while dealing with all the subterfuge. A harmless, dark-comic diversion. |
| 246184 | Keith Garlington | Keith & the Movies | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-08-17T17:57:28.000Z | 2022-08-17 17:57:28 | The movie isn’t all that interested in the well-worn werewolf mythologies that have been handed down through generations. Instead it’s about communities and the wild potpourri of people that often make them up. |
| 246185 | Federico Furzan | Go See Talk | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2022-06-19T18:46:55.000Z | 2022-06-19 18:46:55 | Josh Ruben could be one of the most important genre filmmakers in modern cinema. With Werewolves Within he proves it's actually possible to make a near perfect genre smash. |
| 246186 | Jessie Gender | Jessie Gender YouTube Channel | Fresh | — | 2022-05-30T21:34:49.000Z | 2022-05-30 21:34:49 | While sometimes over-reliant on stereotypes and broad characterizations, Werewolves Within finds enough hilarity and twists within it's "The Thing" style premise to be worth your time. |
| 246187 | Dan Bayer | Next Best Picture | Fresh | 7/10 | 2022-05-10T17:05:06.000Z | 2022-05-10 17:05:06 | It may lack great scares, but who needs jump scares when you're having this much fun? |
| 246188 | Simon Foster | Screen-Space (Substack) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-03-12T07:01:19.000Z | 2022-03-12 07:01:19 | its got less hairy, bone-cracking transformations than...The Howling or An American Werewolf in London, but that seems deliberate; as the title suggests, Werewolves Within is less about the monster manifested and more about the beast within us all. |
| 246189 | Matt Brunson | Film Frenzy | Fresh | 3/4 | 2021-12-11T19:20:17.000Z | 2021-12-11 19:20:17 | And just like that, we have a GOOD video game movie. |
| 246190 | Jeffrey Parkin | Polygon | Fresh | — | 2021-10-20T17:20:13.000Z | 2021-10-20 17:20:13 | It's a lot of things - it's got comedy, suspicion, suspense, and twists. It doesn't have a whole lot of horror until the third act, though. And that's fine, because it gives the comedy and the building suspense plenty of room to breathe. |
| 246191 | Jake Wilson | The Age (Australia) | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2021-09-22T21:00:17.000Z | 2021-09-22 21:00:17 | It's a film that wants to please and to some extent succeeds in doing so, without ever being very funny or very alarming. |
| 246192 | Witney Seibold | Critically Acclaimed Podcast | Fresh | — | 2021-09-17T20:10:51.000Z | 2021-09-17 20:10:51 | A masterful comedy, impeccably set up, and fitfully funny. Comparisons to 'Clue' are tempting. |
| 246193 | Dolores Quintana | Dolores Quintana | Fresh | — | 2021-09-14T20:30:51.000Z | 2021-09-14 20:30:51 | WEREWOLVES WITHIN is the second feature film from director, actor, and writer, Josh Ruben, and he has landed another perfect and unconventional horror-comedy. That's it. That's the review. Just kidding. |
| 246194 | Matt Pais | MattPais.com | Fresh | B | 2021-08-29T14:30:09.000Z | 2021-08-29 14:30:09 | Moving swiftly through darkened scenery, drawing blood through menace that's silly and bloody, it seems both cheap and mandatory to call this Knives In. |
| 246195 | Jennifer Heaton | Alternative Lens | Fresh | 6.5/10 | 2021-08-23T22:30:12.000Z | 2021-08-23 22:30:12 | Best described as "What if James Gunn directed Clue?" |
| 246196 | Jennifer Ouellette | Ars Technica | Fresh | — | 2021-08-08T03:10:06.000Z | 2021-08-08 03:10:06 | 4 This warmly satirical horror comedy is a worthy successor to An American Werewolf in London. The talented cast members all possess the skills and onscreen ensemble chemistry to make the script really come alive. |
| 246197 | Rob Gonsalves | Rob's Movie Vault | Rotten | D | 2021-08-04T18:00:11.000Z | 2021-08-04 18:00:11 | The tone is just too offensively light; it plays like the pilot of a CW show that only lasts one season. Towards the finish, people keep lurching forward and seeming to reveal themselves. It's all amiably meaningless. |
