Wolf Man (2025): A Grounded Rebirth That Howls—But Fades
Wolf Man (2025): A Grounded Rebirth That Howls—But Fades "A visually restrained, emotionally raw take on a classic monster—better in concept than execution." — 3/5 Stars In 1941, Universal gave us Larry Talbot—a man cursed, not evil—whose lycanthropy was less a power than a prison. That tragic core made The Wolf Man endure. Now, Leigh Whannell’s 2025 reimagining honors that spirit: this is not a monster movie about spectacle, but about inherited trauma, loss of control, and the terror of becoming something you can’t recognize in the mirror. Following the path blazed by The Invisible Man (2020)—another Universal reboot that traded gothic grandeur for psychological realism— Wolf Man strips the myth down to its emotional bones. Blake (Christopher Abbott) returns to his remote Oregon childhood home with his wife Charlotte (Julia Garner Ozark , Weapons ) and daughter Ginger (Matilda Firth),...