When it was reported that Blumhouse’s Wolf Man carried a modest budget of only $25 million, it didn’t seem like too tall a task for the film to become a box office success, but after the film ...

“Wolf Man,” a Universal Pictures release in theaters Friday, is rated R for “bloody violent content, grisly images and some language.” Running time: 103 minutes. No stars out of four.

The new Wolf Man from Universal Pictures and co-writer/director Leigh Whannell may likewise provoke some puzzled Count Floyd-esque looks of confusion among horror fans. Not that it’s a failure ...