Dances with Werewolves

2/17/2025

**_This is not a sequel to “Dances With Wolves”_** A young woman escapes abuse in Kansas and goes to Los Angeles to find work (Aqueela Zoll). She ends up meeting a paranormal expert & his assistant (Omar Paz Trujillo & Lauren Parkinson), who are interested in a string of slayings involving males with their guts ripped out. Could the crimes have anything to do with a Moon-worshipping countess (Tatiana Neva)? “Dances with Werewolves” (2017) is cut from the same cloth as Jason Momoa’s “Wolves” from three years prior, meshed with a little Coppola’s “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” such as bits of the score. Like “Wolves,” it’s reminiscent of Marvel Comics’ Werewolf by Night, at least the Don Perlin stint. It could’ve been the next sequel of The Howling franchise, after 2011’s “The Howling Reborn