'Werewolves Within' Trailer: New Tribeca Horror Comedy Looks At The Monsters Within & In Our Communities

The line-up for the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival line-up was announced yesterday, and now the promotion begins. One title that already has a release date and release schedule is actor, writer, and director Josh Ruben‘s “Werewolves Within,” which IFC Film is releasing later in the summer. Ruben is known for “Scare Me” and “You’re The Worst,” his latest will debut at Tribeca in June and then come out in proper theatrical release on June 25th theatrically and then On Demand July 2nd.

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The film is something of a grab bag of actors, but ones you will know and recognize including Michaela Watkins (“Wanderlust“), Milana Vayntrub (“This Is Us“), comedian Sam Richardson (“Veep“), Cheyenne Jackson, Harvey Guillen, Michael Chernus, George Basil, Sarah Burns, Catherine Curtai, Rebecca Henderson, and Glenn Fleshler. Written by Mishna Wolff (“Limp“), the film is a feature adaptation of the Ubisoft video game where werewolves attack a small town.

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Here’s the official synopsis:

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After a proposed gas 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.

Here’s the director’s statement:
I grew up near the same small town where we shot Werewolves Within. As a kid, I’d freak myself out, making up monster stories, running through the woods, pretending I was Chief Brody, fighting creatures in the brush (I LOVED Jaws — hell, I loved horror). That hometown experience, where neighbors knew your business (whether you liked it or not), is so much of what makes Werewolves so personal. But, as much as I love horror movies, nothing scares me more than people. And as much as this movie is an homage to my love for Hot Fuzz, the Coen Brothers, and Arachnophobia, it’s also about the monster in all of us.

“Werewolves Within” lands June 25th in theaters and On Demand July 2nd. Watch the first trailer below.