| 246198 | Josh Sorokach | Decider | Fresh | — | 2021-07-28T23:30:12.000Z | 2021-07-28 23:30:12 | The film is so much fun that at about the 30-minute mark, I found myself wishing Werewolves Within was a TV series titled Welcome to Beaverfield. |
| 246199 | John Serba | Decider | Fresh | — | 2021-07-28T23:00:17.000Z | 2021-07-28 23:00:17 | Its winking tone and covey of talent combine to inspire plenty of laughs, and that's the most important thing. |
| 246200 | Ben Rolph | Discussing Film | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-07-26T10:50:06.000Z | 2021-07-26 10:50:06 | It's Knives Out with werewolves and comedy levels amped up to fifty. |
| 246201 | Roxana Hadadi | Polygon | Fresh | — | 2021-07-24T15:10:04.000Z | 2021-07-24 15:10:04 | Starring a delightful Sam Richardson, at its best Werewolves Within feels like a cross between the 1987 vampire film The Lost Boys and the 2002 and 2004 live-action Scooby-Doo films. |
| 246202 | Eve Tushnet | Patheos | Rotten | — | 2021-07-23T20:30:21.000Z | 2021-07-23 20:30:21 | Werewolves Within got literal and became a confused, clumsy Message Movie. |
| 246203 | Fletcher Powell | KMUW - Wichita Public Radio | Rotten | — | 2021-07-22T22:30:17.000Z | 2021-07-22 22:30:17 | Look, comedy is about as subjective as it gets, and maybe Ruben just thinks loud, obnoxious people are funny, and I don't. |
| 246204 | Jorge Ignacio Castillo | Starburst | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-07-22T15:30:25.000Z | 2021-07-22 15:30:25 | If nothing else, the film could have survived riskier twists and turns, but as a piece of disposable entertainment, it doesn't get any better than this. |
| 246205 | Trace Thurman | Horror Queers Podcast | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-07-21T01:10:20.000Z | 2021-07-21 01:10:20 | While it settles for producing chuckles instead of belly laughs, Werewolves Within is still a delightfully entertaining horror comedy. |
| 246206 | Peter Canavese | Celluloid Dreams | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2021-07-18T18:10:09.000Z | 2021-07-18 18:10:09 | One to check out especially if you like your horror as well as your comedy. |
| 246207 | Rendy Jones | Rendy Reviews | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-07-15T19:10:21.000Z | 2021-07-15 19:10:21 | A whodunnit howl of a good time |
| 246208 | Andrew Murray | The Upcoming | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-07-15T11:10:12.000Z | 2021-07-15 11:10:12 | Ruben's Werewolves Within is an insane slice of whodunnit fun with a horror twist, and there's not much to dislike about that. |
| 246209 | Michael Atkinson | L.A. Weekly | Rotten | — | 2021-07-14T21:20:21.000Z | 2021-07-14 21:20:21 | Unfortunately, in the end, the game-ish-ness in the DNA isn't the handicap - it's the cliched concept and the rote guess-who-it-is shouting matches, all leading to a run of tasteless murder humor. |
| 246210 | Emilie Black | Cinema Crazed | Fresh | 5/5 | 2021-07-13T21:10:18.000Z | 2021-07-13 21:10:18 | Werewolves Within is a fun romp in a frozen town with all its denizens and all its nonsense |
| 246211 | Leslie Felperin | Guardian | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-07-13T19:10:17.000Z | 2021-07-13 19:10:17 | This goofy horror comedy, based on an online game of the same name, just goes to prove that if you have a great cast, smart direction and witty script you can just about get away with murder. |
| 246212 | Kevin Wight | The Wee Review | Fresh | — | 2021-07-13T16:20:21.000Z | 2021-07-13 16:20:21 | 4 [Has] a nonchalant quality that undercuts any pretensions towards real horror and makes the stakes feel slight, but wrings genuine joy and affection from threadbare tropes. |
| 246213 | Carla Hay | Culture Mix | Fresh | — | 2021-07-12T23:28:21.000Z | 2021-07-12 23:28:21 | There's a particular art to blending horror and comedy that Werewolves Within achieves with goofy and quirky charm ... It's one of the few video-game-to-movie adaptations that isn't an embarrassment to the video game. |
