Leigh Whannell did a brilliant job of modernizing "The Invisible Man," but werewolves prove much harder to tame.

Another classic cinematic monster has been dusted off in “Wolf Man,” an R-rated Blumhouse movie which hits theaters on Friday

Bad reviews for Wolf Man shouldn't affect its opening weekend prospects, which currently have it taking the top spot with $20 million plus. If audiences feel the same way as critics, however, this wolf won't go the distance and will be lucky to get past $40 million domestically.

Director Leigh Whannell has established himself as a safe pair of hands for genre filmmaking and Universal and Blumhouse’s Wolf Man has proven itself the perfect new horror project for him to sink his teeth into.