An American Werewolf in London

1981 "From the director of Animal House... a different kind of animal."
7.5| 1h37m| R| en
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American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. Retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon experiences disturbing changes to his mind and body.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Acensbart Excellent but underrated film
Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic
Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
grantss Not your average werewolf movie - this is much better than that. Decent plot, though not overly original. No, what sets this apart is the humour and the A-grade production and performances.There's hints of the comedy aspect early on, but those are mostly just witty dialogue and you think it is just the usual banter of young people. It is only once David is in hospital that you realise that this is almost as much a comedy as a drama. The bumbling detective, the appearance of his dead friend (on a few occasions) and their discussions, some of the other scenes. Wherever possible, writer-director John Landis throws in some humour.Production is also very good. Werewolf movies are often B-grade (at best) efforts and this is far better than that.Good cast too. Solid performance by David Naughton in the lead role, as well as from Jenny Agutter.
Tweekums David and Jack are two young American enjoying a long holiday in Europe and naturally their first place to visit is a particularly bleak Yorkshire moor. Cold and wet they take shelter in The Slaughtered Lamb public house… the welcome is such that they decide to leave fairly soon. As they leave the locals warn them to stick to the roads, stay off the moor and beware of the full moon. Soon they hear something and are then attacked by a wolf-like creature; Jack is killed and David wakes in a London hospital a few weeks later. Soon afterwards an undead Jack visits him and tells him they were attacked by a werewolf and if David doesn't kill himself before the next full moon he will turn into a werewolf and start killing people. As he recovers he gets close to Alex Price, his nurse, and when he is discharged she lets him stay at her flat… and in her bed. Come the full moon he does indeed transform into a werewolf and goes out and kills six people; when he wakes up he has no memory of what happened and is naked in London zoo. After these events his doctor starts to wonder if he was involved and David tried unsuccessfully to get himself arrested before the next night.There are plenty of comedy horror films but most fail to be funny enough or fail to be scary enough… or frequently both. This however succeeds on both counts. The film starts amusingly with David and Jack getting a lift on a lorry full of sheep before going to the perfect example of an unfriendly pub. When they are attacked it is obvious that the horror is going to be good too… both scary and pretty gory. The special effects are still impressive over thirty five years after it was made… the transformation of David into a werewolf, using great physical effects is a classic scene… much better than the rapid CGI transformation of certain recent films that include werewolves. David Naughton does a fine job as David, nicely portraying his disbelief and later fear, about what is happening to him. Jenny Agutter also impresses as Alex, the nurse who falls in love with him. There is a fun selection of music to accompany the film; a succession of well-known songs, each of which refers to the moon. Overall I'd recommend this to horror fans although it certainly isn't suitable for younger viewers.
Joseph Barker Greetings Fans, Of all the Myths and Legends in the world, I sometimes side with the Werewolf, I'm Pretty Sure you know already know about the Lycan Legends, If you get bitten by these things is you Survive an encounter, You become cursed to Turn into one when the Fullmoon is up at night, And it happened in our little country of England in London in a Movie that is... Kinda true to the legends, An American Werewolf in London, That's right guys I'm Reviewing another Universal movie that was released back in 1981 (The beginning of the 80's) Directed by a man named John Landis the guy who did a movie I never seen before Animal House, But this is a different kind of Animal, The Monster effects in this to be truthful is very good, so good this movie won an Academy Award and Oscar for Best Make Up, Well this was done by one man named Rick Baker, Looking up this guy on Wikipedia shows that he has done quite a lot, Some notable work such as the Alien Designs in the Men in Black Movies, the 2001 version of Planet of the Apes, Schlock (Something from the Beginning of his Movie Make Up Job life) Star Wars (The First one) Hellboy and he also did the Make Up effects on the 2010 remake of The Wolfman, So yeah he is a Monster Make Up Artist (Almost forgot, He also did Make Up effects on The Grinch) I own this movie on Blu-Ray and... I don't know what to say about this Werewolf movie, Don't get me wrong It's an alright film, The Werewolf Transformation is Amazing and somewhere creepy, But Rick Baker did a Fantastic job on it, To my opinion it's just on of them Comedy Horror films that resembles a B-Movie, Ofcause what was done here was amazing, Some of the story elements in this are similar to the Original Wolfman movie that was released in 1941 (the one staring Lon Chaney, Jr) The 1941 Wolfman is what a lot Lycan movie nerds claim that American Werewolf took ideas from it, It was rumored that American Werewolf was at one point an Wolfman Remake, but since, Universal wanted this to be a B-Movie tip and The Original Wolfman is a Classic, They left in a bunch of the Ideas, There is a Sequel to this movie called An American Werewolf in Paris released in 1997 (Some year as Batman & Robin), But since it wasn't a very interesting movie due to it receiving Negative Reviews I'm skipping it for the time being, All n All, This was a alright film.
Rob Higgins If You're looking for a good Werewolf movie look no further than this absolute timeless classic from 1981. An American Werewolf in London is without a doubt the best Werewolf and Horror/Comedy ever made. The special effects are unsurpassed. If Werewolves were real this is exactly how they would look, instead of a human shape with a wolves head, it looks more like a massive very scary looking dog/wolf. You catch a glimpse of it on the Underground scene and then again at the very end. They couldn't have made it look more real if they tried. It has an absolute perfect balance of comedy and horror. The horror of the movie is very scary and the comedy is often hilarious without adding the mistake of slapstick (An American Werewolf in Paris). There is also a bit of a love story thrown in. I think this is and always will be my favorite horror of all time and was probably the first real horror that I saw as a child (Shown to me by my very irresponsible babysitter when I was just 7). I hear it's due for a remake, it would have to be a pretty amazing movie to surpass this one.