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.

A modernized take on a classic story. Good atmosphere, scares, and an emotional core keeping you tethered to the characters.

While pretty by-the-numbers narratively, the thrilling pace and score make for a solid film

Whannell's approach wants to recall the dying humanity in the werewolf character that dates all the way back to Lon Chaney, Jr., but the marrying of ancient fears with modern tech that made <i>Invisible Man</i> so intriguing is completely missing here.

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.