Leigh Whannell follows his thrilling Invisible Man with a curiously dull, murky, and undercooked Wolf Man, in theaters now.

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Wolf Man review: Woof!

It’s a full moon at the box office. Universal and Blumhouse’s “Wolf Man” reboot has made $1.4 million in Thursday previews so far. As it opens this weekend, it faces off against Sony’s comedy “One of Them Days,” which made $X million in previews. “Wolf Man,” helmed by “The Invisible Man” director Leigh Whannell and […]

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Box Office: ‘Wolf Man’ Makes $1.4 Million in Previews

Just bracing you for it, but it’s going to be a rather dull MLK weekend at the box office, that is unless Sony’s R-rated femme comedy One of Them Days surprises. Post Covid, the No. 1 movie over MLK weekend has been able to do north of $33M over four-days; that is for either an […]

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‘Wolf Man’ Does $1.4M Previews, ‘One Of Them Days’ $1.3M Ahead Of MLK Box Office Weekend

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Image via Universal Pictures The Wolf Man reboot has garnered more than $1 million in Thursday previews facing off against the Keke Palmer and SZA-led comedy One of Them Days.  Wolf Man, a reboot of the 1941 horror classic The Wolf Man, is directed by Upgrade, The Invisible Man, and Insidious Chapter 3 filmmaker Leigh Whannell. It follows a family’s relocation from San Francisco to Oregon after its patriarch, Blake (Christopher Abbott), inherits…

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Wolf Man Reboot Makes Over $1 Million in Opening Night Previews

Wolf Man is the next instalment in arguably the oldest franchise in cinema history. Universal Monsters, which evolved through the silent era, features iconic characters like Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy and, of course, the Wolf Man. Based on the 1941 film starring Lon Chaney Jr, this new remake comes from production company Blumhouse and director Leigh Whannell, who have previously partnered on another Universal Monster revival, The Invisibl…

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Wolf Man and the curse of the Universal Monsters franchise

Dracula. The Frankenstein Monster. The Invisible Man. The Mummy.And oh yes, don’t forget the Wolf Man.These classic monsters have grown and morphed over the decades to transcend any single interpretation of them, even while they’ve scared audiences again and again across multiple generations. Heck, we just got another Dracula – albeit in Nosferatu form – from Robert Eggers, Guillermo del Toro is making a new Frankenstein, and now we have writer-…

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Wolf Man and Hollywood's Quest to Make Monsters Relevant Again

Martin Luther King Jr. weekend is upon us, though people looking to celebrate could have other plans than heading to cinemas. How do we know this? The starting totals for two brand-new movies are off to a grim start. Then again, we’ve been surprised by dark horses before. Analysts said Leigh Whannell’s body horror film Wolf Man howled during Thursday previews with $1.4M, while Lawrence Lamont’s comedy, One of Them Days, led by Keke Palmer and SZ…

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Wolf Man barks at the moon with $1.4M in previews as theaters brace for a sleepy MLK weekend

Werewolf movies are nothing new, but Leigh Whannell's take on the Wolf Man does something brand new that horror fans are going to eat up.

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Wolf Man Does One Thing No Werewolf Movie Has Done Before

Wolf Man is a simple concept with an unpleasantly messy execution. It’s the latest attempt to revamp a Universal Monster movie in a new style. This time they found a compelling psychological angle (or three), but they’re not as deft as they were in The Invisible Man. It’s sharp in some ways, dull in others, and utterly without impact in the third act. There have been better entries in the allegorical Animorph subgenre. Director/co-writer Leigh W…

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Wolf Man Review - More of a Whimper Than a Howl

Sure, the reviews are bad, but “Wolf Man” is a horror movie, and the genre absolutely sells these days at the box-office. Leigh Whannell’s disappointing reboot, which cost $25M to make, raked in $1.4M in Thursday previews. It should be able to hit the $20M mark by Sunday evening.

Wolf Man review: Woof!

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