Film Review, a movie directed by Leigh Whannell, written by Corbett Tuck and Leigh Whannell and starring Julia Garner

The writer-director was partially inspired by a close friend who died of ALS, but ultimatley lost a scene involving the affliction: "That's definitely one that hurt when I took it out."

Leigh Whannell, Corbett Tuck, Lauren Schuker Blum, Rebecca Angelo Starring: Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, Sam Jaeger Rated: R for bloody violent content, grisly images and some language.

Leigh Whannell's new "Wolf Man" film stars Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner, and it's filled with twists and turns.

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Fans of “SCTV” may remember a “Monster Chiller Horror Theatre” episode in which Joe Flaherty’s late-night host, Count Floyd, mistakenly programs a made-up Ingmar Bergman film, “Whispers of the Wolf,” thinking it’s a simple werewolf picture instead of a moody, existential mashup of Bergman’s “Hour of the Wolf” and “Persona.”

“Wolf Man” then jumps ahead 30 years, to adult Blake (Christopher Abbott) out in a busy San Francisco enjoying daddy-daughter time with young Ginger (Matilda Firth). Like his father, he is very protective of his child, scolding her for not getting down from a construction structure she walks atop the moment he tells her to do so.

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

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

"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.

If you’re going to pay money to see a movie called “Wolf Man,” you already know what you want: full moon, lots of mist, and a big, gnarly transformation scene in which a normal guy reverts to the atavistic man-beast we all know lurks within. It’s right there on the assembly instructions.

Leigh Whannell’s “Wolf Man” features striking practical effects and sound design but falters with overused tropes and a lackluster plot.