The REAL Reason Wolf Man Is Failing At The Box Office!

[@maxstone6953]

This movie should have been called "Dads got rabies"

[@fredleggett923]

The design for the "wolf"man was revealed back during Halloween Horror Nights 2024 and it was so bad that Universal pulled it from the event. I have a feeling this film was sent out to die.

[@Terelon]

The film's werewolf doesn't look like one!! I don't know what the heck that is.

[@andrewgonzalez6208]

Yea that’s my biggest complaint.

[@kimberlyh.1090]

It looks like a cross between Wrong Turn and Remus Lupin's werewolf (Harry Potter).

[@TheyCallMe_TC]

He looks like me when I'm drunk @ 3am

[@39mack23]

😆😆

[@Terelon]

@@TheyCallMe_TC 😆

[@Neon_Dion]

The “wolf” smashed his hand through the window and the main character mysteriously got cut by the wolf’s nail? I don’t think so, I was hoping the main character got bit, but no. Just a scratch, and then he turned into the Hills Have Eyes cannibal. It was bizarre and weird and completely unnecessarily rushed it felt like

[@djcruiselover3827]

I would definitely watch Wolf man again before I would watch Nosferatu again

[@alsmith9853]

@@djcruiselover3827 Nosferatu sucked, literally

[@MrBreeze313]

Bro that’s crazy I just said the same thing out loud! Nosferatu was a dam snooze fest.

[@djcruiselover3827]

@ yeah the pacing was definitely horrible. could’ve shaved like 45 minutes off. I think it would’ve gone a lot smoother.

[@ryanjenkins6899]

I enjoyed it. People complain that everything that comes out is derivative and its all the same and its tired and then something different comes out and they complain that it’s different.

[@aseygirl9295]

One interesting fact, the writer/director had a close friend pass away from ALS, and that influenced the details of the wolf transformation - slowly losing your ability to hear, speak, write, etc… it was a degenerative disease like ALS. I do like that thought was put into it and that it wasn’t that quick transformation in all the other werewolf movies.

[@kayskaht2052]

This is fascinating! Thank you for sharing this. It alters my perspective a bit and makes me have a different appreciation for this film.

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

*Werewolf (not "warewolf"). Unless of course you mean a wolf collecting and selling wares out of a warehouse.

[@dougcrane8031]

Yeah, you can tell it's an allegory for inherited sickness. And I thought that angle was refreshing. Story-wise it reminded me of a horror version of Ang Lee's Hulk.

[@aseygirl9295]

@@Eidolon1andOnly 😂 corrected!

[@dariandavis7228]

You can imagine what kind of Silver Surfer that tiny little actress will make. 😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@CantrellBeau]

@@dariandavis7228 The Silver Queefer.

[@DennisODonnell-s1x]

The "werewolf" looked like a moonshiner.

[@Neon_Dion]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TevyaSmolka]

Wolfman is Bombing because it’s a disappointing movie in my opinion

[@dariandavis7228]

The wolfman from 2010 has a way better transformation scene. That movie was greatly underrated

[@andrewgonzalez6208]

So underrated. Seen it like 4 times and I think it got bad reviews

[@kimberlyh.1090]

Van Helsing had badass Werewolf transformation scenes too.

[@alsmith9853]

Werewolf as a plain vanilla suburban married dad. Yeah I wonder why audiences aren't flocking to it

[@philyeary8809]

It's likely the fx and modern feels, as opposed to this latest jibe on men...

[@carlosenriquez2092]

We just watched An American warewolf in London, I had forgotten how good it is. You should watch it and revew it.

[@AdamDoesMovies]

I’ve seen it. Good flick!

[@izzo2998]

Ha, good flick. If you connect it to what Adam is saying in this video, American Warewolf had young men in it, and male nudity, so if it were released today, the horny moms would swarm to it! LMAO.

[@colten53]

Weirdly my main problem with that movie is the werewolf design as well, but it's a much better crafted movie all around. Better transformation scenes. Better kills. Memorable weird AF dream sequences. Dark comedy. This movie is just forgettable. I tend to prefer designs like in The Howling or even The Wolfman 2010

[@Terelon]

@@carlosenriquez2092 One of the best comedy horrors!

