‘Wolf Man’ Review: Gory Reboot Of Universal’s Classic Monster Shows Christopher Abbott Changing Before Our Eyes

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After the low-key success of 2020’s reboot of The Invisible Man, hampered by theater closures during the pandemic but critically acclaimed, Universal and Blumhouse decided to take another whack at a proud member of the studio’s storied classic monsters franchise that also includes Frankenstein and Dracula.

In this case, it’s 1941’s chilling The Wolf Man, in which Lon Chaney Jr. played the memorable title character. Creating a whole new story for a contemporary setting, director and co-writer (with Corbett Tuck) Leigh Whannell is back after so skillfully reimagining The Invisible Man as a female-centric horror tale of domestic abuse, among other issues.

That movie for my money was one of the most impressive of all recent horror movies because it not only took a legendary figure of terror but made it pertinent in all kinds of unexpected ways for audiences, particularly with a powerful lead performance by Elisabeth Moss.

With Wolf Man, Christopher Abbott takes on the title role as a family man named Blake Lovell in present-day San Francisco whose devotion to his 8-year-old daughter Ginger (Matilda Firth) is unquestioned but whose marriage to the family breadwinner, journalist Charlotte (Julia Garner), has hit near rock bottom in terms of communication between the two.