Movie · 2025 · Horror, Thriller · 1h 43m · R · English
Curator score: 0.7/10 (247.5K ratings)
Protect your own.
Overview
With his marriage fraying, Blake persuades his wife Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit his remote childhood home in rural Oregon. As they arrive at the farmhouse in the dead of night, they're attacked by an unseen animal and barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. But as the night stretches on, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable.
Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, Sam Jaeger, Ben Prendergast, Zac Chandler, Benedict Hardie, Milo Cawthorne, Leigh Whannell, Rob MacBride, Lucy Bowden, James Ketteridge
Where to watch
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Curator Review
Verdict
A tense, concept-driven creature horror with a strong central premise and some effective sound-and-POV work, but it’s uneven and often feels more interested in allegory than character. If you like lean, atmospheric monster movies with body-horror elements, there’s enough here to engage; if you want a fully satisfying Universal-style werewolf film, this is likely to disappoint.
Best for
Viewers who enjoy intimate, single-location horror
Fans of body-horror and transformation stories
People interested in horror as metaphor for family trauma
Audiences who like restrained, mood-first genre filmmaking
Skip if
You want a classic, feral werewolf movie with big creature payoffs
You prefer character-rich horror over allegorical scripting
You’re looking for a fast, pulpy, crowd-pleasing monster romp
You’re tired of horror films that over-explain their themes
Overview
Wolf Man has a clean, high-concept setup and a genuinely uneasy nighttime atmosphere. Leigh Whannell knows how to squeeze tension out of limited space, and the film’s use of sound, perspective, and bodily deterioration gives it a few memorable spikes of dread.
Worth noting
The problem is that the movie keeps circling the same emotional and thematic points, as if it doesn’t trust the audience to catch the metaphor. That repetition blunts the momentum, and the human drama never quite deepens enough to match the severity of the transformation at its center.
Bottom line
What remains is a competent, occasionally sharp horror film that feels more interesting in fragments than as a whole. It’s better at unease than catharsis, and better at concept than payoff.
Top Letterboxd reviews
Marshall 🌲 (3★) · 4859 likes
unfortunately, daddy has that dog in him :(
David Anthony (2★) · 3853 likes
As soon as the movie ended and the screen went dark, just before the credits started to roll, a large "L" appeared on the screen before fading into the director's name. That is also the most succinct review anyone could give this thing.
timtamtitus (3★) · 2816 likes
I mean this guy is great...but he's no taylor lautner
Sydney🚀 (1.5★) · 2300 likes
Woof.
Joe A (2.5★) · 2099 likes
Glimmers of something special, especially when it plays with POV and sound, but if you’re going to do an impression of The Fly, you should probably care more about your characters.
Full review on YouTube here.