The Wolfman(2010)
2010 · Joe Johnston · 103 min
Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets bitten by a werewolf and, after a moonlight transformation, leaves him with a savage hunger for flesh.
Horror
5.92.2k votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How The Wolfman scares
The Wolfman leans on gothic atmosphere, fog-soaked moors, and a doomed family curse before letting loose with bursts of brutal, physical violence. It's more about the shock of sudden claws and teeth than lingering dread, with transformation scenes and attacks that hit hard and fast. The blood and mauling are shown pretty openly, so it plays more like a monster movie than a mind-bender. Good for fans of classic creature horror who want gothic mood mixed with real physical carnage rather than slow psychological unease.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Wolfman rates psychological 2/5, visceral 4/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 45 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 10 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 30 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A gothic slow build with periodic bursts of violence that ramps into a bigger, bloodier back half before a hard-hitting climax.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3.
How scary is The Wolfman?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Wolfman rates 3/5 — solidly scary, balancing creeping dread with well-placed shocks. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on gore and fun-first. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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