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An American Werewolf In London

March 7th 2011 06:19
An American Werewolf in London movie poster


Director: John Landis
Screenplay: John Landis
Production: UK/USA
Year: 1981

Sub-genre tags: werewolf, supernatural, comedy, lycanthropy

Tagline: Beware the moon.

Logline: Whilst holidaying in England a young American man and his buddy are attacked by a werewolf and must deal with the consequences.

Core cast: David Naughton (David), Griffin Dunne (Jack), Jenny Agutter (Alex), John Woodvine (Dr. Hirsch)

Memorable moment: David’s extraordinary transformation scene while Blue Moon plays in the background.

Curious Fact: Special makeup effects designer Rick Baker won the first ever Academy Award of its kind.

Intensity levels:
Blood & gore: medium
Fear factor and/or frights: high
Likelihood of bad dreams (disturbing content): low

Horrorphile’s two cents: The whole movie plays with yankee vs. pom cultures and modern sensibilities vs. ancient superstitions superbly … The nightmarish imagery, suspense, and mise-en-scene is second to none.

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Comment by David O'Connell

March 8th 2011 09:51


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Funnily enough I just caught the start of this a couple of weeks ago on Foxtel. The early scene in the pub still cracks me up. Really have to get this on DVD and watch it in its entirety again, it's been too many years.

Comment by Bryn

March 8th 2011 21:40


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Dave, this movie holds such a special place in my heart, one of those early heady "adult" VHS experiences (as I was a little too young to see it in the cinemas, a year later and I would have lied about my age and done it). It's such a deft blend of comedy and horror, and I'm not big on horror-comedy.

Comment by James Rickard

March 9th 2011 02:38


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I always looked at this as a "feel good" horror movie if there is such a thing. Of course, Jenny Agutter made helped things along!

Comment by Bryn

March 10th 2011 00:50


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James, how quaint of you They don't make 'em like this anymore

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