"Wolf Man" has moments of suspense and psychological tension but leans too heavily on jump scares and a weak story, says film critic Peter Travers.

Leigh Whannell returns to the Universal vein with Wolf Man, shooting this werewolf tale full of modern anxiety.

"Wolf Man," starring Juila Garner and Christopher Abbott, is a new spin on the classic werewolf movie. Leigh Whannell co-wrote and directed the film.

Leigh Whannell’s werewolf reimagining magnifies the shifting tensions within a young family as Christopher Abbot is cursed with a monstrous inheritance.

Director of 2020's innovative 'Invisible Man' breathes new life into the legend of man becoming beast.

Director Leigh Whannell makes horror films for grown-ups. Unlike his “Invisible Man” remake, though, this one is a bit of a slog.

Leigh Whannell follows his thrilling Invisible Man with a curiously dull, murky, and undercooked Wolf Man, in theaters now.

Leigh Whannell reinvents the Universal Monster with Christopher Abbott going full werewolf. Read the Empire review.

Here's our verdict

Leigh Whannell follows ‘The Invisible Man’ with another update on a classic from the Universal archives, unfolding in an isolated farmhouse in the Pacifi...

Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner star in a film that feels jumbled and confused – by its end all you can ask is ‘huh?’

Leigh Whannell did a brilliant job of modernizing "The Invisible Man," but werewolves prove much harder to tame.

Leigh Whannell’s focus on the psychological over the physical may alienate some gorehounds, but it makes for an original take with subtexts that linger

Filmmaker Leigh Whannell directed 2020's intriguing "The Invisible Man," but his latest classic monster redux is a shaggy mess that should have been curbed.

2025's "Wolf Man" delivers some impressive moments of slow-burn body horror, but it falls short compared to the original classic film.

Leigh Whannell follows up The Invisible Man with another present-day revival of a Universal Monster. This one bites.

Another smart, scary Universal horror remake from Leigh Whannell

Julia Garner stars as a weary wife to Christopher Abbott, who might be transforming into a savage animal, in this cabin-in-the-woods thriller.

By Thom Ernst

Why can’t wolf men just be wolf men anymore?

A film that’s half-hearted when it shows any pulse at all.

Universal futzed around with rebooting its classic werewolf horror franchise “Wolf Man” for years, and delayed releasing the latest finished film as well...

Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner and the director of 'The Invisible Man' attempt to flip the script on werewolf movies. It almost works.

Christopher Abbot and Julia Garner head into the woods for Universal's horror revamp

Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man is unsettling and unnerving with scary moments of body horror, but certain weak elements hold the movie back. Here's our review.

Like his 2020 reboot of The Invisible Man, the Melbourne-born director’s new film pares a classic story back to its stark essentials.

The new creature starring Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner is, unfortunately, a beastly bore.

The cast tries to muster enthusiasm for a weak script

“In early 1995, a hiker went missing in the remote mountains of central Oregon,” reads the prologue over a gorgeous opening shot: a still, wide frame loo...

Leigh Whannell’s moody monster movie features gripping performances and effective jolts before running out of steam without fully pursuing its own ideas an...

Saw co-creator’s take on the gothic horror classic feels torn between the howling good fun its title promises and offering up instead a sentimental domesti...

Leigh Whannell’s unfocused follow-up to The Invisible Man is a howling disappointment, misjudged and dull

Christopher Abbott and Julie Garner and director Leigh Whannell is normally terrific, but 'Wolf Man,' a family emo horror never really gels.

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Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner star in "Wolf Man," the new horror reboot from "The Invisible Man" director Leigh Whannell.

Despite Christopher Abbott’s commitment, director Leigh Whannell's 'Wolf Man' update proves too slow and serious to satisfy horror fans.

Leigh Whannell’s new horror film has some good scares, but it strands its characters in the murk.