Wolf Man (2025)

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.

Ratings

Director

Leigh Whannell

Production

Universal Pictures, Cloak & Co., Blumhouse Productions

Cast

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

Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus

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.

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Topics

body horror, werewolf, single-location horror, psychological horror, marital breakdown, family trauma, atmospheric, gothic, creature feature, 2020s horror

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