Wolf Man
Wolf Man
With his marriage fraying, Blake persuades his wife Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit his remote childhood home in rural Oregon. As they arrive at the farmhouse in the dead of night, they're attacked by an unseen animal and barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. But as the night stretches on, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable.
Matthias_812 reviewedApril 2, 2025
Actually halfway decent, Wolf Man isn't the generic slop that was marketed or what I expected. Leigh Whannell forgets all the traditional werewolf lore to create a story about body horror.
The humanistic side of the monster is melting away into a predatorial beast. Whannell really channels Cronenberg's vision of The Fly in this aspect and attempts to pull the emotional heart strings by taking away the man of a close family.
Wolf Man is no classic but honestly a very good step in the right direction. I like what Whannell is doing revamping the classic Universal horror monsters in a unique light and interested to see if he's going to continue this streak.