#wolf man (2025)

[waterhouses]

Wolf Man — 2025, dir. Leigh Whannell

[dailyflicks]

WOLF MAN (2025) dir. Leigh Whannell

[fanofspooky]

“Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.”

Wolf People

[amiracleilluminated]

[dami3ninchains]

ʟᴇɪɢʜ ᴡʜᴀɴɴᴇʟʟ (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓) <3

[1428elmstrt]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN OUR MARRIAGE IS DOOMED BY THE NARRATIVE I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA GO TO COUPLES THERAPY

[hsw3k]

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[riggedtrap]

wolf man (2025) makes the compelling argument that adam and lawrence could have just bitten through their feet

[barbara-on-myspace]

Seeing the werewolf design for Wolf Man (2025).

[whumpypepsigal]

Wolf Man (2025): "This doesn't look like you got cut by a glass."

[corey-wh0re]

It's my job to protect you. Christopher Abbott as Blake Lovell in Wolf Man (2025) | written by Leigh Whannell & Corbett Tuck & directed by Leigh Whannell

[singing-not-sleeping-beauty]

Imma be honest, I don't care that the werewolf design in Wolf Man (2025) wasn't that good

I liked the story, I liked that the transformation was slow, I think the actors were phenomenal, and while I think the design could've been more wolfish, the prosthetics are awesome, like insanely good practical effects

For crying out loud, Christopher Abbott barely had any dialogue in the 2nd half of the movie, but still managed to portray every goddamn emotion exquisitely!

So I forgive them for the monster design, cuz I genuinely loved everything else, and it's not even that bad, he’s grotesque & feral & that's obviously what the filmmakers wanted, so good for them!

[gorgynei]

im gonna say something a little crazy. wolf man 2025 is—in my humble opinion as the guy who has watched 100 million werewolf movies—genuinely one of the best. and it will be joining the ranks of american werewolf and ginger snaps in my mind. YES even though the werewolf looks like that. i still think the werewolf would have been better being much more wolfy but its not nearly as egregious in the film as it seems in promo. it works well in the film, they shoot around it PERFECTLY. phenomenal cinematography. phenomenal score. phenomenal editing. phenomenal acting and casting (baby blake looks EXACTLY like adult blake oh my god). phenomenal writing. cried!!!!!!! i cried. its revolutionary. its so fucking good. the werewolf is so sympathetic!!! its so tragic!!!!!!! i felt so much pain and heartache watching the last 30 minutes. beautiful stuff. fantastic movie. im so sorry i really should know better than to judge a werewolf movie by its werewolf design but it was so easy to be a hater. genuine 9.5/10 from me. only thing required to make it a 10 would be a better design for the werewolf

[lesbomination]

In the minority here but I personally think “Wolf Man” did their werewolves perfectly, at least in accordance to its lore & allegory (at least, how I initially read it); werewolves as representation of trauma responses, werewolves as representation of abusers, those who inflict trauma.

For Blake, his transformation occurs in the act of being forced to remember & relive his past, as well as being attacked in a particularly traumatic way that impacted his whole family; an uncontrollable change one may undergo after a traumatic event. The shift from human to beast mirrors how survivors can feel disconnected from their former selves, grappling with emotions & reactions that feel alien, new, & beyond their control. Blake’s lycanthropy is invasive not just for his family, but for Blake himself — much like the very nature of trauma, which can distort one’s identity & sense of self. Blake was “infected”; “[Grady] gave [Blake] his sickness”.

For Grady especially, his transformation is a representation of abusers & abusive behavior, externalizing the complexity of human behavior. A more humanoid werewolf form suggests that an abusive individual in reality remains human alongside their harmful actions. There isn’t a dramatic, visible transformation that clearly marks someone as an abuser, just as a person doesn’t grow fangs or claws when they inflict emotional or physical pain on others. An abusive human is still a human, just more gruesome to look at. Grady is an isolated former Marine, living in the woods with a young son, off the grid. They hunt & plant their own food. He treats his farm & house like a boot camp. His only connection to the outside world is through a damn radio, and he disproves of Blake being near it. Hunting is what killed him in the end, but so was his way of seeking control.

[1428elmstrt]

Wolf Man (2025)

[fanofspooky]

Wolf Man

2025 • R • 1h43m

A family at a remote farmhouse is attacked by an unseen animal, but as the night stretches on, the father begins to transform into something unrecognizable.