If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a few surprises in Wolf Man – even if none of them are quite big enough. The 1941 Universal horror film gave audiences a variation on classic werewolf lore: there’s no full moon needed in this yarn,

Does the new werewolf horror movie “Wolf Man” have sharp or dull fangs? Critics are weighing in with their thoughts.

Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man recognizes that, inner conflicts or not, all werewolf horror is essentially hairier-than-usual body horror. Except this time, you get to see its hapless hero’s metamorphosis happen in fits and starts rather than one fell swoop — all the better to push a very specific metaphor,