Wolf Man (2025) I Movie Review

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  • @clips34
    @clips34 14 дней назад +10

    i believe there were three wolf men in this movie the first wolf that blake's father went after and it apparently attacked him and he became the second wolf man and there's blake at the end as the third wolf in the line

  • @raishonstanley1313
    @raishonstanley1313 14 дней назад +8

    I like the original werewolf design from the 1941 and 2010

  • @raishonstanley1313
    @raishonstanley1313 14 дней назад +7

    Face of the wolf would been a good title

    • @tracebrooks7846
      @tracebrooks7846 14 дней назад +2

      Likewise! I like the movie overall, but the title would of been better if they called it by what this movie really is. A man with a wolf face, a Wolf Man. Fuck it call it Wolf Man lol.

    • @raishonstanley1313
      @raishonstanley1313 14 дней назад +1

      @ I totally agree on that one

    • @NadeemShekh-uy9zn
      @NadeemShekh-uy9zn 13 дней назад +1

      @@raishonstanley1313 yes

  • @brians_casual_shenanigans
    @brians_casual_shenanigans 14 дней назад +6

    Really comes across as more of a Wendigo than a Werewolf.

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  13 дней назад +2

      @@brians_casual_shenanigans yes I forgot to mention that! But I agree 100%

  • @rhinochickenflakes9056
    @rhinochickenflakes9056 12 дней назад +2

    Good take. The horror of the situation is experienced from both the main character and the wife and daughter. He wants to protect his wife and daughter but he is slowly becoming something else that is an inner struggle for him. This take that being a werewolf is like a terminal illness you cannot come back from and then portraying the stages of death was amazing in itself. You experienced this from both the perspective of the main character and his wife and daughter.
    It wasnt a mushroom trip with its vision. It was just heightened vision, which i thought was another great take on how nocturnal animals hunt.
    The lore of the werewolf changes did not bother me, but i do wish that the look of the werewolf was a bit better. But in actuality this werewolf is scary because wheb bitten or scratched and you survive you are nearly instantly a werewolf. This could get out of hand if the infection were to run rampant. In addition, werewolves not bound by the moon? Attacking in the day? Pretty scary. Very similar to The Howling.

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  12 дней назад

      @@rhinochickenflakes9056 a lot of really cool aspects to this werewolf and movie, just needed a better werewolf design and different title 🤷🏼‍♀️

  • @NotofthisRealm
    @NotofthisRealm 4 дня назад

    The comparison to Supernatural was brilliant! I can't believe I didn't realize that until now. Awesome review. I agree that the wolf man should've had more hair!

  • @OleGrizzli
    @OleGrizzli 12 дней назад +1

    I genuinely enjoyed this film a lot & came in with certain expectations. The sound design of the werewolf was great & I loved how we get to see the perspective of changing into this creature. I do agree on the design & I get that this was supposed to be more of a disease than a curse but you cant make one of the monsters known for having hair all over their body barely have it at all lol. I do wish they gave us a little bit more of an explanation of this disease too. Would watch this movie again honestly. It was a great time for me since this is my favorite supernatural creature!

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  12 дней назад +1

      @@OleGrizzli the audio for the werewolf was fantastic!

  • @BlackCrowVr
    @BlackCrowVr 14 дней назад +5

    Hope we get an unrated extended cut 🤞

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  14 дней назад +4

      @@BlackCrowVr me too!

  • @NadeemShekh-uy9zn
    @NadeemShekh-uy9zn 13 дней назад +2

    I want another werewolf by night movie

  • @JoeChillton
    @JoeChillton 14 дней назад +3

    Another in joke is the father being responsible in some way for the lead transforming, like 2010

  • @jarrodedson5441
    @jarrodedson5441 14 дней назад +3

    I surprisingly didn't hate this film. However I'm not a huge fan of the main wolfman design. However I did like (spoiler) papa wolfmans design, at least he looked more wolfman like

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  13 дней назад +2

      @@jarrodedson5441 yeah the dads design was a bit better.

