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Leigh Whannell interview (Wolf Man)

Season 14

Move over, Leigh, there's another Leigh in town: original 'Movie Guy' and master of horror Leigh Whannell. The co-creator of the SAW phenomenon stops by Popcorn Podcast to discuss his new film, Wolf Man, starring Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner and Matilda Firth. In a wide-ranging chat, Whannell talks side-stepping lazy rules of horror, re-shaping genre filmmaking, the pitfalls of test screenings and the shelf-life of underappreciated classics. What does a wolf man see? – a horror renaissance!


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