Creature design is a cornerstone of any werewolf movie. With each new film in this particular horror subgenre, there's an opportunity to embrace the classic tropes of the concept, but also to put your ...

For the entirety of Leigh Whannell's screenwriting career, the horror veteran has shown the gift of being able to make audiences cower in terror inside a darkened ...

James Wan and Leigh Whannell, the creators of the 'Saw' franchise, have spoken out homoerotic fan fiction of the films during ...

Leigh Whannell might be the best B-movie director working today. In movies like “Upgrade” (2018), “The Invisible Man” (2020) and now “Wolf Man,” Whannell has taken arguably goofy premises and turned ...

Wolf Man comes out this Thursday, January 16, and seems poised to win the weekend at the box office. But that’s nothing new for Leigh Whannell. While Wolf Man is only Whannell’s fourth film as a ...

Collier Jennings is an entertainment journalist with a substantial amount of experience under his belt. Collier, or "CJ" to his friends and family, is a dedicated fan of genre films - particularly ...

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." By Brian ...

At the heart of any good werewolf story, there is both a tale of great sadness and one of great brutality. And the success of these narratives often depends on how the two parts balance against one ...

Whannell joins the IndieWire Filmmaker Toolkit podcast to discuss how Heath Ledger's Joker gave him an approach toward creating his own attempt at an iconic character. “I guess I approached it first ...

The writer-director tells IndieWire how his reinvention of a Universal horror icon reflected his own fears and anxieties during the pandemic. “I was a bit wary of leaping into another monster movie,” ...