An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Directed by

John Landis

Genre

comedy film, comedy horror, ghost film, werewolf film, black comedy film

Country

Australia, United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

R

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 2,732 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two American backpackers are attacked by a werewolf while hiking in England. One dies and the other survives, but begins to transform into a werewolf himself with the next full moon.

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What happens

An American Werewolf in London is a 1981 supernatural comedy horror film written and directed by John Landis. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, the film stars David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne and John Woodvine. The title is a cross between An American in Paris and Werewolf of London. The film's plot follows two American backpackers, David Kessler and Jack Goodman, who are attacked by a werewolf while travelling in England, causing David to become a werewolf under the next full moon. Landis wrote the first draft of the screenplay for the film in 1969 and shelved it for over a decade. Prospective financiers believed that Landis' script was too frightening to be a comedy film and too humorous to be a horror film. After achieving success in Hollywood with the comedies The Kentucky Fried Movie, National Lampoon's Animal House and The Blues Brothers, Landis was able to secure financing from PolyGram Pictures to produce An American Werewolf in London. An American Werewolf in London was released in the US by Universal Pictures on August 21, 1981. It was a critical and commercial success, winning the 1981 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film and makeup artist Rick Baker winning the inaugural Academy Award for Best Makeup. Since its release, it has become a cult classic. A sequel, An American Werewolf in Paris, was released by Hollywood Pictures in 1997. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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