It's a new year and time for the most recent crop of horror movies that are going to creep out fans and get them talking. The new Blumhouse film Wolf Man arrives in theaters on Friday, January 17th, 2025, and its box office numbers are already looking strong.

Wolf Man is tense and fun in the moment, but it lacks the thematic clarity necessary to leave a strong impression after the credits roll.

The reviews for Wolf Man may have been mixed, but there’s something about the Universal Monster movie’s eerie, forested New Zealand landscapes – often filmed at night and strikingly lit by Stefan Duscio’s cinematography – that conjures up the perfect mix of atmospheric and starkly beautiful on screen.