Sitges 2025: A New Version of 'The Shrinking Man' with Jean Dujardin

"I am the sum of my experiences; the shrinking has merely stripped away certain superficialities." There's a brand new cinematic adaptation of the classic horror story The Incredible Shrinking Man ready for viewing. But not many people have heard about it yet, since it's a European project and it just premiered at the 2025 Sitges Film Festival. This French / Belgian movie is officially titled L'homme qui rétrécit, which translates simply to The Shrinking Man. This fresh, clean new version has opted not to use the additional "incredible" adjective – immortalized by the iconic 1957 sci-fi horror classic The Incredible Shrinking Man film, directed by Jack Arnold, and starring Grant Williams. This adaptation, based on Richard Matheson's original 1956 novel, The Shrinking Man, stars the always watchable Jean Dujardin as Paul, a shipbuilder who begins to slowly get smaller and smaller. It's a peculiar yet fascinating movie that doesn't live up to its potential, but is an intriguing, mostly entertaining watch nonetheless. If anything, it feels like a streaming movie more than a theatrical epic, but there's still a few engaging scenes and Dujardin is fantastic as always. // Continue Reading ›

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