Horror Thriller ‘Wolf Man' Gets Peacock Streaming Premiere Date
"Wolf Man" partial poster.
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Wolf Man — a modern reimaging of the classic Lon Chaney Jr. Universal Studios monster movie — is coming soon to Peacock.
Rated R, Wolf Man opened in theaters on Jan. 17 and made its debut on digital streaming via premium video on demand on Feb. 4. The official logline for Wolf Man reads, 'A family at a remote farmhouse is attacked by an unseen animal, but as the night stretches on, the father begins to transform into something unrecognizable.'
Christopher Abbott (Kraven the Hunter) and Julia Garner (Ozark) star in Wolf Man as Charlotte and Blake, and Matilda Firth plays their daughter, Ginger.
Wolf Man is directed and co-written by Leigh Whannell, who previously wrote and directed the hit reimagining of the classic Universal Studios monster movie The Invisible Man in 2020.
According to When to Stream, Wolf Man will arrive on streaming on Peacock on Friday, April 18. You must be a subscriber to the NBC Universal streaming platform to watch Wolf Man on Peacock.
Peacock has an ad-based package for $7.99 per month or $79 per year, as well as an ad-free package for $13.99 per month or $139.99 yearly.
While Wolf Man's roots date back to the classic 1941 Universal Monsters film The Wolf Man, director Leigh Whannell told the British Film Institute that his new version of the classic tale is actually a tribute to the horror films of the 1980s and the use of practical effects of the makeup artists of the day.
'As a horror fan, I've grown up obsessed with prosthetic make-up effects, and these guys who are the masters of that – Stan Winston, Rick Baker, Rob Bottin and Dick Smith – they're like rock stars to me,' Whannell told BFI. 'I was reading Fangoria, looking at these people as absolute heroes. I grew up in that era where those effects stood out in your mind.'
Whannell, whose producer credits include nine movies in the Saw horror movie franchise (including spinoffs), told BFI that Wolf Man is the first movie he made that 'relied so heavily on prosthetic make-up effects and special effects make-up.'
'It's really a tribute to those films that exemplify the best of the make-up – The Thing (1982), An American Werewolf in London (1981), The Exorcist (1973),' Whannell explained to BFI.
Per The Numbers, Wolf Man has earned $20.7 million in North American ticket sales and $14.1 million internationally for a worldwide box office gross of $34.6 million.
Variety reported that Wolf Man had a production budget of $25 million before prints and advertising costs.
Rotten Tomatoes critics collectively gave Wolf Man a 50% 'rotten' rating based on 252 reviews, while audiences gave the film a 56% 'rotten' rating on RT's Popcornmeter based on 1,000-plus verified user ratings.
Wolf Man arrives on Peacock on April 18.
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