Wolf Man

It's a bit of a sheep in in Wolf's clothing... it's just a bit dull.

Compared to The Invisible Man it's a serious misstep for Whannell. Compared to The Mummy, well, that might have been a wreck of a movie, but at least it was occasionally fun.

Thoughtful, quietly provocative and freaky.

Sloppily crafted, chronically exaggerated and drowning in contrivances and cliches, Wolf Man is gritty but underwhelming, and never scary because it is never believable.

Abbott gives an admirable performance of struggling against his fearful fate, and thankfully, the creature design doesn’t bury him in prosthetics, giving us a very expressive, very human werewolf.

While Wolf Man had a lot of squandered potential, it’s still a fairly serviceable horror flick! Christopher Abbott delivers a great performance, and all the classic horror techniques are certainly employed.

As he did with his excellent Universal monster movie reboot The Invisible Man, writer-director Leigh Whannell reinvents the werewolf motif in this spooky, streamlined, emotional chiller.

Puny in most regards.

While Wolf Man might hit the concept a little on the nose, brilliant visual designs, gross body horror, and above-average performances help keep Whannell’s film engaging.

While WOLF MAN doesn’t dive quite as deep into its themes as THE INVISIBLE MAN did, there’s still an interesting connection to generational abuse and trauma within the story. But it’s truly the look and feel here that made it so very entertaining to me.