Lee Whannell deconstructs the horrific effects of the Wolf Man

after The invisible man and Abigail, Universal has got another modern rendition of one of its classic monsters hitting theaters. While it takes time to draft Leigh Whannell The wolf man, It’ll be here in about a month, and a new behind-the-scenes video explores the film’s many inspirations.

In the film, Whannell readily acknowledges using film to explore “contagion and transformation,” themes that were at the heart of werewolf stories. But his role carries some extra weight: he wrote the script in 2020 during Early days of the pandemicSo the film can’t help but be about how the disease triggers feelings of “isolation, dread, and anxiety.” Blake, the Wolf Man played by Christopher Abbott, is attacked by a werewolf and gradually turns into a monster while his wife Charlotte (Julia Garner) and daughter Ginger (Matilda Firth) can only watch as it happens… at least until it’s time for revenge. To spend the rest of the night running far From him.

On a similar note, finds the director The wolf man In honor of two of his favorite body horror films of the 1980s, The thing and the Travel. These films also explore the fear that someone will become (or become close to) something dangerous and uncontrollable. It’s a slightly different path for Whannell, who has been in the horror game since the original opinion, But it moves like Insidious and He promotes Focus on the horror of demonic possessions or evil, manipulative beings. He very much likes to use horror to “dig deep into someone’s subconscious” and with them wolf man, It aims to provide an “auditory assault” and deliver “something horrific and profound” to the audience.

We’ll see if and when his bite is as scary as his bark The wolf man It hits theaters on January 17, 2025.

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