“These basic monsters are sturdy, you may make them modern,” mentioned Wolf Man director Leigh Whannell on the 2024 New York Comedian Con on Friday, October 18th. At this level, Whannell is a horror veteran that you just’ve more than likely seen however not realized how integral he was to their creation. For instance, he wrote the 2004 basic Noticed and performed one of many fundamental characters Adam. And he wrote the 2010 film Insidious whereas additionally enjoying the character Spcs. He has continued to work on the next sequels inside each franchises. And now he’s returning to Blumhouse since writing the 2020 horror film The Invisible Man.
At NYCC, Blumhouse had their BlumFest panel, which is the annual October celebration of all issues Blumhouse. Jason Blum, the CEO of Blumhouse, revealed plans for Blumhouse’s fifteenth anniversary in 2025 with the world premiere of the trailer for Wolf Man, first-look footage from Christopher Landon’s Drop, Jaume Collet-Serra’s The Girl within the Yard, and a take a look at the highly-anticipated M3GAN 2.0. And as somebody who loves horror and thinks that we want extra werewolf tales, Wolf Man is delivering horror, the fragility of familial bonds, and difficult decisions for a mom who needs to avoid wasting her husband but in addition defend her youngster.
Starring Julia Garner, Christopher Abbott, and Matilda Firth, the official trailer opens up with an accident. And simply after they suppose that issues couldn’t worsen, one thing assaults one of many passengers and the daddy Blake. He ushers his spouse Charlotte and Ginger to the security of a house close by. And whereas he tries his finest to guard them from the monster exterior, it turns into clear rapidly that the household additionally wants to fret concerning the monster inside. As a result of Blake has been scratched by this wolf man they encountered. And he’s shedding management faster than anybody anticipated.
Personally, Wolf Man appears fascinating. It’s spooky, darkish, tense, and appears prefer it’s received fairly a couple of bounce scares. However after watching the Package Harrington film The Beast Inside, this film appears a bit too comparable. That film had a mom additionally defending her youngster in a secluded location as her husband became a beast. And the confrontation, the working by way of the woods, and automobile scene are comparable visible components to The Beast Inside. We perceive that there’s solely a lot you are able to do in the midst of nowhere with one in every of your personal relations remodeling, however we do want they’d shaken it up. Make the mom the one attacked. Make it the kid.
Don’t get us unsuitable, we’re nonetheless going to look at Wolf Man. However we want revisiting basic monsters didn’t remind us a lot The Beast Inside, a film we JUST watched and reviewed solely a pair months in the past.
Watch the official trailer for Wolf Man under:
Wolf Man hits theaters on January 17, 2025.