“Wolf Man” (2025) directed by Leigh Whannell, starring Julia Garner and Christopher Abbott / Z-View

Wolf Man (2025)

Director:  Leigh Whannell

Screenplay: Leigh Whannell, Corbett Tuck

Stars: Julia Garner, Christopher Abbott, Matilda Firth, Sam Jaeger, Ben Prendergast, Leigh Whannell, Rob MacBride and Benedict Hardie.

Tagline: Protect your own.

The Plot…

Blake and Charlotte still love each other (and their daughter, Ginger), but their marriage has been strained lately.  So when Blake gets notice that his father has been declared dead, after going missing for seven years, Blake decides that a trip to his childhood home in the remote Oregon woods might be the right move.  Charlotte reluctantly agrees.

The home is deep in the wilderness.  No cell phone reception.  No neighbors close by.  No towns either.  A one lane dirt road in/out.  As darkness falls, and they’re close to the old home, a creature appears standing in the road.  Blake swerves to miss it and crashes through brush down the incline.  The creature attacks them and Blake’s arm is terribly clawed.  They make it to the farmhouse.  All the windows have bars and the door is reinforced as well.

As they huddle inside, the creature attempts to get in.  Unable to call for assistance, and unsure how long before the creature finds a way in, Charlotte wonders how things could be worse.

Then she notices her husband is starting to change…

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…

 There are some cool scenes where we get what the people are saying and hearing and as the camera pans it changes to how the Wolf Man perceives it.

I wish Blake and Charlotte were better developed characters.  Also they both make bad choices that put their families in danger.

Wolf Man (2025) rates 3 of 5 stars