[@Terelon]

@@colten53 "Howling" was superb. It was better than it should've been.

[@theunironicboomerang]

I don't know, but after a Nosferatu movie that didn't technically have the classic Nosferatu character in it, I really didn't want to waste my money on a wolfman movie that didn't have an actual wolfman in it.

[@Mikey-em8hs]

What Nosferatu were you watching?

[@Neon_Dion]

Thank you, finally someone said it!!! People retaliated against me when I said Nosferatu was a complete and utter disaster

[@Neon_Dion]

@@Mikey-em8hsthe 2024 version, it was BAD bad

[@Mikey-em8hs]

@@Neon_Dion It was not. I know not everything likes the movie but it does so many things objectively well that I don’t understand how you bask it on the same level as someone like madame web or tarot. I would use your words to describe those movies.

[@Neon_Dion]

@@Mikey-em8hs visually it was stunning, but I just thought it wasn’t good that’s my personal opinion

[@DrErikNefarious]

It's got some interesting ideas, like how the werewolf is actually a DISEASE that you just don't get better from, the whole movie taking place over the course of a single night and the "werewolf vision" thing, but otherwise, it's.....a slow burn body horror?

[@nixa42]

I just want another Dog Soldiers.

[@mrlelle111]

I think the director is making an "unofficial" sequel to it!

[@jakecleaves4515]

After seeing the razzi nominations I had to check out your megalopolis spoiler review and it was hilarious 😂 not sure I’ll ever see it but at least we got your review

[@AdamDoesMovies]

Haha, nice!

[@markzuckergecko621]

I kinda feel bad for subjecting Adam to all these awful movies, but his reactions are just so good!

[@MendicantTooBias]

I saw the trailer when I saw Nosferatu. It felt like the trailer gave away the whole movie, which is something I've hated about trailers in recent years. I wasn't intrigued at all.

[@markjlabella8869]

First couple of frames of the trailer- I too thought “it’s his daughter…” oh wait… 😳

[@slappypaddy1]

They tried to make a "sexy" werewolf/Beauty and the Beast, in 1990 called Meridian, full with amorous werewolf/human bedroom scenes. It was a huge commercial and critical failure and almost has no fans, cult or otherwise.

[@39mack23]

Movies like this are best to just stream 😂😂

[@danw4490]

I watched this. I didn't pay for it. I still want a refund. The acting was crap. The female lead was horrible and now I know her portrayal of Silver Surfer will be just super. As for a movie with the name Wolf Man... I think they forgot to put a wolf in it. What the hell was that?

[@LukeLovesRose]

OMFG. Are you kidding? This girl with the silly blond hair cut is going to be the female Silver Surfer. Yikes.

[@CantrellBeau]

It highlighted a slow transformation while having crappy visual transformation. If they would have really nailed the transformation by having him actually transform into a frightening cool looking werewolf and not a cracked out hobo it would have succeeded.

[@dewberrydave]

What ruined this for me was the acting was awful. Looked like it was more of an inconvenience that dad was turning into a werewolf than terror.

[@caseymoore4759]

It’s failing because it’s a reimagined werewolf movie without a werewolf and a extra dose of daddy issues

[@pepperninja]

Someone on Reddit said that the wolf man design looks so much similar to Resident evil village wolf men. That’s all I could see this design as. It’s sad to see this movie go this way :/

[@theblackpinoy]

Because it sucks

[@Neon_Dion]

2025 is not going to be a good year for horror, I’m already seeing that now. We ended 2024 with Nosferatu, a complete waste of my time and then we opened the new year with this, literally a “monstrosity”

[@guygadbois3010]

Why release a wolfman movie in January? It seems like it should be October/Halloween type fare. And I'm wondering why they don't gender-swap here for wolfwoman movie which could be funded by Nair product placement.

[@Ralph-id3xg]

Didn't see the movie but saw the trailer last week... the trailer is aweful.

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

Awful. Just awful.