    • @jarrodedson5441
      @jarrodedson5441 13 дней назад +1

      ​@NerdSquish also I liked the idea that the film opened up with, a hiker went missing and some creature been spotted in the woods. Many believe he got sick. My first thoughts while reading that was ohhh Wendigo, yeah if u don't know I really like folklore like a lot, it fascinates me.
      Also the beat way I could describe Blake's werewolf form was it looked like if gollum and a Carmen had S*X and had an offspring

    • @andrewblack2596
      @andrewblack2596 13 дней назад +1

      @@NerdSquish I think they were actually three werewolves in the film. The one that attacked the truck was the dad that initially infected the sun. The second one was the guy was his childhood friend.

    • @jarrodedson5441
      @jarrodedson5441 13 дней назад +1

      ​@andrewblack2596 the childhood friend gets eaten up, but there's a wolfman in the beginning of the film

  • @billycjohnson08
    @billycjohnson08 13 дней назад +1

    With a little bit of context, the werewolf design at Universal Studios was actually a concept design. Director Leigh Whannell actually displayed his frustration towards Universal for showcasing their design because it wasn’t the final look. I’m personally not upset at how much of the werewolf lore was changed in the film. Whannell has stated that he likes to ground his films & have some semblance of realism or reality. When he directed “The Invisible Man,” instead of going with the original concept work of a mad scientist who drinks an invisible potion that permanently turns him invisible & wants to rule the world, the invisibility aspect is more tech based & it’s more of a choice to be invisible as opposed to it being permanent. He went with this approach because he felt it was grounded in reality.
    With the “Wolf Man,” instead of following the old trope of man turning into a wolf at the light of the full moon, his Wolf Man is more diseased based & that it doesn’t follow the phases of the moon at all & appearing to be a permanent change. Looking at it through that perspective, then the look of the Wolf Man makes more sense as it’s treated as more of an illness than a supernatural phenomenon.
    It’s also not the 1st time of werewolves being hairless in films. The 1st Underworld movie showcased their werewolves as being mostly hairless with only a streak of hair running along the line of their backs. They also don’t follow the moon phases either as they called themselves “Lycans” instead of just werewolves due to being the next generation of werewolves capable of controlling their transformation at will, as opposed to the previous generation where their transformation was permanent & never to return to human form again. I think it’s perfectly fine for filmmakers to explore different avenues of how to portray these characters to add some new “flavors” to the lore.

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  13 дней назад +3

      @@billycjohnson08 first off - I LOVE THE UNDERWORLD LYCANS! And I think it’s great if directors want to go in a new direction…just don’t call it the Wolf Man lol. I’m not a fan of all the realism being put into movies. It’s interesting, just not my personal favorite type of movie. I go to the movies to escape realism 😁

    • @Arsus-gp6ih
      @Arsus-gp6ih 12 дней назад

      You cant really make a wolfman movie with to much of realism in it i mean the virus idea has been done like in wer or howl 2015

  • @raishonstanley1313
    @raishonstanley1313 14 дней назад +3

    Did you like the new movie and is it a thumbs 👍 or thumbs down 👎

  • @doomguydemonkiller
    @doomguydemonkiller 14 дней назад +1

    Have you seen The Cursed 2022? Would like to hear your thoughts on that werewolf design. Haven’t seen Wolfman 2025 yet, but will come back and comment my thoughts.

  • @BloodeeJacob
    @BloodeeJacob 3 дня назад

    I thought it was pretty good myself, it really grew on me. The opening scene is faultless. My favorite design ever is the 2010 version (which is also my all time favorite horror movie) but I’m personally glad they didn’t try to replicate another more classic look here and although not my favorite it was different, the make up and effects of it were good and I don’t think the amount of hair necessarily makes or breaks it especially with the lore they did establish for this iteration. The isolation of the mainly one location I am also a sucker for.

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  2 дня назад +1

      @@BloodeeJacob the isolation was a fun take on a Wolfman. It gave me the same vibes as The Howling books.

