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Today is Halloween, we hope we’ve given you lots of ideas to make your Halloween as spooky as possible… In our Guide to Top Horror Movies Ever, the 1941 Wolf Man with Lon Chaney Jr made it to number 21.

In 2010 a reboot of the classic horror was released, starring Anthony Hopkins and Hugo Weaving (available to purchase or rent on Sky Store) which was a great reimagining of the 40s classic, and unlike many modern reboots of old classic movies, but this 2010 reboot was a great movie for horror fans, and for the sub-genre of Werewolf fans.

17th January 2025, Wolf Man is set to be released in theatres, a modern day reboot of the 1941 classic. The movie, unlike the 40s classic which was set in 1800s Europe, is set in present day America.

The movie follows Blake (Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott, Poor Things & It Comes at Night), a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. With his marriage to high-powered wife, Charlotte (Emmy winner Julia Garner; Ozark, Inventing Anna), fraying, Blake persuades Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit the property with their young daughter, Ginger (Matlida Firth; Hullraisers, Coma).

But as the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they’re attacked by an unseen animal and, in a desperate escape, barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter.

As the night stretches on, however, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable, and Charlotte will be forced to decide whether the terror within their house is more lethal than the danger without.

The film co-stars Sam Jaeger (The Handmaid’s Tale), Ben Prendergast (The Sojourn Audio Drama) and Benedict Hardie (The Invisible Man). Wolf Man is directed by Whannell, whose previous films with Blumhouse include The Invisible Man, Upgrade and Insidious: Chapter 3.

The screenplay is written by Leigh Whannell & Corbett Tuck, Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo (Dumb Money). The film is produced by Blumhouse founder and CEO Jason Blum and is executive produced by Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Leigh Whannell. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.