by Mattie Lucas
Cinema from a Decidedly Queer Perspective
Wolf Man | 2025
The Universal Monster series was essentially the first cinematic Universe. Beginning with Dracula in 1931, the overlapping series ran until 1948 with the Abbott and Costello parody, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Of course, Creature from the Black Lagoon would come along in 1954, but it never shared the same space as the core five - Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, and the Wolf Man.
There's something agreeably no-nonsense about Alex Parkinson's Last Breath, a straight-down-the-middle, meat-and-potatoes true-life rescue thriller we rarely see anymore. Perhaps I'm looking at the past through rose-colored glasses, but there once was a time when mid-budget actioners like this were multiplex staples. Nowadays, you're more likely to see movies like this relegated to streaming rather than playing on a big screen.