Giacchino wrote a comic that sees Dracula facing off against 1970s-era Jack Russell.
OldStar WarsandStar Trekaction figures also peek out from behind the glass.
It’s an appropriate workspace for someone who conjures monsters in his spare time.

Film composer Michael Giacchino; cover art for Marvel’s ‘Werewolf by Night: Blood Moon Rise’.Credit:Kayla Oaddams/FilmMagic; Marvel Comics
That didn’t necessarily inspire his Dracula-centric comic now.
“I like the monster stories.
“I never saw them that way.

Cover art for ‘Werewolf by Night’ issue #1 ‘Blood Moon Rise’.Marvel Comics
I always saw them as people with some sort of problem that they needed help with.
I always felt bad for them.
So there’s this emotional attachment to those stories, which is still with me today.”

So there’s a little bit of navigating there.”
“I would love to do anotherWerewolf by Night[special] more than anything,” Giacchino says.
He also has a few other irons in the fire.

“I’m in the middle of development on that,” he says.
Giacchino would, however, be interested in doing more.
“I’m always looking for something else that is fun to do.”

Gael García Bernal as Jack Russell in the Disney+ ‘Werewolf by Night’ TV special.Marvel Studios
All he needs for inspiration is his man cave’s trove of childhood treasures.