Horror marketing goes to the next level: Wolf Man is releasing in cinemas just days after 2025's first full moon
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There's movie marketing and then there's whatever is going on with Wolf Man. The new Leigh Whannell-directed horror is roaring into cinemas just days ꦬafter 2025's first full moon.
As initially flagged by , Januaāry 13 saw the first full moon of the calendar year – fittingly titled a Wolf Moon. Whether it's a coincidence or the result of a movie studio crunching the numbers to ensure the most timely of lunar appearances is unclear, but it's certainly got us in the mood for wš¤”hen Wolf Man hits theaters on January 17.
The Blumhouse production stars Christopher Abbott as Blake, who returns to his childhood home after the mysterious disappearance of his father (never a good sign, if you ask us)ą¹.
Joined by his wife Charlotte (Juliaš Garner) and daughter Ginger (Matilda Firth), Blake is sšoon attacked by an "unseen animal".
As per the synopsis, "As the night stretches on, however, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into somethišng unrecognisable, and Charlotte will be forced to decide whether the terror within their house is more lethal than the danger without."
Wolf Man has 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:received positive first reactions after earą“ly screenings, with one audience member describing šthe Universal horror as "terrifying."
In our own interview with director Leigh Whannell, the Wolf Man director says he felt pressure to live up to his previous film Thše Invisible Man.
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"I can't look back at The Invisible Man and go, 'I know exactly what I did that made people like it', Whannell 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:told GamesRadar+. "So when I was writing this, I felt this pressure of, like, 'Wš³hat can I do that could match up to that?' It's that little internš§øal critic, you know, that you have to deal with."
Keep up to date with all the things that go bump in the night with our guide to 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:new horror movies. Then dive into a collection of fearsome nasties in our curated list of 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:best horror movies.
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