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‘Wolf Man’ Review: Blumhouse’s Emo Monster Mash Is a Far Cry From Its Brilliant ‘Invisible Man’ Model
Despite Christopher Abbott’s commitment, director Leigh Whannell's 'Wolf Man' update proves too slow and serious to satisfy horror fans.
In various ways, Abbott may actually be a more interesting candidate to play a man wrestling with his inner anger, as the actor — who has gravitated to tortured characters in such twisted projects as “James White,” “Piercing” and “Possessor” — conveys deep wells of rage behind his dark, brooding eyes. The boy (played by Zac Chandler, a good match for Abbott) was raised in a sylvan mountain farmhouse by a traumatically stern father, Grady (Sam Jaeger), who takes his son deer hunting in werewolf-infested woods. Whannell opts to go the practical route, using prosthetics and other on-camera devices to simulate Blake’s agonizing mutation, but errs on the side of realism, with its infected father sweating up a storm before gnawing his arm with those sharp new canines of his.
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