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User Reviews for: Wolf Man

Acoucalancha
7/10  a month ago
Wait, a good january horror movie? ***Wolf Man*** doesn't reinvent the werewolf genre but it changes just enough of the ingredients to call it a good addition and it's just a fun time! So tense and easily scary especially with the setting, it's so dark and the forest feels unpredictable. The first act (which made me think of the first episode of *From* for multiple reasons) was really solid and establishes the creature as scary. Totally goes in the horror action category and finds a balance between the two, made me think of *A Quiet Place*. Really good action sequences.

Very minimal CGI so i'm very happy they seem to have used mostly practical effects here, the bone shifting sequences being the only exceptions I could find on a first watch. The makeup and prosthetics look so real and while it's not the typical werewolf look we're used to I found it refreshing and maybe more realistic on a medical level. It was like a merge between werewolf, zombie and the *Toxic Avenger* and the progression of the sickness was interesting. Because of this look I was worried we wouldn't get a transformation sequence but we kinda did and I had a smile on my face. The werewolf vision was a bit cheesy-looking but I like the concept and they used it cleverly several times.

I wish they omitted the last sentence of the synopsis because it made things very predictable from the get-go. And well, if you know that, the rest isn't too hard to puzzle together as you're watching. Some unnecessary exposition when they're explaining stuff to the kid that I found irritating. Not the best performances from Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner by any means, they do a bit of sloppy work here but for the kind of movie it is they got the job done. Probably shot on location(?) because the forest and landscapes look great. The deepness of the forest and the isolation is felt. It dragged a little in those final minutes and I wish they went with something less predictable but it's all satisfactory.
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