“Wolf Man” then jumps ahead 30 years, to adult Blake (Christopher Abbott) out in a busy San Francisco enjoying daddy-daughter time with young Ginger (Matilda Firth). Like his father, he is very protective of his child, scolding her for not getting down from a construction structure she walks atop the moment he tells her to do so.
Leigh Whannell's new "Wolf Man" film stars Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner, and it's filled with twists and turns.
The Wolf Man director talks body horror, the joys of practical effects and the influence of Michael Haneke and Jonathan Glazer.
Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man boasts some impressive filmmaking and fresh spins on werewolf lore, but its story lacks bite.
"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.
Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell has said he wanted to put a new spin on the tired and tested werewolf horror movie with his latest film Wolf Man.
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.
Wolf Man director Leigh Whannell also explains how films like American Werewolf In London pushed him to think outside the box for the transformation.
It probably was unrealistic to hope for something of a similar quality to that of “The Invisible Man.” The last time Leigh Whannell directed a movie, it was that almost shockingly good entry from early 2020.
If you’re going to pay money to see a movie called “Wolf Man,” you already know what you want: full moon, lots of mist, and a big, gnarly transformation scene in which a normal guy reverts to the atavistic man-beast we all know lurks within. It’s right there on the assembly instructions.