Julia Garner reveals why 'Wolf Man is scarier'

Leigh Whannell has a history of directing films in the horror genre. But Julia Garner, the star of Wolf Man, said his latest work is the "scariest."

In an interview with ScreenRant, she explains that, unlike the filmmaker's previous movies, the current iteration created fear by showing the transformation of a man to a wolf in stages.

"It's more scary when it is a slower transition because I still recognized little elements of Chris," the Ozark actress recalled. 

"His skin and his hair was changing, but he still had his eyes and I think if you want to make anything scarier just go with something familiar."

"That's why they always put dolls in horror films because you see a doll like almost every day. So I think that this 'Wolf Man' is almost scarier for that reason — that's there's something familiar, that Charlotte still sees her husband, but he's not there anymore."

Julia also shared her initial reaction to her co-star Christopher Abbott's prosthetics - who slowly becomes a wolf after being bitten by a creature.

"The first time I saw him with the prosthetics, I could not stop looking at him," she told the outlet. 

"It was very weird and bizarre and I was just like, 'Oh my God this is terrifying,' and then I got used to it after like three days," Julia concluded.

Wolf Man is running in theatres.