Julia Garner says Leigh Whannell made 'Wolf Man' a bit 'scarier' because he keeps the character 'familiar' before making him a monster.

What keeps drawing Julia Garner to on-screen tension and unease — and Leigh Whannell to modernising iconic movie monsters? We found out.

Wolf Man writer-director Leigh Whannell discusses his spin on another Universal monster, the most challenging scenes, wolf vision, and more.

In an exclusive chat with India Today's Bhavna Agarwal, Julia and Leigh spoke about Wolf Man and their experience working on it and interest in Bollywood.

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."

When a close friend succumbed to motor neuron disease, Australian filmmaker Leigh Whannell channelled his grief into his latest movie.

Wolf Man 2.5 out of 5 Stars Director: Leigh Whannell Writers: Leigh Whannell, Corbett Tuck, Lauren Schuker Blum, Rebecca Angelo Starring: Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, Sam Jaeger Rated: R for bloody violent content, grisly images and some language.

Julia Garner applauds Christopher Abbott’s grounded performance in the reimagined Wolf Man, where supernatural myth meets raw realism. Discover how their collaboration brings a hauntingly authentic edge to the classic tale.

Australian creator of the Saw horror series talks about rebooting a werewolf classic and why he never thought Hollywood was his destiny

Wolf Man director Leigh Whannell has explained the horror film's end credits tribute and the personal story behind it.

“Wolf Man” tells the story of Blake Lovell (Christopher Abbott), his wife Charlotte (Julia Garner) and their daughter Ginger (Matilda Firth) as they journey from New York City to the wilderness of Oregon to clean out Blake’s father’s house after he passes away.

Wolf Man was called 'pulse-pounding' and 'terrifying' in first reactions, but the Rotten Tomatoes score leaves little to be desired as Leigh Whannell's reimagining of George Waggner's 1941 film currently has an underwhelming score of 56% on review aggregate site, Rotten Tomatoes.