The Wolfman Trailer Wolfman Reviewed

The legend of the werewolf, or the lycanthrope, has its origins deep in history, with stories dating back to ancient Rome of human beings shape-shifting into carnivorous four-legged beasts. Yet for some reason the werewolf has always played second fiddle to its kissing cousin, the vampire. Both have a lot in common: They are open [...]

The Wolfman Trailer and The Wolfman Review

Remember ground fog? That smoky, thick dry ice stuff that used to swirl through black-and-white Hollywood forests and graveyards? The Wolfman, a remake of the cheesy-spooky 1941 Universal horror classic, has enough ground fog to make you feel like you’re trapped in… well, a rather ancient horror movie. For a good stretch, I thought ground [...]

The Wolfman Trailer and The Wolfman Review

So now we know what Joe Johnston’s “The Wolfman” was doing for a year before being dumped into the oblivion of a February release: trying to reshoot and shape-change its way toward sexy beasthood. The desperate metamorphosis didn’t take. This sorry attempt to update a couple of horror classics, “Werewolf of London” (1935) and “The [...]