Wolf Man: Leigh Whannell Invigorates The 1941 Universal Monster Classic In A Modernized Contained Thriller
It’s a fresh take on a classic monster… but unlike most horror movies, this one might leave you wanting to call your dad afterwards. Wolf Man, starring Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner and Matilda Firth, tells the story of Blake Lovell (Abbott) who takes his wife Charlotte (Garner) and daughter Ginger (Firth) to the old family […]
Writing The Perfect Horror Screenplay
Horror movies were traditionally saved for bulk release during the month of October. Every stripe of horror was fired from the studio cannons and executives crossed their fingers and hoped for the best. Then studio executives discovered there were eleven more months in the year that were being consistently neglected. Although many marquee horror films […]
“Go Left When The Audience Thinks You’re Going To Go Right” Leigh Whannell Discusses ‘The Invisible Man’
Horror film screenwriter/director Leigh Whannell is best known for creating the enormously successful Saw and Insidious movie franchises. Whannell spoke with Creative Screenwriting Magazine about his contemporary vision of the 1897 H.G. Wells classic The Invisible Man. It was clear from the outset that Whannell’s interpretation of The Invisible Man was not going to include […]
