Jack Pierce terrified audiences – and annoyed Lon Chaney Jr – with his work on the Universal horror films. Why has he been forgotten?
The Wolf Man continues to be an iconic part of the Universal Monster franchise, with the original, sequels, crossovers, and reboots featuring him.
Wolf Man”—a reboot of Universal Studios’ classic movie monster—is new in theaters this weekend. Find out where you can stream its classic werewolf predecessors. theaters this weekend.
Leigh Whannell’s take on the Lon Chaney Jr. classic stumbled at the box office and was almost immediately overshadowed when Nosferatu’s Robert Eggers announced his own werewolf movie—but it’s still a bold and unsettling domestic horror story worthy of your attention.
He followed the Universal Monsters’ now-classic takes on Dracula, Frankenstein, the Bride of Frankenstein, and the Invisible Man into theaters, but Lon Chaney Jr. makes an indelible impression as Larry Talbot, a fish out of water in his ancestral Wales home even before his fateful encounter with a very particular kind of wolf.
"Wolf Man" is prowling on the big screen this weekend. Are there any end- or post-credits scenes that suggest the monster’s reign of terror will continue?.
The themes within “Wolf Man” are far blunter than “Invisible Man,” but it will be interesting to see if Whannell continues to use Universal’s monsters to tell another story of feminine trauma and resilience to create a trilogy of terror.
"Wolf Man," starring Juila Garner and Christopher Abbott, is a new spin on the classic werewolf movie. Leigh Whannell co-wrote and directed the film.
Review - Australian writer-director Leigh Whannell takes a crack at a famous monster - and finds something new, Dan Slevin writes.
G. Wells novel from the late 1800s, while “The Wolf Man,” starring Lon Chaney Jr. as the furry fellow, came along in 1941 — with budget-conscious and well-regarded horror studio Blumhouse Productions helping to shape it. Whereas 2020’s “The ...
A ccording to an old parable, we all hold two wolves within. We must feed the good wolf in order to build its strength. Then there’s the werewolf. It lives within as well. And when he comes out to play, bringing humanity’s suppressed animalism to the surface, you can bet there’s a bad moon rising.
Despite Christopher Abbott’s commitment, director Leigh Whannell's 'Wolf Man' update proves too slow and serious to satisfy horror fans.