{"id":28304,"date":"2025-01-15T23:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T04:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=28304"},"modified":"2025-01-15T23:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T04:38:09","slug":"wolf-man-video-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=28304","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wolf Man\u2019 Video Review &#8211; Above the Line vs. Below the Line Episode 48"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2020, <\/span><b><i>Saw<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b><i>Insidious <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">co-creator Leigh Whannell created on a new take of <\/span><b><i>The Invisible Man<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Elisabeth Moss, and for his follow-up, Whannell is back with <\/span><b><i>Wolf Man<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, another film that pays tribute to another classic Universal horror monster.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the film, Christopher Abbott (<\/span><b><i>Poor Things<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) plays Blake, a man who has to return to his Oregon home at a cabin in the woods with his wife (Julia Garner) and daughter (Matilda Firth), but an incident on their trip leads to Blake being infected by a mysterious illness that begins to change him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Daily US<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> film critics Matthew Schuchman and Edward Douglas have a lively discussion about the positives and negatives about Whannell\u2019s return to the Universal Monsters realm, which you can watch in the video review above. Note that there may be minor spoilers about the general plot and how it differs from previous versions of the character.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Film Critic : Matthew Schuchman\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the early &#8217;90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don\u2019t Tell Mom The Babysitter\u2019s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early age, he would turn his fascination into his own review site in 2010; Movie Review from Gene Shalit\u2019s Moustache. From there, he provided his voice to such publications as Den of Geek, Coming Soon, and Verbicide Magazine as a film reviewer and talent interviewer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Film Critic : Edward Douglas\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edward Douglas has been writing about movies for over 20 years. 13 of those years were at ComingSoon.net, followed by writing for outlets such as Film Journal, Den of Geek, The New York Daily News, Gold Derby, Below the Line, and many more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Check out more of CinemaDaily US\u2019 video content on our YouTube channel<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WolfManPoster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28306\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WolfManPoster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WolfManPoster.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WolfManPoster-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WolfManPoster-647x1024.jpg 647w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WolfManPoster-768x1216.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WolfManPoster-970x1536.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WolfManPoster-696x1102.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Director: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leigh Whannell<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Screenwriter:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Leigh Whannell, Corbett Tuck<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cast: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Sam Jaeger, Matilda Firth<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Producer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Jason Blum<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Production Co: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blumhouse Productions, Ground Control, Motel Movies, Waypoint Entertainment, Universal Pictures<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distributor:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Universal Pictures<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rating:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> R (Violence|Some Sexuality|Language)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Genre:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Horror<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> English\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Release Date (Theaters):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> January 17, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Runtime:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1 hours, 43 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If you like this video review, please share your comments below.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can watch the trailer below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"kAw4PH2IQgo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wolf Man | Official Trailer\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kAw4PH2IQgo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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