  • @BEARMAN2004
    @BEARMAN2004 12 дней назад

    It reminded me of ginger snaps
    Note i think a cool way it had ended was if blake had turned charlotte and ginger and they would have been a werewolf family

  • @lunalord2004
    @lunalord2004 12 дней назад

    Honestly...I wish there was more body horror to this film. Leigh was saying that the two big films that inspired him for this, was The Thing and The Fly. So, why not go with that concept for the transformation. Have the finger bones grow, but not the skin, causing pieces of the skin to tear open. The body is covered with stretch marks, ingrown hairs and varicose veins due to the rapid alterations going on. Have the final design be similar to Lupins in Harry Potter, with it being emaciated, the limbs enlonagted, spine almost jutting out forcing Blake into a primal stance, and while he keeps the classic dog nose, the jaw itself is unhinged and almost elongated (the formations of a snout, but the body hasn't had any time for the nose and mouth bones to fuse)
    And of course....some more hair. Doesn't have to be a ton, I actually don't mind the body at first losing hair due to the massive amount of stress the bodies going through, but after that have some more coarse hair covering his body, similar to the look in 2013's Wer.

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  12 дней назад

      @@lunalord2004 yeah, I thought there would have been more body horror based on how Whannell was talking in interviews.

  • @TheRealMediaMan
    @TheRealMediaMan 12 дней назад

    AGREED.
    love the classic Lon C. Wolf man.
    I love all the classic universal monsters.
    Frankenstein meet Wolf man
    Abbot & Costello’s universal monster mashup is a classic.
    I do enjoy the 2010 version especially the extended edition
    I prefer the more bipedal designs as opposed to the werewolf that looks more like a dog like American werewolf in London. That does nothing for me.
    But this film to me is just like the invisible man disaster.
    A shadow of its namesake and not worthy of being called a universal monster
    Werewolf by night wasn’t a bad design either

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  12 дней назад +1

      @@TheRealMediaMan I also prefer the bipedal werewolf designs. I like that true mixture of man vs wolf, not leaning towards more than the other.

  • @efrainmartinez1610
    @efrainmartinez1610 14 дней назад +1

    It feels like we didn't see the full transformation. And he never really went full berserk.. we got a hairless werewolf. But the movies wasn't bad either

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  13 дней назад +1

      @@efrainmartinez1610 yeah I kind of wonder how he would have further evolved.

  • @DCuellar7
    @DCuellar7 5 дней назад

    I loved this film, if they had the 2010 design or renamed the movie completely it would have done wonders to the film, cos I realise the namesake isnt exactly faithful due to the design, but that one aspect aside, this was a great werewolf film, best one in a long time

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  5 дней назад

      @@DCuellar7 it had a lot of really cool things going for it! And it definitely kept me entertained.

  • @horrornerd1344
    @horrornerd1344 14 дней назад

    Lots of people didn't seem to like this one. I thought it was okay. Definitely seen worst in the month of January lol. Also since you seem to be a horror channel I'ma definitely subscribe!

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  13 дней назад +1

      @@horrornerd1344 awesome! Glad to have you here my friend 🎃

  • @dan.kimball
    @dan.kimball 12 дней назад

    One egg was the moving truck was "Pierce" in a tribute to Jack Pierce the original make up artist for 1941 Wolf Man etc. Also, totally agree using the title "Wolf Man" was not right to do with this film. It should have been named something else - if you didn't know it was Wolf Man you wouldn't likely think he was turning into a wolf. Maybe a rodent-man. Or some sort of possum-man. Even calling it "Face of the Wolf" ----- but the title Wolf Man is so sacred and do wish it wasn't used for this movie. It is the block to enjoy the film more fully is the title being Wolf Man and that is was used for this movie improperly. Thank you for the review.

