Film journalist Jonathan Sim's review of Wolf Man, a new horror movie directed by Leigh Whannell starring Christopher Abbott.
The January Blumhouse horror movie is back in full force. When it comes to these, you can get something as amazing as M3GAN or as mediocre as Night Swim. In 2025, we have, the best Blumhouse movie in years. Ever since Universal’s Dark Universe didn’t pan out as they had hoped, with Tom Cruise’s 2017 Mummy movie failing to ignite any interest in a shared cinematic universe of monsters, they shifted into making stand-alone horror films based on these characters.
This is my favorite adaptation of the Wolf Man character yet. Even though he’s not Larry Talbot in this film, this is easily the scariest movie with this character. While I enjoyed George Waggner and Joe Johnston’s films, Waggner’s film works more as an emotional tragedy, and Johnston relied more on over-the-top, ineffective jump scares. Whannell is a master of horror, having written films like Saw and Insidious.
The son grows up to become Blake, and this is where generational trauma becomes a theme. Blake is now the father of a young girl named Ginger , and he’s trying not to repeat the cycle of abuse. The story of a person trying not to repeat his father’s mistakes is fascinating, and the movie could have stopped there, but it doesn’t. Blake is having issues with his wife, Charlotte , and even Charlotte has insecurities about her relationship with her daughter.
After racing to the house, Charlotte discovers a deep wound on Blake’s arm. From here, we have a werewolf transformation unlike any other. This film puts the audience in Blake’s head as he transforms, letting us know what it’s like to be in his shoes. Much like Whannell did with Upgrade, the camera movements perfectly align with what’s happening to him. To make matters worse, they’re being hunted by a werewolf right outside their door.
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