| 246214 | Kat Hughes | THN | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-07-12T20:36:23.000Z | 2021-07-12 20:36:23 | A very modern and well-written "who-is-it", Werewolves Within is gratifyingly gory and refreshingly playful jaunt through lycanthropy lore. |
| 246215 | Filipe Freitas | Always Good Movies | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2021-07-11T17:30:05.000Z | 2021-07-11 17:30:05 | There's harmless fun here and there, but overall, this is not a great film, walking a rutted road that feels too familiar to impress. |
| 246216 | Nicolás Delgadillo | Knotfest | Fresh | — | 2021-07-11T00:20:06.000Z | 2021-07-11 00:20:06 | 4 / 5 A wildly entertaining, surprising and clever film that solidifies Josh Ruben as a creative force to keep an eye on. |
| 246217 | Rene Sanchez | Cine Sin Fronteras | Fresh | 3/4 | 2021-07-10T20:31:47.000Z | 2021-07-10 20:31:47 | A witty, incisive and bloody whodunnit that questions the identity of the real monsters threatening to destroy the sense of community. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 246218 | Victor Stiff | That Shelf | Fresh | — | 2021-07-10T13:50:07.000Z | 2021-07-10 13:50:07 | Richardson delivers another knockout performance and continues to stake his claim as one of the funniest people on the planet. |
| 246219 | Frank Wilkins | Reel Reviews | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-07-09T22:02:52.000Z | 2021-07-09 22:02:52 | Feels like a cross between Murder on the Orient Express, Clue, and anything from the Coen Brothers, only with a tinge of Edgar Wright thrown in for good laughs |
| 246220 | Randall King | Winnipeg Free Press | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-07-09T20:42:55.000Z | 2021-07-09 20:42:55 | It's an unexpected delight from the get-go... |
| 246221 | Linda and Al Lerner | Movies and Shakers | Fresh | — | 2021-07-09T19:42:57.000Z | 2021-07-09 19:42:57 | Wolff keeps you guessing throughout. Ruben directs the eccentric collection of townspeople so they play well off each other. And the special effects allow just enough jumpscare moments to create this effective quirky, campy comedy. |
| 246222 | Sarah Ward | Concrete Playground | Rotten | — | 2021-07-09T08:20:07.000Z | 2021-07-09 08:20:07 | While overflowing with one-liners, sight gags and a healthy sense of humour to a not just jam-packed but overstuffed degree, the end result is never as funny as it should be. |
| 246223 | Kristy Strouse | Film Inquiry | Fresh | — | 2021-07-07T02:40:11.000Z | 2021-07-07 02:40:11 | Werewolves Within is a total blast of a film that doesn't take itself too seriously, and neither do we. A perfect summer movie watch. |
| 246224 | Fiona Underhill | JumpCut Online | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-07-06T21:50:11.000Z | 2021-07-06 21:50:11 | A highly entertaining mix of ensemble murder mystery with werewolf movie, this is a video game adaptation that works, against the odds. |
| 246225 | Gena Radcliffe | The Spool | Fresh | — | 2021-07-06T16:30:09.000Z | 2021-07-06 16:30:09 | It's already been mentioned, but it's worth saying again: none of this would work as effectively without Sam Richardson and Milana Vayntrub at the center of it. |
| 246226 | Lupe Rodriguez Haas | CineMovie.tv | Fresh | B+ | 2021-07-05T19:10:09.000Z | 2021-07-05 19:10:09 | The whodunit horror-comedy entertains with quirky characters and a twist on the genre with horror elements. Diverse characters inhabit this small town which ordinarily wouldn't be accepted, but the director ignores the implication to drive home a message. |
| 246227 | Sarah Cartland | Caution Spoilers | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-07-05T15:20:05.000Z | 2021-07-05 15:20:05 | A zingy ensemble piece that fits together like a jigsaw, even while its oddball characters are all square pegs in round holes. |
| 246228 | Nicola Austin | We Have a Hulk | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-07-05T09:40:04.000Z | 2021-07-05 09:40:04 | Werewolves Within is a rare howler of a horror-comedy which keeps you entertained & guessing throughout thanks to the brilliantly sharp script & fantastic performances. |