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  11 дней назад

      @@dan.kimball I didn’t notice the truck!!! Love it ❤️

  • @GOLDEN-STATE-NATIVE
    @GOLDEN-STATE-NATIVE 14 дней назад +5

    Top 10 List of Movies that are BETTER than Wolf Man 2025 ...
    1. WolfCop
    2. Another WolfCop
    3. Teen Wolf (1985)
    4. The Wolfman (1941)
    5. The Wolfman (2010)
    6. Bad Moon
    7. Dog Soldiers
    8. Wolves (2014)
    9. Van Helsing
    10. Silver Bullet
    HONORABLE MENTION
    11. Michael Jackson's Thriller
    yessss ... this LEGENDARY music video DESTROYS modern hipster cinema. 💯

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  14 дней назад +2

      @@GOLDEN-STATE-NATIVE I love every single one of those movies sooooo much!

    • @6808Justin
      @6808Justin 14 дней назад +1

      Thanks for another great video! I'm 100% confused as to why so many people seemingly hate The Wolfman (2010) I personally really enjoyed the film, especially the Unrated Cut. Sadly, I don't believe I'm very interested in watching a hillbilly, caveman, werewolf wannabe thing on the big screen anytime soon. I feel compelled to ask if you've ever seen The Cursed (2021)? As, I feel as if it's a more interesting take on a modern made werewolf movie IMO. Just in case you haven't seen the film & end up watching it eventually. It doesn't seem like it, but most of the effects in the film are practical effects. As one finds out by watching "The Making Of" if you are furnished with a physical copy.
      Again, thanks for the awesome video!!!

    • @GOLDEN-STATE-NATIVE
      @GOLDEN-STATE-NATIVE 14 дней назад +1

      @@6808Justin The Wolfman 2010 is GREAT 💯 It made the #5 spot on this awesome list of movies!

    • @6808Justin
      @6808Justin 14 дней назад +1

      Hey, I feel pretty "bright" as I meant to leave my comment for Nerd Squish. Apparently my phone has some issues. However, I'm extremely pleased that you also enjoyed The Wolfman (2010)
      Great list!!!!

    • @Blast2224
      @Blast2224 14 дней назад +1

      "Wolves" from 2014 had the makeup artists of X-Men First Class and the Wolfman involved, which was why some of the costumes look so cool despite poor writing. Despite being a failed TV-pilot, it STILL slaps more than Wolf Man 2025. Also Wolfcop and Another Wolfcop are perfection. Canadian Perfection.

  • @RebecaLawrence-w6e
    @RebecaLawrence-w6e 14 дней назад +1

    Hello werewolf fans,
    Been looking forward to hearing about the new Wolfman movie. I plan to see it. The original Wolfman is one of my favorite movies. I like the 2010 version. It was picked on by a lot of people. It is a Worthy movie. The new one sounds like a great movie. With a bad spider. For years now! They werewolves are like a virus. Like in Underworld. The werewolves can control the change. In less William bit you. You stay a wolf forever. I'm still a big werewolf fan.

  • @chadkasal3840
    @chadkasal3840 14 дней назад +1

    Best Werewolf films are long behind us...

  • @raishonstanley1313
    @raishonstanley1313 14 дней назад +1

    I really hope we get a update of for dark universe with all the updates on the universal studios monsters

    • @ryusteel4556
      @ryusteel4556 13 дней назад +1

      Didn't they just say it wasn't going to happen and these would be stand alone films?

    • @raishonstanley1313
      @raishonstanley1313 13 дней назад +1

      @ yeah but the one with tom cruise was the worse one but I did like Dracula untold

    • @ryusteel4556
      @ryusteel4556 13 дней назад +1

      @raishonstanley1313 agreed dracula untold was great

    • @raishonstanley1313
      @raishonstanley1313 13 дней назад +1

      @ that was a very good movie and i hope when
      They do the bride and the new Frankenstein movie and hopefully the new the creature from the black lagoon will be good stand alone movie as well

  • @gamerboy-lb7qv
    @gamerboy-lb7qv 14 дней назад +7

    He is not as hairy because, unlike traditional wolfmen, he doesn't turn at the moon and returns at night, so he's not gonna grow all his hair at once it's gonna grow over time. We got a glimpse at it with him having a little hair, but if he had survived and lived for a few weeks he would grow more hair. Like his father did. He was likely losing his human hair because it would be replaced with "animal" hair