[@afterdarkcreations7089]

I'm one of those weirdo horror fanstics, who loves the effects and gore. I would say your summation is a bit reductive. This movie was a massive disappointment. I love the original and I hated how the creature effects looked. Felt like the script could have interchanged any monster. The dialogue was stilted. He looked like Rat Man instead of a werewolf. To have a good werewolf movie, you have to have a good transformation and a good look for the final werewolf form. This did neither. The story wasn't compelling and overall it was lacking. This felt slapped together. I don't need a sexy werewolf, I need a werewolf that looks frightening and feral.

[@AdamDoesMovies]

We are in agreement there. The movie didn’t provide a werewolf. I pointed that out towards the end. The video was basically just pointing out how easily the cops have corrected the box office. Either go all in on the horror or make it sexy. Nosferatu pretended to do both in the advertising

[@trentdotson1522]

Swirling the “champagne cinema” glass. 😂😂

[@jadapandy]

Not bad, but not at the level of epicness of 2010's The Wolf Man with Anthony Hopkins and Benicio Del Toro, or Wolf with Jack Nicholson.

[@LukeLovesRose]

Wolf is so great and underrated. Frankly, I found that a more beautiful and convincing man / beast romance than Twilight. Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson have great charisma

[@HorseJoint]

Don’t go see it. Just watch the “2010” one

[@dougcrane8031]

Even though Nosferatu is a "better" film, I liked this one much more. I'll probably watch it a few more times whereas I just don't feel the need to do that with Nosferatu.

[@noelv1976]

True on Wolf Man.. I was confused at times from the trailer in regards to the Julia character. I thought both were his daughters 😂. She has no sex appeal and after hearing about it's mostly a psychological horror it was a hard no from me. Especially after sitting through the psychological bullshit of Nosferatu, I didn't want to sit through another one.

[@philyeary8809]

Spot on.

[@midnight4669]

I love underworld to this day. God i loved the werewolves in Van Helsing, even Cabin in the Woods exceeded my expectations. Why do some people just not understand werewolves? Long ears and big snouts, people, wtf. Btw I loved Nosferatu. Didnt that break a record by releasing LESS THAN A MONTH after its release? Thats the true stake to rhe heart of cinemas. I am done. Never again. Picking up Sonic 3 soon too now that its releaded as well.

[@hakaigonzalez7253]

I didn't like the wolves in Underworld. The look like giant mutant rats imo. They fixed it in the later films tho and they got cooler.

[@GuitarlordJohnBurton]

Wolfman part 2, The Dursting.

[@terrymondon7649]

I took your advice and decided to go see Nosferatu even though you did not care for it. I have to say I did enjoy it and I did not feel bored at any point. I love your reviews❤

[@AdamDoesMovies]

Good to hear!

[@davidandrews5392]

Did you really do the Mr. Balin like my video gag?😅

[@mdjans35]

What made me skeptical about this movie is that it’s a horror movie released in January. January released horror movies tend to have a reputation of not being very good.

[@metalgrinch]

I feel like we've had way better iterations of the Wolfman character. A small family trio trapped in a little random suburban house with total unknowns seemed like such an uncreative rudimentary place to tell this well-known story.

[@LukeLovesRose]

The Wolf Man is supposed to turn back and forth, from man to beast. Hes also supposed to be almost indestructible. Hes also supposed to actually look like a beast

[@faustoutloud]

5:34 😂 i swear were like Twins that arent twins thats exactly what i thought here and is something i would definitely break out into it 😅😅😅 love it this is what Makes this channel Great.

[@davidmatthews9947]

"Quivering in her bonnet" 😂

[@andrewgonzalez6208]

Wolfman was fine. At best. And I don’t like this approach of not making him look like a wolf

[@Neon_Dion]

This review is incredibly misogynistic, it has nothing to do with sex appeal. The movie was just NOT GOOD. PERIOD. 😂😂😂

[@LukeLovesRose]

Misogynistic?? Are you kidding?

[@DavidMyrmidon]

I agree with you about Nosferatu. I've always wanted to see it, but never had The Patience for Silent Movies.. so I just waited for a "Modernized Remake". It was not Bad; visually.. but everything else just made it a Drag to watch. And after it's "Climatic" Ending.. it just made me like Bram Stoker's Dracula more. 😅🤷 Honestly, that commentor who talked about Money is The Arbiter to Defining a Successful Movie.. is THE CENTRAL CORE of My Beef with The Box Office. It Often Curtails idiots into Thinking that a Movie is Good or Not, when The BO DOESN'T Effect The Average Person.. what so ever.

