Leigh Whannell follows ‘The Invisible Man’ with another update on a classic from the Universal archives, unfolding in an isolated farmhouse in the Pacific Northwest.
No Larry Talbot, and no cool old gypsy woman talking about when the Wolf Bane blooms, but it’s still “Wolf Man.” Christopher Abbott gets his Lon Chaney, Jr. on as a man who relocates his family to a farm he inherits.
Following in the footsteps of the latter, Leigh decided to bring his style to another Monster in Wolf Man. Considering that The Invisible Man walked away with critical acclaim for the reinvention of the horror icon,
Wolf Man”—a reboot of Universal Studios’ classic movie monster—is new in theaters this weekend. Find out where you can stream its classic werewolf predecessors. theaters this weekend.
"Wolf Man" has moments of suspense and psychological tension but leans too heavily on jump scares and a weak story, says film critic Peter Travers.
Fans of “SCTV” may remember a “Monster Chiller Horror Theatre” episode in which Joe Flaherty’s late-night host, Count Floyd, mistakenly programs a made-up Ingmar Bergman film, “Whispers of the Wolf,” thinking it’s a simple werewolf picture instead of a moody, existential mashup of Bergman’s “Hour of the Wolf” and “Persona.”
"I want to make people feel uncomfortable," Julia Garner says of her work as an actor. It's a blunt statement from the 30-year-old, but it's not surprising when you consider her celebrated body of work—a lengthy résumé portraying some of the most nefarious,
Universal Pictures’ highly awaited Wolf Man hit the theatres on the 17th of January 2025. It brings forth a modernized take on the classic Universal Monsters legend.
Director Leigh Whannell on why classic creatures like the werewolf, Nosferatu, and Frankenstein’s monster still matter.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - “Even a man who’s pure in heart, and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolf-bane blooms, and the autumn moon is bright.” That is a phrase used in every Universal Wolf-Man movie; but the most recent adaptation in theaters this weekend isn’t your regular universal Wolf Man outing.
The body horror-fueled creature feature struggles to thread the needle of its family-under-siege premise with a cohesive message.
The themes within “Wolf Man” are far blunter than “Invisible Man,” but it will be interesting to see if Whannell continues to use Universal’s monsters to tell another story of feminine trauma and resilience to create a trilogy of terror.