| 246229 | Rob Hunter | Film School Rejects | Fresh | — | 2021-07-05T00:40:06.000Z | 2021-07-05 00:40:06 | A terrifically entertaining slice of comedic horror, and quite possibly the first great video game adaptation? |
| 246230 | Nora Lee Mandel | Maven's Nest | Fresh | 7/10 | 2021-07-03T23:50:05.000Z | 2021-07-03 23:50:05 | Amusingly distinctive characters and sharp dialogue in this bloody good, "R" rated comedy creatively works both as a send-up of horror genre and entertainment on its own. |
| 246231 | Jordy Sirkin | Jordy Reviews It | Fresh | — | 2021-07-03T17:00:03.000Z | 2021-07-03 17:00:03 | Werewolves Within is a smart, satirical, and all around fantastic time, serving viewers a wild whodunit with a lycanthrope twist. |
| 246232 | Johnny Gayzmonic | Fanboys of the Universe | Fresh | 6/10 | 2021-07-03T14:20:04.000Z | 2021-07-03 14:20:04 | It's not a bad way to spend the night, and it doesn't require a huge amount of personal investment. Silver bullets are totally optional; you do you, boo. |
| 246233 | Stephen Silver | Goomba Stomp | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2021-07-02T21:10:09.000Z | 2021-07-02 21:10:09 | A successful effort that's worth seeking out, even if you're not familiar with the video game |
| 246234 | Deirdre Crimmins | C-Ville (VA) | Fresh | — | 2021-07-02T20:40:10.000Z | 2021-07-02 20:40:10 | Combining a classic whodunit with werewolves may seem like an awkward fit. But in Werewolves Within, the two elements complement each other, resulting in a hilarious, bloody blend that avoids feeling bloated or tonally confused. |
| 246235 | Travis Johnson | Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) | Fresh | — | 2021-07-02T00:50:12.000Z | 2021-07-02 00:50:12 | As you may have guessed, the killer is a werewolf. Maybe that makes it a who-ate-em rather than a whodunnit? |
| 246236 | Tom Meek | Cambridge Day | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2021-07-01T23:30:11.000Z | 2021-07-01 23:30:11 | Horror and comedy howl in symphony here. |
| 246237 | Abbie Bernstein | Assignment X | Fresh | B- | 2021-06-30T23:10:11.000Z | 2021-06-30 23:10:11 | Richardson and Vayntrub are solid performers who earn our respect for navigating their roles, which call for more nuance than we might first suppose, and we are kept guessing throughout as to who-done-what. |
| 246238 | Heather Wixson | Daily Dead | Fresh | 5/5 | 2021-06-30T19:20:13.000Z | 2021-06-30 19:20:13 | Between Wolff's pitch-perfect script, a bevy of endlessly engaging performances from a top-notch cast, and a director who clearly is having a blast with both the story and these characters, Werewolves Within is a triumph in every possible way. |
| 246239 | Andrew Wyatt | The Lens | Fresh | B- | 2021-06-30T19:10:15.000Z | 2021-06-30 19:10:15 | Slight and broad, but also infectiously fun. |
| 246240 | Kristy Puchko | Crooked Marquee | Rotten | — | 2021-06-30T01:10:37.000Z | 2021-06-30 01:10:37 | Werewolves Within is fun without ever rising to frightening or frightfully funny. |
| 246241 | Matthew Jackson | Syfy Wire | Fresh | — | 2021-06-29T17:40:11.000Z | 2021-06-29 17:40:11 | A charming, clever blend of the funny and the frightening that will make your summer instantly better. |
| 246242 | Matthew St. Clair | Cinema Sentries | Fresh | — | 2021-06-29T00:20:15.000Z | 2021-06-29 00:20:15 | A hair-raising horror comedy. |
| 246243 | Robert Denerstein | Denerstein Unleashed | Fresh | — | 2021-06-29T00:00:18.000Z | 2021-06-29 00:00:18 | Werewolves Within introduces sprinklings of topicality. Richardson's wonderfully sincere performance goes a long way toward keeping the movie on track. |
| 246244 | Dennis Harvey | 48 Hills | Fresh | — | 2021-06-28T22:20:17.000Z | 2021-06-28 22:20:17 | It falls a little short of that lofty status, but Within is so smartly directed and performed that you'll have great fun anyway. |
