Review of Werewolves Within (2021) by Jamess — 10 Jul 2021

First off, so glad to see Sam Richardson play the lead in this movie. One of the best supporting cast members on Veep, along with his co-starring role on Detroiters (nice timing that his buddy, Tim Robinson's Netflix sketch series just dropped it's second season), Richardson anchors this movie with his persona.

Richardson plays a relocated forest ranger, assigned to the little snowy berg of Beaverfield. The first person he meets upon arriving is the mail carrier, portrayed by Milana Vayntrub, who is best known as AT&T's Lily.

Sure, she is cute and quirky on those commercials, but given her performance in this movie, give this woman more movie roles. Their back-and-forth dialogue and chemistry is humorous and adorable. The tiny town is divided by the prospect of a gas pipeline, with some residents for it and some against.

In the midst of this, the dead body of the husband of the owner of the local inn is found mauled to death. Then the power goes out. To steal another critic's line, it's as if John Carpenter's The Thing was mixed with the characters from Letterkenny.

To say more would ruin the joy of this amusing comedy/horror hybrid. I'll just say "heaven's to Betsy", give it a watch.