Netflix’s New Supernatural Smash Draws Blood Among Top 10 Across 85 Nations

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Netflix’s list of fantasy shows could be canceled at any second, but the streaming service continues to go all out when it comes to original content that leans heavily on the mythological for inspiration. Own another winner for cinema’s most underrated subgenre, because Viking wolf is a proven hit.

According to FlixPatrol, director Stig Svendsen’s werewolf film has become a top 10 hit in a whopping 85 countries since it became available last Friday, and it has clinched the number one spot in 22 of them, bolstering its credentials as an instant to underpin success. Making the most of a limited budget, the haunting horror borrows the tropes and trappings of lycanthropy but manages to stay above cliched waters.

Are there transformation scenes that are used? An American werewolf in London? An incredulous small-town community that refuses to accept that they have a legendary beast in their midst until it’s too late? Can the creature survive normal bullets but be felled by a silver slug? And, most importantly, is there an eccentric old man who knows the lore and warns everyone of what’s about to happen?

The answer to all of this and more is a resounding yes, it does Viking wolf (a great title, by the way) is the ideal viewing experience for anyone with a penchant for a fun, if unimaginative, take on a classic. Next to trollThe Norwegian fantasy is back in a big way, so let’s hope Netflix continues to tear down the nation’s most ambitious high concepts for the foreseeable future, as it’s clearly reaping huge dividends.