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An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)

An American Werewolf in Paris poster
Directed by
Anthony Waller
Genre
comedy film, comedy horror, werewolf film
Country
United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 771 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young American tourist in Paris gets entangled with a group of werewolves after he saves a local woman from jumping off a bridge. He soon discovers that she carries the werewolf curse and joins her in fighting a secret society of lycanthropes.

sillycampyfast-pacedgoryfar-fetchedtonally unevendateddarkly comic

What happens

An American Werewolf in Paris (titled onscreen as American Werewolf in Paris) is a 1997 comedy horror film directed by Anthony Waller, screenplay by Tim Burns, Tom Stern, and Waller, and starring Tom Everett Scott and Julie Delpy. It was conceived as a sequel to John Landis's 1981 film An American Werewolf in London, which was distributed by Universal Pictures. As of production, all narrative references to the first film had been removed. The film is an international co-production between companies from the United States, France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, and it was distributed by Buena Vista Pictures under its Hollywood Pictures label. The film was met with negative reviews from critics and grossed over $26 million against a $25 million budget at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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