Wolf Man (2025)

Buttmunch · 2025-01-22T00:37:00-0500

I saw this yesterday and thought it was alright. The werewolf design was of course awful. The approach was fine but the final transformation needed to be better. It was not quite the Halloween Horror nights leak we saw but not far off.

I wonder if a Louisiana setting and a rougarou approach might have been better than the Oregon setting. I liked the scenery was I love the Pacific Northwest but if setting this in the USA, there might have been other legends they could have leaned into. I was surprised by the tiny cast.

The Invisible Man was a great update but this was largely a swing and a miss. Hoping other Blum House Universal Monster adaptations are more like IM and less like WM.

ironwez20 · 2025-01-22T05:43:36-0500

Invisible man was a great update. Don’t know why they went with this approach for wolf man. That 2010 movie was so good

Luisenigma1 · 2025-01-22T21:32:21-0500

Big news. Robert Edgers is doing a Werewolf movie next. Set in 13 century England. Hyped

JAWS · 2025-01-22T22:12:24-0500

ironwez20 said:
Invisible man was a great update. Don’t know why they went with this approach for wolf man. That 2010 movie was so good

I see The Wolfman 2010 is starting to get newfound appreciation. I thought it was garbage the first time I saw it but decided to give directors cut a shot.

It was a bit better. The first hour was better than the 2nd. Joe Johnson started the film off good with its atmosphere but went typical Joe Johnson when the action stated. My biggest complaint is Benicio del Toro. He is IMO, awful in this film. He was boring, and unlikable. CGI crap in the London rampage really hurts the film also.

I think I would like the make up more were it not for how del Toro played it with his movements. He was just awful.

As for Wolf Man. It Seems like the main complaints on here are that they hated the design. Normally I would agree because I know that feeling. Howl is a great example as is the Film Late Phases

I guess I was ok with this as it was a different take on the werewolf in that it was a slow permanent transformation and more of a disease ala The Fly.

The other complaint seems to be it brings nothing new to the werewolf films. I personally found it different enough in its smaller more personal scale.

I think I really just appreciated the hopelessness of a father / husband slowly becoming diseased in front of his family.

I will admit all the cast needed a bit more character. Especially the lead actress.

I know im in the minority on this one. I think my expectations were in check because I really did not care for The Invisible Man which I know I’m also in the minority about.

Example of the Werewolf in Late Phases. This film got good reviews but IMO the werewolves sucked all enjoyment out of it.