With spooky season heating up, Marvel Studios is throwing its hat in the ring with its own Halloween fare. Werewolf By Night introduces yet another new corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as it tells a self-contained story of monsters, those who hunt them, and a potential battle to the death between everyone involved. And although this may be the first Marvel Studios "special presentation," as it's being dubbed, it's also a hopeful sign of what's to come.

Most of Phase 4 of the MCU has been a mixed bag. New heroes are introduced in movies or TV shows that don't feel all that different from the ones we've been watching for the last decade, with no real hint of when or if we'll meet them again. Will the Eternals pop back up? Remember when Charlize Theron appeared at the end of the last Doctor Strange movie? Where, exactly, is Shang-Chi at this point? There are so many lingering questions connected to TV shows and films with stakes that are often ridiculously high.

Werewolf By Night is different, though. It's different in a way that She-Hulk is different. They are unlike things we've seen in the MCU before, and it's a refreshing change of pace. While She-Hulk continues to stick the landing week-in-week-out as a workplace comedy, Werewolf By Night is a live-action throwback to the horror of old.