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Title: AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON Year: 1981 Rating: ***** |
Shame there were such bland DVD covers after years that finally made AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON a cult phenomenon: Like the howling wolf with Big Ben pasted cheaply behind; still the best image is the original: Two hikers beneath a full blue moon, spooked by what's unseen...
Enter the perfectly suited David Naughton as David
Kessler, whose idea it was to hike the English Moors in-step with reluctant scene-stealer Griffin Dunne as
Jack Goodman, making WEREWOLF a sublime buddy flick...
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Arrow Artwork for AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
Despite the
latter being torn to shreds during act one, mostly taking place in a
rural village's pub (The Slaughtered Lamb) replete with great
British character-actors like Brian Glover as the barroom's boisterous
yet superstitious lead keeping an eye on timid David Schofield while
Lila Kaye pours the ale...
Then
the hospital where David recovers (and Jack is dead), perfectly dotted
with eerie, surreal nightmares leading to Jack himself returning in
grotesque yet affably charming corpse form... One
of several unique quirks comedy director John Landis was unfairly
critiqued, years before humor and horror were inseparable, and, as an American director he made an incredibly British film, other than literally being filmed there...
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Director John Landis doing a stunt in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
Meanwhile
nurse Alex ala Jenny Agutter provides not only the gorgeous
ingenue-girlfriend but is as strong-willed as vulnerable; and the wise
doctor, played by slowburn exposition-spouting John Woodvine, brings an
intelligent Hammer Films
style investigatory aspect — a sophisticated ringer of sorts...
But
it's makeup shaman Rick Baker who steals the show: His Oscar-winning man-to-wolf transformation has never been equaled since, leading
to the inevitable body count massacres (like Michael Carter stalked in
an ominous tube station) as each sequence feels like its very own
ghostly, gothic, offbeat campfire tale.
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Jenny Agutter in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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Return of the unliving Griffin Dunne in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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David Naughton in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON with Jenny Agutter
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David Naughton in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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John Woodvine in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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Lila "If you like" Kaye in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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David Naughton in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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Hissing cat from AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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Rick Baker's David Naughton in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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John Woodvine in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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John Woodvine in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON with Jenny Agutter
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John Woodvine and Martin Clunes in DOC MARTIN (highly recommended) |
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John Woodvine in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON with Frank Oz
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David Naughton in the zoo from AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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Tube Station Wolf in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON with Michael Carter |
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Griffin Dunne and David Naughton in An American Werewolf in LONDON |
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Brian Glover and Rik Mahall in AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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"What's that star on the wall for?" from AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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Arrow BluRay American Werewolf in London with original flipside artwork |
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"You made me miss!" from AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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Jenny Agutter in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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David Naughton in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON with Jenny Agutter
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David Naughton in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON with Jenny Agutter |
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Nightmare Sequence with David Naughton in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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Alternate original AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON "bloody fox" poster
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Christopher Scoular and Mary Tempest in AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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Nightmare Sequence with David Naughton in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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Original artwork with leftover disco font American Werewolf in London |
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Opening of AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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Director John Landis doing a stunt in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
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Neon London street with moon in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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The wolverine-style werewolf in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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The wolverine-style werewolf in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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Artwork for AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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First Restored version for AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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Michael Carter in the tube station from AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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Michael Carter in the tube station from AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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Nina Carter on television in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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Mickey Mouse in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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"Walking Meatloaf" scene for AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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From AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON |
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Griffin Dunne and David Naughton in An American Werewolf in LONDON |
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