| 246245 | Adam Rosenberg | Mashable | Fresh | — | 2021-06-28T20:20:14.000Z | 2021-06-28 20:20:14 | A fast-moving 100 minutes of frequently funny humor that's dry and unassuming, but with a tender heart. There are also some frights (mostly jump scares) to justify the horror half of "horror-comedy," as well as a satisfying resolution. |
| 246246 | Jennie Kermode | Eye for Film | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-06-28T16:00:13.000Z | 2021-06-28 16:00:13 | It may lack bite but it's an enjoyable watch. |
| 246247 | DarkSkyLady | Nerdist | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2021-06-28T15:40:09.000Z | 2021-06-28 15:40:09 | Josh Ruben is quickly establishing himself as a master of horror comedies. He uses the werewolf to show the monster that truly terrifies, the one that resides in people. |
| 246248 | Natasha Alvar | Cultured Vultures | Fresh | 7.5/10 | 2021-06-28T15:40:08.000Z | 2021-06-28 15:40:08 | Josh Ruben's Werewolves Within is a guaranteed good time, subverting horror tropes and playing the audience's expectations with unsuppressed glee. |
| 246249 | Patrick McDonald | WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-06-28T13:10:05.000Z | 2021-06-28 13:10:05 | This is sort-of a whodunit as if Agatha Christie had written AND THEN THERE WERE NONE as a snarky millennial comedy ... they have a ball and there are some really great laughs! |
| 246250 | Jon Negroni | The Young Folks | Fresh | 7/10 | 2021-06-28T04:50:29.000Z | 2021-06-28 04:50:29 | Expect this one to pop up in a few "video game movies that are actually good" lists, hopefully near the top. |
| 246251 | Jeffrey M. Anderson | Common Sense Media | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-06-27T23:20:07.000Z | 2021-06-27 23:20:07 | Recapturing the specific brand of left-field, self-aware, oddball humor of his feature debut, Scare Me, director Josh Ruben improves his game with this tricky, character-rich horror/comedy/mystery. |
| 246252 | Dennis Schwartz | Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews | Fresh | B- | 2021-06-27T13:50:03.000Z | 2021-06-27 13:50:03 | A small-town based horror comedy that shoots for funny. |
| 246253 | Joe Friar | The Victoria Advocate | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2021-06-26T14:50:05.000Z | 2021-06-26 14:50:05 | An instant classic! Josh Ruben's horror-comedy is a howling good time. |
| 246254 | Todd Jorgenson | Cinemalogue | Fresh | — | 2021-06-26T04:40:09.000Z | 2021-06-26 04:40:09 | Providing more laughs than frights, this subversive horror comedy effectively juggles broad gags with gory violence. |
| 246255 | Sara Clements | Pay or Wait | Fresh | — | 2021-06-26T01:50:13.000Z | 2021-06-26 01:50:13 | Like Clement and Waititi, Craven and Williamson, and Landon and Lobdell before them, Ruben and Wolff prove to be a dynamite twosome as they usher in another take on the comical side to the horror genre. |
| 246256 | Kevin Carr | Fat Guys at the Movies | Fresh | 3/4 | 2021-06-26T00:20:15.000Z | 2021-06-26 00:20:15 | It's a lot of deadpan delivery. There's some slapstick here and there... Both Vayntrub and Richardson do a great job with that. |
| 246257 | Jonathan W. Hickman | The Newnan Times-Herald | Fresh | 8/10 | 2021-06-25T23:30:15.000Z | 2021-06-25 23:30:15 | "Werewolves Within" is an irresistibly entertaining humorous romp. It's a bit of Agatha Christie meets Hammer Horror. |
| 246258 | Frank Swietek | One Guy's Opinion | Rotten | C | 2021-06-25T21:50:20.000Z | 2021-06-25 21:50:20 | Has some amusing moments along with a few gruesome ones, but overall it's a pretty toothless affair in terms of both laughs and scares. |
| 246259 | M.V. Moorhead | Less Hat, Moorhead | Fresh | — | 2021-06-25T20:10:17.000Z | 2021-06-25 20:10:17 | Its charm derives from the ensemble of capable journeymen performers making the most of [writer Mishna] Wolff's off-center dialogue. |
| 246260 | James Verniere | Boston Herald | Rotten | C+ | 2021-06-25T18:00:18.000Z | 2021-06-25 18:00:18 | Based on a video game. When the werewolf finally shows up it looks like a sick collie. |
