The film pays tribute to the late brother of Whannell's wife Corbett Tuck, who also wrote "Wolf Man" with the director.

Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner star in "Wolf Man," the new horror reboot from "The Invisible Man" director Leigh Whannell.

Leigh Whannell follows ‘The Invisible Man’ with another update on a classic from the Universal archives, unfolding in an isolated farmhouse in the Pacific Northwest.

The actor admits the prosthetics took their toll, even though they helped him get into the right headspace for the character: "you feel like you're trapped a little bit, so it's a mental marathon as well.

"Wolf Man" has moments of suspense and psychological tension but leans too heavily on jump scares and a weak story, says film critic Peter Travers.

Christopher Abbott was ready to shed his “ Wolf Man ” prosthetics. The actor told The Hollywood Reporter that for the Universal monster movie, he realized just how taxing wearing prosthetics can be.

Filmmaker Leigh Whannell directed 2020's intriguing "The Invisible Man," but his latest classic monster redux is a shaggy mess that should have been curbed.

Wolf Man was called 'pulse-pounding' and 'terrifying' in first reactions, but the Rotten Tomatoes score leaves little to be desired as Leigh Whannell's reimagining of George Waggner's 1941 film currently has an underwhelming score of 56% on review aggregate site, Rotten Tomatoes.

A review of 'Wolf Man' , a reboot of Universal's classic 1941 monster movie starring Christopher Abbott as man who morphs into wolf-like beast

The writer-director was partially inspired by a close friend who died of ALS, but ultimatley lost a scene involving the affliction: "That's definitely one that hurt when I took it out."

Another classic cinematic monster has been dusted off in “Wolf Man,” an R-rated Blumhouse movie which hits theaters on Friday.

Leigh Whannell, Corbett Tuck, Lauren Schuker Blum, Rebecca Angelo Starring: Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, Sam Jaeger Rated: R for bloody violent content, grisly images and some language.