The writer-director was partially inspired by a close friend who died of ALS, but ultimatley lost a scene involving the affliction: "That's definitely one that hurt when I took it out."

Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell has said he wanted to put a new spin on the tired and tested werewolf horror movie with his latest film Wolf Man.

The staggering natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest becomes a bloodied hunting ground in writer-director Leigh Whannell's latest stab at monster mayhem: Wolf Man (now playing in theaters everywhere;

Wolf Man 2.5 out of 5 Stars Director: Leigh Whannell Writers: Leigh Whannell, Corbett Tuck, Lauren Schuker Blum, Rebecca Angelo Starring: Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, Sam Jaeger Rated: R for bloody violent content, grisly images and some language.

Unfortunately for Universal/Blumhouse, it doesn't look like director Leigh Whannell is going to be able to repeat the success of his take on The Invisible

For better, there's been 2020's The Invisible Man, in which writer/director Leigh Whannell left his supernatural leanings from the Insidious franchise behind for a more sci-fi-rooted horror. His Wolf Man has a similarly grim and grounded approach,

I was so happy with Invisible Man’s ending that I just don’t feel the artistic need to go forward with it,” he tells THR. “The financial need is something different. The studio might look at that and say,

"Wolf Man" writer-director Leigh Whannell told UPI he wanted his modern re-imagining of the classic Universal Pictures monster to be simultaneously familiar and distinct.

The Wolf Man director talks body horror, the joys of practical effects and the influence of Michael Haneke and Jonathan Glazer.

Leigh Whannell follows ‘The Invisible Man’ with another update on a classic from the Universal archives, unfolding in an isolated farmhouse in the Pacific Northwest.

Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man boasts some impressive filmmaking and fresh spins on werewolf lore, but its story lacks bite.

“Wolf Man” then jumps ahead 30 years, to adult Blake (Christopher Abbott) out in a busy San Francisco enjoying daddy-daughter time with young Ginger (Matilda Firth). Like his father, he is very protective of his child, scolding her for not getting down from a construction structure she walks atop the moment he tells her to do so.