An American Werewolf in London

1981 "From the director of Animal House... a different kind of animal."

An American Werewolf in London

7.5 | 1h37m | R | en | Horror

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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7.5 | 1h37m | R | en | Horror , Comedy | More Info

Released: August. 21,1981 | Released Producted By: Universal Pictures , Guber/Peters Company Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

David Naughton , Jenny Agutter , Griffin Dunne

Director

Leslie Dilley

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Universal Pictures , Guber/Peters Company

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Cast

David Naughton

as David Kessler

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Jenny Agutter

as Nurse Alex Price

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Griffin Dunne

as Jack Goodman

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Reviews

paulclaassen If you're a horror fan and you've never seen this film, you're missing out on a great gem of a film. To this day, the film features one of the most awesome werewolf transformation scenes ever! To think this was done before CGI, and was mostly done with practical effects. The make-up was fantastic! This is essential a horror comedy without horror or humor getting in the way of a particular scene. It blends seamlessly, bringing us a film that is funny at times, and horrific at the same time, without being gory.The film's acting was also very good, notably John Woodvine as Dr Hirsch. I've seen my share of werewolf films over the years and this remains my favorite by far. The climax at Piccadilly Circus was really great. This is a true classic.

QualityApeMan An American Werewolf in London is a lighthearted werewolf horror film from director John Landis.It might not be the best horror film ever made, but it's definitely among the best werewolf ones and is just such great fun.Even today the creature effects are pretty special. Landis plays it intelligently by only showing glimpses of the werewolf until the finale - the protagonist himself doesn't even transform until about two thirds though the film! The transformation scene itself is one of the highly-praised examples of practical effects in horror history. The way the limbs grow and extend just looks incredibly realistic and is much better than the shiny-looking CGI we see these days (cough, cough I'm looking at you Wolfman 2010). The make-up on David's friend Jack is great too, slowly progressing from freshly-killed to decomposing, skeletal mess.There are some very odd surreal moments thrown in including one with Nazi Werewolf Stormtroopers and two creepy little girls with a dog, some hilarious moments like the film-within-the-film See You Next Wednesday, and even some sweet, touching moments.Last but not least there is also an awesome moon-related soundtrack from the likes of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Van Morrison and multiple artists with their renditions of Blue Moon.An American Werewolf in London is probably my favourite werewolf movie, and is among my favourite horrors in general. Definitely recommended!

Matt Greene Just a really fun and seamless mix of comedy and horror that totally lives up to its reputation, especially that phenomenally cool and terrifyingly painful transformation scene. Outside of that though, there's still tons of genre goodness: love the mysterious pub full of steel-eyed townspeople, love the lyrically blunt soundtrack, love how British it can be ("A naked American man stole my balloons.") Even poor-man's-Harold-Ramis David Naughton can't distract from the fun.

Joe Crimson This is my review of An American Werewolf in London (1981).This is a very entertaining film about two college age American boys that are on a backpacking trip across England. Shortly into the trip, they stumble across a pub filled with locals that are acting very strange and unwelcoming. After they are asked to leave, they stray off the road and soon find themselves being stalked by something in the dark. They are attacked, and when David wakes up in a hospital, he is informed that his friend is dead. The movie follows David as he tries to come to terms with the death of his friend, the feeling that the authorities are lying about what really happened, and the terrifying nightmares and hallucinations that begin to plague him.This film was made before computer graphics so you get awesome makeup and appliance work. The film has a good story, characters that you can invest in and root for, and is very successful at delivering scares, laughs, and excitement. Lots of fun song choices, usually having to do with the moon.I scored it a 9 out of 10, and I believe that it has good replay value. I have watched it many times over the years.