[@danielsmith9130]

Every single time you point out the obvious, I can't help but bust out laughing!!!😅

[@vampirasilents2021]

His not being wolf-like and animal or anthropomorphic is ruining it even regular people like that look it's cool they used practical effects but it doesn't help making him seem like he had leprosy or like a person with mange. If they would of advertised this more like a body horror movie and played it off more like pure horror and not some poorly executed family trauma allegory would of been better .I agree the daughter is miss cast .

[@MrMachu22]

Adam you had me at limp biscuit lines lol... If you want to watch a great werewolf movie watch Dog soldiers the ultimate werewolf movie. Cheers 🍻

[@mikehusanj1704]

Just watched the movie last night, in the opening they call the disease "face of the wolf" Don't tell me that wasn't originally the title when righting than universal changed it to the wolfman

[@MoonFlowerMedicine]

Don’t worry, We won’t have to worry about any of these missteps with Egger’s upcoming Werewolf movie 😁🐺

[@MovieRecapTv-v8p]

thank you for sharing

[@astonmartin8537]

Sounds like you really liked the movie and how you were defending it.

[@badism8369]

Wolf man? More like David Lopan! Am I right fellas?

[@glennhowardcunnington6362]

Wolf man is just a loose remake of David Cronenbergs remake of the fly.. it was fine, could have been a lot better.. awesome video Adam, funny as hell 😂😂

[@spencerpommier806]

I'm so excited for Robbie eggs to fix this sub genre with his upcoming werewolf movie. But if you want a good werewolf movie that's modern and has nuance and is about something I would really recommend the wolf of snow hollow that came out a few years ago

[@alexgirl8336]

I enjoyed the Wolfman remake with Anthony Hopkins in it.

[@8strauss6]

wow! that commenter really got you telling you the movie made money even though he didn't like it. just like they probably got conceived even though their parents didn't want it to happen. things just work out sometimes. not always how we want

[@RobinJohnstonphotography]

I’m still waiting for the wolf man , Nosferatu , Spider man extended universe tie in reboot.

[@faustoutloud]

Adams opening deserves a new Name.. Adam Loves Movies 😂. ❤ keep up the great vids man your awesome 😂.

[@harrisdaver]

How was the Frank Grillo It's The Purge But Werewolves movie better than this?

[@keeponplaying]

Kit Harington was in a dreadful "artsy" werewolf movie and he was naked in it just last year. Put that in this more commercial movie and it probably would have brought in more $$$

[@mathiasschneider7690]

**SPOILERS** My favorite parts of the film were when the older werewolf (daddy wolf) was alive and a threat all while Blake was slowly turning into the wolf. but after that the movie just gets slow.

[@licey71]

Im gonna go see this movie but not because the trailer hit me excited or anything. I just love werewolves and I hope this doesn’t suck which is the most we can hope for these days. Nosferatu was beautiful but very lacking. I expected so much more from it.

[@jamiedavis9208]

Well upon seeing the movie I think movie goers wanted to see the writer/director take the wolfman to the next level and writer/director brought awesome sound effects that was next level but they wanted the transformation and yet great story line and the writer/director felt that that’s been done before for his innovative approach which has been sought after because he has remake creative innovative appeal. His innovation could have been in the sound which was great and let the transformation stay and remain and that’s would’ve been a winner.

[@andrewgonzalez6208]

lol never thought about this stuff you’re bringing up

[@angelarch5352]

Good point, and accurate!

[@spetcnaz83]

Well Nosferatu has Egger, while Wolf Man is directed by Whannell. While sex sells, a popular horror director sells too.

[@animami-8]

This is an interesting take (that women like freaky things) 😅 but I will say one of them days is actually very good. I don’t think you’ve reviewed it but if you can add it your list I think you’ll like it!

