Leigh Whannell's The Invisible Man received critical acclaim when it was released back in 2020, as he reshaped the classic movie into a modern take on domestic abuse. Pulling in $145 million from a $7 million budget and an impressive 91% Rotten Tomatoes score, many called for lead Elisabeth Moss to be in award conversations, too, but that didn't calm the horror filmmaker's nerves when he set out to adapt his second Universal Monsters story, Wolf Man.
In fact, it had the opposite effect, with Whannell admitting that he felt pressure to replicate his successes and how worried he was that his past works would come back to bite him. "I think the world accepting something that you've done is an addictive drug," he candidly tells GamesRadar+. "All artistry, I guess, is guesswork. Whether you're writing a song or writing a movie, you're kind of in this insular little bubble, you're in your own head when you're making something. Then suddenly, if you're lucky enough, you put it out into the world and you don't get to decide how it's received."