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  14 дней назад +6

      @@gamerboy-lb7qv that’s an interesting take. Even so, I wanted more from his dad’s wolf design as well 🤷🏼‍♀️

    • @gamerboy-lb7qv
      @gamerboy-lb7qv 14 дней назад +2

      ​@@NerdSquish the dad's design is more my favorite also just feels more like a beast

  • @mauriciogarnica1485
    @mauriciogarnica1485 14 дней назад

    There’s different versions of werewolves where they don’t turn back to human. And other versions where it is more of an infection rather than a curse under the moon. This version combines the two into a more grounded version. One where folklore could have come from this physically altering rabies like disease. The main character isnt really the final version of the were wolf as they turn more and more animalistic or “wolf like” over time. Where he is only turned until morning. So I still think it counts as a “wolf man” as the physical features are still more human than wolf, and the behavior is more wolf. That’s being said. Yes I enjoyed the movie. Yes the fully turned “werewolf” disappointed. But the majority of werewolf movies lack the extra bit that would have put them at the top.

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  13 дней назад +2

      @@mauriciogarnica1485 yeah we’re unfortunately used to these weird looking werewolves these days 🤣

  • @adambryant2256
    @adambryant2256 14 дней назад +3

    Great review! Unfortunately for me this film was overall a nay! I do agree with you that it was a good werewolf story but shouldn't be titled Wolfman. Also agree that I would've liked more depth to the lore with these werewolves. I still don't like the design either. Acting and visual effects nailed it though! Started off strong, but sadly, it just didn't work for me. Enjoyed the video!

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  14 дней назад +3

      @@adambryant2256 thanks for watching, friend! I wonder if we’ll get an extended cut that will explain more of the lore 🤔

    • @jamesjimbob71
      @jamesjimbob71 14 дней назад

      Maybe his next film will be about a toothless vampire, which will suck

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  14 дней назад

      @@jamesjimbob71 😂🤣😂

  • @tomsklanka9436
    @tomsklanka9436 14 дней назад

    I haven't seen it cause of the amount of negative reviews, I'll wait til I can get it on Demand. I'm upset it's flopping cause I really wanted it to do well so we could continue to get universal monster movies. I'm a huge Wolfman/ werewolf fan too and was excited for the movie, so being this flopped I don't think we will get another Wolfman movie for a few decades( a major motion picture Wolfman movie) Leigh Whanell and Blumhouse really messed things up ! 🤬🤬

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  13 дней назад +1

      @@tomsklanka9436 I feel yah. But the smaller budget werewolf flicks are always better 🤷🏼‍♀️ big time Hollywood never gets it right.

    • @tomsklanka9436
      @tomsklanka9436 9 дней назад

      @ definitely seems that way !!

  • @mazokuchan
    @mazokuchan 14 дней назад

    Did you ever read the book series “The Parasol Protectorate”?! I loooooooove the werewolves in this serie!

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  14 дней назад +1

      @@mazokuchan I’ve never even heard of it but after googling, I’m definitely curious! I’ll add it to my TBR.

    • @mazokuchan
      @mazokuchan 14 дней назад

      @ it’s sadly not that known! I hope you read soon and like it!

  • @RandomHorror
    @RandomHorror 8 дней назад

    Yes, the practical effects done right, but yeah, I wasn't a fan of the werewolf look. I think Lon Chaney Jr. It looks better, so dose Benicio del Toro it was CG, but I'd say that it's better. Yeah, I wasn't a fan of the lore in this where it's a disease.

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  8 дней назад +1

      @@RandomHorror I just don’t understand how they did practical but didn’t go all the way!!!

    • @RandomHorror
      @RandomHorror 8 дней назад

      @NerdSquish Yeah, I think it would have worked better if they added hair it i get that they might have been on a tight budget, but it would have been werewolf look that we're all familiar with.

