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Wolf Manbegins and ends with breathtaking images of a remote valley in central Oregon.
He talks about how people can be taken from you in an instant in this land.
Its not hard to die, he says.
Its the easiest thing in the world.
The contrast between the mans-man father (long missing and presumed dead) and the now-grown son is stark.
Wolf Manis a blunt movie, but it also feels like only half a movie.
Blake comes in contact with the creature and starts changing.
He lets us bask in the agonizing tension of a slowly tearing plastic greenhouse roof.
He builds anticipation for the delightful reveal of a grime-covered windshield being wiped for the first time in decades.
But these gnarly thrills are offset by impoverished characterizations.
ThisWolf Man, however, feels like a vague anecdote, devoid of human specificity.
And, of course, horror thrives in the shadows.
