What would you do if your beloved neighbor became deadly dangerous, even to you? Director Leigh Whannell, creator of the stylish horror film Invisible, has filmed a new take on one of the most classic movie monsters – the Werewolf.
Blake (Christopher Abbott) is an ordinary New Yorker who, together with his ambitious wife Charlotte (Julia Garner) and their young daughter, is trying to survive in the jungle of the big city, and things are getting worse and worse. When Blake learns that his missing father has been declared dead and his family's childhood home has fallen into his lap, he decides to "let go" and take a trip to the deep Oregon woods with his family to see his inheritance. He finds out that this was not the happiest idea when, at the very end of their journey, a strange animal attacks a few steps from the house. Charlotte and the little girl escape unharmed, but Blake is not so lucky and suffers a bloody wound from the encounter. The family manages to get into the house and barricade themselves, but the drama is far from over. The unknown monster continues to roam around the house, looking for a way in, and Blake begins to behave strangely inside and also changes physically. Charlotte and her daughter will soon have to face a terrifying dilemma - is there a greater danger outside or inside?
For Jason Blum, a horror producer at Blumhouse, director Leigh Whannell was an obvious choice because he had already retold the 19th-century classic in a language that contemporary audiences could understand in The Invisible Man, and he was given a similar assignment for The Wolf Man. “Leigh has an uncanny ability to extract absolute terror from everyday moments and make a horror film where what you can reach scares you more than the supernatural monsters. It makes it all the more terrifying,” says producer Blum.
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Julia Garner, Christopher Abbott, Sam Jaeger, Matilda Firth, Ben Prendergast, Benedict Hardie