| 246261 | Courtney Lanning | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Fresh | — | 2021-06-25T18:00:16.000Z | 2021-06-25 18:00:16 | Werewolves Within is just smarter and more fun than it has any right to be. |
| 246262 | Richard Whittaker | Austin Chronicle | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-06-25T16:20:13.000Z | 2021-06-25 16:20:13 | A new comedy classic whodunnit in the honored tradition of Clue, Werewolves Within finds the laughs in the jump scare, and brings back the uproarious joy of the "it's behind you!" creeping fright. |
| 246263 | Sara Michelle Fetters | MovieFreak.com | Fresh | 4/4 | 2021-06-25T15:50:12.000Z | 2021-06-25 15:50:12 | She's equal parts angel and devil, and as the counterpoint to Richardson's plucky go-get-'em do-gooder, Vayntrub is a bedeviling ingénue who's the ideal yin to his yang. |
| 246265 | Joey Keogh | Vague Visages | Fresh | — | 2021-06-25T15:00:20.000Z | 2021-06-25 15:00:20 | Werewolves Within is goofy, hokey and certainly good fun but [it] doesn't necessarily hang together plot-wise even though the film's heart is clearly in the right place |
| 246264 | Dan Scully | MovieJawn | Rotten | — | 2021-06-25T15:00:20.000Z | 2021-06-25 15:00:20 | A failed attempt at something we've seen done better in the past, but it's exactly the type of oddball swing for the fences that I'd love to see more filmmakers take. |
| 246266 | Nick Allen | RogerEbert.com | Fresh | 3/4 | 2021-06-25T14:30:17.000Z | 2021-06-25 14:30:17 | A goofy and skillful [horror story], with a lot of charisma across the board to paper over its shortcomings. |
| 246267 | Simon Miraudo | Movie Squad (RTRFM 92.1) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-06-25T06:50:06.000Z | 2021-06-25 06:50:06 | The rewatch factor on this would be very high. |
| 246268 | Josh Goller | Spectrum Culture | Rotten | 2.25/5 | 2021-06-25T06:40:06.000Z | 2021-06-25 06:40:06 | A comedy horror that doesn't pack much of a wallop in either category, Werewolves Within bites off more than it can chew. |
| 246269 | Leo Brady | AMovieGuy.com | Fresh | 3/4 | 2021-06-25T02:00:20.000Z | 2021-06-25 02:00:20 | The comedy is just right, the drama is taken seriously with the dire situation, and yes, you do get to see some awesome werewolf stuff. |
| 246270 | Christopher Llewellyn Reed | Hammer to Nail | Fresh | — | 2021-06-25T01:00:17.000Z | 2021-06-25 01:00:17 | As much as everyone shines, this is really Richardson's movie. |
| 246271 | Avi Offer | NYC Movie Guru | Fresh | 8.45/10 | 2021-06-25T00:00:21.000Z | 2021-06-25 00:00:21 | Scary and funny. One of the best horror comedies since Shaun of the Dead! |
| 246272 | Robin Clifford | Reeling Reviews | Fresh | C+ | 2021-06-24T23:30:20.000Z | 2021-06-24 23:30:20 | I figured it early on but had some fun watching how the filmmakers tie up all the loose ends of their spoof. |
| 246273 | Julian Roman | MovieWeb | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-06-24T22:40:14.000Z | 2021-06-24 22:40:14 | Werewolves Within cleverly mashes up standard horror tropes with slick direction and perfectly-timed, humorous cast reactions. Ubisoft's hit whodunit video game gets an equally successful big screen adaptation. |
| 246276 | Johnny Oleksinski | New York Post | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2021-06-24T22:10:15.000Z | 2021-06-24 22:10:15 | "Werewolves Within" joins the rarified club of video game film adaptations that don't make me want to gouge my eyes out. |
| 246275 | Steven Prokopy | Third Coast Review | Fresh | 3/4 | 2021-06-24T22:10:15.000Z | 2021-06-24 22:10:15 | Werewolves Within moves through the subject matter with a certain energy and humor that is rarely present in horror or science-fiction genres. |
| 246274 | Noel Murray | Los Angeles Times | Fresh | — | 2021-06-24T22:10:15.000Z | 2021-06-24 22:10:15 | Both funny and snappy, the horror-comedy "Werewolves Within" isn't just easy to like, it's easy to "get." |
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