Critical popcorn

I’ve remained intrigued by the rumours of the entire Universal Monsters revamp and rework for a while, once coined the Dark Universe, but I don’t really see the need to pigeonhole it too much – but did love the style and story approach of The Invisible Man, which starred a superb Elisabeth Moss – which I reviewed here.

Next up in 2025 is Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man, also from Blumhouse and Universal Pictures, which stars Christopher Abbott as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead – the classic!

With his marriage to Charlotte (Julia Garner) fraying, Blake persuades Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit the property with their young daughter, Ginger (Matlida Firth)… what could go wrong?

Check out the first teaser trailer to get a feel of the vibe, it’s nice and freaky:

Wolf Man is written by Leigh Whannell, Corbett Tuck, Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, it co-stars Sam Jaeger, Ben Prendergast and Benedict Hardie, and comes to cinemas in 2025