  • @priscillatascon8879
    @priscillatascon8879 14 дней назад

    I will have to come back tomorrow after watching the movie😭😭

  • @NadeemShekh-uy9zn
    @NadeemShekh-uy9zn 13 дней назад +1

    The movie disappointed me it wasn't scary to me I didn't like the wolfman design it didn't look like a werewolf more like a zombie

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  13 дней назад +1

      definitely looked more zombie/Gollum like

  • @SimpleeGigi
    @SimpleeGigi 14 дней назад

    i like the concept i really do

  • @ryusteel4556
    @ryusteel4556 13 дней назад

    It apparently takes inspiration from the fly reboot. I personally disliked everything about this film has me worried about the other monsters they may take on.

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  13 дней назад +1

      @@ryusteel4556 when I saw modern Creature is in production, I about fell out my chair thinking about how terrible that would be 🤣

  • @sucha_shocker
    @sucha_shocker 10 дней назад

    Why do they always want werewolves to be hairless??

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  10 дней назад

      @@sucha_shocker an excellent question 😂

  • @ChristopherFava-z2y
    @ChristopherFava-z2y 14 дней назад

    I saw it yesterday, it was like he had a resident evil virus,i mean they made him look like a zombie more than anything, like a crackhead 😂,and yeah had nothing to do with the original, i liked the beginning it was coolm,im like ok might be cool,then it dragged on it was good and bad,the end was ok when he got caught in the bear trap ,bit his foot off and ran on four legs like a regular animal

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  14 дней назад

      @@ChristopherFava-z2y even though it’s not the best film ever, I always like to try to find the good parts of a movie 😁

  • @The_Savvy_Satyr
    @The_Savvy_Satyr 12 дней назад

    I'm telling myself that the wolfman had mange.

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  11 дней назад

      @@The_Savvy_Satyr 😂🤣😂 for sure

  • @ivanstepanovic1327
    @ivanstepanovic1327 12 дней назад

    Are you serious?! NOTHING in this movie is original or new...
    Wolf POV - already done in 2010 Wolfman
    Senses changing - also 2010 movie
    Becoming werewolf shown as a disease - already done in Wer
    No turning back after transformation - already done in Ginger Snaps
    Trapped in a house, bad stuff both in and out side - Dog Soldiers had masterclass in that!
    Not to mention The Fly and The Shining...
    TBH, the movie had its good moments, but it's too long, makes a great build up only for you to get nothing in the end...
    Oh, and the creature design... Whoever thought of that deserves to be publicly flogged! That killed the movie for me; knowing it is actually a hobo that's chasing them made all the scenes not scary. Funny even...
    Overall, he is making Invisible Man again and again and again... That becomes boring quickly... Overall, this movie is a disaster and no wonder it bombs at the box office...

  • @roderick8167
    @roderick8167 14 дней назад

    Yeah even though I still love The Invisible Man more I still personally really really enjoyed Wolf Man and I've already seen this movie twice in theaters , even though I really enjoyed this movie it does movie a little too fast like I wish this movie was 15 to 20 minutes longer and I wish we actually saw how the father got infected i wanted to see what happened to Blake's dad and how he became a Wolf Man and I wanted to more lore about these Werewolves like give me the lore ! Lol but besides these nitpicks I still really really like this movie, one more thing yeah the most scary thing about these things is that if these werewolves simply just scratch you you become that thing forever there's no back and forth every full moon 3 times in a month and you are yourself most of the time nah you are stuck as that ugly mindless killing machine forever until you eventually hopefully die 😳😬

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  14 дней назад +1

      @@roderick8167 yes, I need more lore!!!

    • @roderick8167
      @roderick8167 14 дней назад

      @@NerdSquish i know right ! , also you made a great point when you said if Leigh Whannell and Blumhouse has said this was an original werewolf movie not related to the Wolf Man or universal monster IP and had just called this Face of the Wolf people would be a lot more receptive and accepting of this movie.

  • @marseanbostic3377
    @marseanbostic3377 13 дней назад

    The problem with making the wolf man some kind of disease, is that you’re literally making him into an agile balding zombie 😂

    • @NerdSquish
      @NerdSquish  13 дней назад

      @@marseanbostic3377 yeah this is zombie/wendigo territory.