Wolf Man (2025)

[Buttmunch]

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]

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]

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

 

[JAWS]

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.

 

[JAWS]

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

This is great news if true!!!!

I’m sure this werewolf will as least have a hairy mustache

 

[JAWS]

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

This is great news if true!!!!

Yep is true. Fingers crossed that it gets made.

 

[JAWS]

It’s weird. Hairless Werewolves seems to be a thing with Hollywood movies

It’s a trend that needs to end.

 

[ironwez20]

Those are all just pics of some of the women I use to see. Don’t know how you got those

 

[Khev]

Most of them look like the dog alien from The Thing. Though I did think the werewolves from that European train movie were cool (second one from the top).

 

[Mandible]

Nothing comes close. Damn thing still looks real to this day. Practical can never be beaten. Those digital abominations are laughable; zero fear because they look so fake.

 

[Popid]

Just got back from seeing it (*SPOILERS AHEAD, OBV*) and I need to echo the sentiments of people let down by the lack of a full transformation; I get it, it's called Wolf Man not American Werewolf In Oregon or smth, and the more humanoid wolf mans are scary in a way and that is COOL for like three quarters of the runtime. I like the overall vibe, the slow turn, the stuff from his POV etc

but when we're in the third act and the guy is transforming more, we're all just waitin for that classic shot of the whole snout and everything to come outta his face, yknow? Leigh Whannel surely knows this and people can say 'well some conceptions of the werewolf are more like this'; okay but that isn't an argument to not do the full thing as well. How would that have been worse? maybe they were worried the final confronation or final shot of him wouldn't have worked if he was more bestial. Maybe they shot something and couldn't make it work, I dunno cos it's weird that there's a scene where he really looks like they're gonna go all out, fully transforming crazy and then he stands back up and I'm like... 'is he different??' That's not what you want the audience to be thinking then, surely.

you don't not go full werewolf in a werewolf movie bro that's just my strong opinion. lol Also, the moon; maybe bring in a full moon. That's usually a thing. Which would've explained why he went fuller wolf than the other one had just been. It's the climax, ya have the full moon riiiising to build suspense and then ya pay that off with a ******* SNOUT. Pardon my loup-garou.

got other smaller nitpicks but whatever, I did enjoy it/liked it and I think it has a heap going for it. Biggest other complaint I'd make is there's too little tension in the third act because I never bought that they'd hurt the wife or kid, but maybe I was biased by a review headline I'd read. Still, if they had kept the other neighbour character around longer then it would've added some interesting tension and dynamics to the time spent in the house, plus given them an innocent person to kill in order to up the ante later on.