Julia Garner says Leigh Whannell made 'Wolf Man' a bit 'scarier' because he keeps the character 'familiar' before making him a monster.

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.

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."

Stefan Pape interviews Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner & Leigh Whannell on new horror flick Wolf Man - out on January 17.

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.

Julia Garner won three Emmys for her work ... too much stock in “The Invisible Man,” the horror film director Leigh Whannell made before this. That had plenty of style – and a killer ...

And now, Whannell is back with another standalone revival of a classic Universal Monster in Wolf Man. At one stage, it had Ryan Gosling starring and Derek Cianfrance directing, but it now arrives in cinemas with Whannell at the helm and Christopher Abbott in the lead role.

"I want to make people feel uncomfortable," Julia Garner says of her work as an actor. It's a blunt statement from the 30-year-old, but it's not surprising when you consider her celebrated body of work—a lengthy résumé portraying some of the most nefarious,

Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man manages to strip the genre of its last shreds of dignity, replacing suspense with an onslaught of gore and nonsense.

In an exclusive chat with India Today's Bhavna Agarwal, Julia and Leigh spoke about Wolf Man and their experience working on it and interest in Bollywood.

Abbott and Garner do their best but Wolf Man is a serviceable horror that might make you jump, but rarely makes you stop and think.

Review - Australian writer-director Leigh Whannell takes a crack at a famous monster - and finds something new, Dan Slevin writes.