In news that won't surprise anyone who saw his 2020 take on The Invisible Man, Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man isn't really about a guy who's bitten by a beast and suddenly finds himself howling at the moon. Having co-written the new horror with his wife Corbett Tuck during the COVID-19 pandemic, the director found himself exploring themes of decay, disease, and dying marriages through the script – and that last part, in particular, had a pretty profound effect on the movie as a whole.
Starring Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner, the film sees writer-turned-stay-at-home father Blake suggest to his high-flyer wife Charlotte that they take their daughter Ginger (Matilda Firth) to Oregon for the summer, while he clears out his late father's house. Not only would the fresh air be good for them, a bunch of San Franciscans, but the quality time together might just save their strained relationship.
