Writer-director Leigh Whannell follows up his modern take on The Invisible Man with another new version of a classic Universal...
Writer-director Leigh Whannell follows up his modern take on The Invisible Man with another new version of a classic Universal monster—the Wolf Man.
Golden Globe-nominee Christopher Abbott (Poor Things) stars as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. With his marriage to his high-powered wife, Charlotte (Julia Garner, Ozark), fraying, Blake persuades Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit the property with their young daughter, Ginger (Matlida Firth, Hullraisers). But as the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they’re attacked by an unseen animal and, in a desperate escape, barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. As the night stretches on, however, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognisable, and Charlotte will be forced to decide whether the terror within their house is more lethal than the danger without.
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Where to watch Wolf Man (2025)
58 %83 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
"Thoughtful but rarely scary."
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Time Out
Time Out"An imaginative, gnarly reboot of the werewolf classic."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"A howling disappointment, misjudged and dull."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Moves from quietly morose to spectacularly cheesy."
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle"So wrapped up in its underserved characters and subtext that it forgets to be scary."
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Bloody Disgusting
Bloody Disgusting"A bit basic but still bloody creepy."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"At least the “creature feature” side of Wolf Man clicks."
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Paste
Paste"Sappy in places but... balances it out with plenty of scares."
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Total Film
Total Film"Rarely bares its teeth, opting instead for tail-tucked melancholy."
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A.V. Club
A.V. Club"Neither embraces the fundamentals of the werewolf folklore from which it draws nor convincingly reinvents them."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"Prioritises craft over story."
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IGN
IGN"Feels like a vague anecdote, devoid of human specificity."
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Vulture
Vulture"Too often... you can feel the film’s manufactured drama push up against its embedded realism."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"(Whannell) attempts to flip the script on the horror subgenre. It almost works."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"A dark and toothless January mess."
—IndieWire
IndieWire"Suffers from cheap sentimentality, laughably obvious script reveals, poor continuity and a creature that is less predatory than painful."
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Associated Press
Associated Press"A bland family drama with superficial characters and barely any scares."
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Collider
ColliderWolf Man (2025) | Details
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- Rating
- 15, strong horror, gore, violence, language
- Runtime
- 103
- Genre
- Horror
- Country of origin
- USA