[@alejandrobojorquez6181]

50 Shades of Grey Hair the Movie 🍿🎥 🍔 🍟

[@larrychu6396]

i wanted to love it but it was sorta slow and a lot of what the critics were saying i couldnt help but agree. it was very meh.

[@BobBoozle]

Looks like a streaming film. The trailer reminded me too much of the Kit Harrington film, "The Beast Within." I'm still bitter about the androgynous actress (dressed as Alec Baldwin in Beetlejuice) being cast as Silver Surfer.

[@MatiProbably]

The "Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Movies" Aka SPUMM

[@susanmctavish6639]

No one cares about a single, individual Wolfman anymore. Audiences want a bunch of wolves at the same time in a cool setting doing crazy stuff.

[@popcorndiva]

yep! and if they aren't doing that, then some really hot wolves doing some crazy stuff;)

[@Denis-fp7ku]

Can I get a Chee-Hoo!

[@bitterskeptic5016]

Well. I feel like I just discovered the Walmart chris stuckman

[@MrSwinefuzz]

Adam, do you plan on watching the Oscars this year? 3:57

[@MrBreeze313]

I didn’t really like Nosferatu, it was just too boring and not scary. But i thought this was decent. I did think the wolf’s appearance was 💩.

[@adamosca6399]

I was disappointed with nosferatu honestly

[@primalplasma]

Really good points made

[@2984homer]

I agree it wasn't horrible and it wasn't great . It was just Allright I thought it was better than the pg13 crap blumhouse has been putting out. First half of movie was slow 2 half ok.

[@JosephSawyer-r3x]

Blumhouse is and always been hit and miss.

[@Brandonyoungblood50]

Do you have AMC Studs? I have. One movie and it pays for itself.

[@fjleone2169]

ROFL! Dude, you crack me up!

[@NottyGurlStyle]

Let Ian Somerhalder be the wolfman… I will go see it just to see him 🔥😍 ages later love watching him as Damon from TVD. I think these movie executives forgets who their demo is and young teens and women will definitely go to see a movie if the lead is more appealing to watch… I read 50 Shades of Grey but I build t up such an image in my mind of what Grey would look like.. I was disappointed with who they chose, I didn’t like the actress either.. just thought it was a wrong choice and it threw off everything for me… so I had no interest in seeing it… Who they cast for movies would make a difference. 😂 @ quivering in her bonnet

[@cinemaunitestheworld]

I don't give a shit what anyone says; nature ain't no liar. ALPHA DOGS all day long, for better or worse. As you said, Adam, the 50 Shades sales plus Beauty and the Beast...explain everything.

[@markmatherne7322]

Im inspired to make a Godzilla film using my pet bearded dragon lizard

[@markzuckergecko621]

Don't care, I'm still gonna watch it when it's streaming. The great thing about horror movies, especially monster movies, is even when they're terrible they can still be awesome.

[@GA-1st]

I appreciate your approach to this review. Well done! But, I still think Wolf Man is much better than a "C-."

[@ActionJackson1982]

this doesn’t appeal to me so Im not bothered to see it in the cinema

[@BestBassTabs]

5:36😂

[@jmuehlbauer42]

I just want something original. Excellent writing, realistic characters, and frightening to the core. Love your videos, though. Cheers!

[@andrewgonzalez6208]

Why did I laugh at the thumbnail

[@CornpopToonberg]

Girl power fails again

[@alejandrobojorquez6181]

CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN , CLAP ON CLAP OFF 💡 📴 👏 🐺

[@DobrieLov]

Lol, well let’s not get crazy. Nosferatu is not hot, he’s nasty af. It’s the two human guys you’re wanting to look at. 😂. But seriously. Nosferatu is an emo movie about existential dread which is very universal, but also made it kinda fun at the same time. Wolfman is more like an individual story of suffering and looked straight up depressing. That’s why I’m passing on it. They can make an ugly werewolf but at least let it be fun.

[@starfire451]

The set up just doesn't look that interesting.

[@bryandavismoviefan]

It just pales in comparison to the prodound and deep story of Nosferatu. I actually liked the 2010 wolfman version. Not sure about the sexual suburbanite wife angle.....maybe the suburbs arent so bad.....