Would you still love me if I turned into a human-eating monster? Blumhouse is asking for a friend in their new Wolf Man trailer. The latest take on the Universal classic monster centers around a family of three that is reeling from a car accident and, seemingly, a gruesome Wolf Man attack. The father, played by Christopher Abbott of It Comes At Night, is injured by the wolfish beast that attacked his family. In their escape from the beast outside, another grows within. The family takes refuge in a nearby abandoned house while they seek help, slowly realizing that the monster is inside with them all along.
After spending decades in the ranks of his fellow Universal monsters, like Frankenstein and the Mummy, Wolf Man is finally getting a gory refresh in the modern horror landscape dominated by its producer, Blumhouse. The production company, founded in 2000 by Jason Blum and Amy Israel, is bringing a new, scarier version of Universal’s monsters to modern movie audiences. Blumhouse released the updated horror film The Invisible Man in 2020, and now they’re bringing in Wolf Man to join the new era of Universal horror icons.
The new trailer shows off the acting prowess of Inventing Anna‘s Julia Garner as she plays the horrified wife and mother in the family horror drama. Matilda Firth stars in the film as the couple’s daughter. With a release date of January 17, 2025, the Blumhouse-produced movie looks to be one of the new year’s first horror flicks. Check out the latest trailer for Wolf Man below.
Blumhouse Is On A Role
Since its founding in 2000, Blumhouse has skyrocketed its popularity and reputation in the scary movie business, raising a new generation of horror fans by its side. Recent additions to their portfolio include Speak No Evil and Afraid. Now, with spooky movies like The Black Phone 2, releasing October 17, 2025, and Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, releasing December 5, 2025, Blumhouse is solidifying itself as a horror movie powerhouse that continues to shape the industry.
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However, there have been some production complications along the way. In 2020, director Karyn Kusama (Jennifer’s Body) was set to direct a Dracula film focused on the female protagonist of Bram Stoker’s original novel. Kusama’s vision for a fresh take on the Universal Dark Universe character was scrapped. In an interview with Polygon, Kusama revealedwhy she thinks her Dracula film didn’t make it to production.
“I would say that the Dracula movie I was making wasn’t a straightforward monster movie, and so perhaps that was its problem. It was very much rooted in the monsters that start at home in humans. That’s what was going to make it distinctive was that Dracula was more than a force of evil. He was a man. And that is, in some ways, both its reason for being and its obstacle. It was really hard to get the movie made. And even though we got so close, three weeks from shooting, people lost their nerve. So what are you going to do?”
Kusama seemed to hit the nail on the head. Universal is interested in making monster flicks that inspire fear and create a spectacle, similar to what their icons’ original films did when they were released. Their new monster films highlight their iconic character designs, so her focus on making the vampire more human was not quite in line with the new image Blumhouse had in mind. However, the upcoming Wolf Man film looks to build up the newfound scariness of Universal’s classic character.