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An American Werewolf in London

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7.4/10 • 2.4K

1981-08-211h 37m

ComedyHorror

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

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.

Directors
John Landis
Editors
Malcolm Campbell

Top Billed Cast

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  1. David Naughton

    David Naughton

    David Kessler

  2. Jenny Agutter

    Jenny Agutter

    Nurse Alex Price

  3. Griffin Dunne

    Griffin Dunne

    Jack Goodman

  4. John Woodvine

    John Woodvine

    Dr. J. S. Hirsch

  5. Don McKillop

    Don McKillop

    Inspector Villiers

  6. Brian Glover

    Brian Glover

    Chess Player

  7. David Schofield

    David Schofield

    Dart Player

  8. Lila Kaye

    Lila Kaye

    Barmaid

  9. Rik Mayall

    Rik Mayall

    Second Chess Player

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Potential Kermode

Feb 14, 2017

10/10

The best horror film of the eighties This is a gem, it really is. Alternately amusing and horrific - John Landis plays our emotions like a fiddle here. He is pulling all the strings and we are uncertain as to which string he is going to pull next. From the eerie Yorkshire countryside of the opening scenes through David's awful nightmares in hospital to amusing zombie chit chat and finally the climactic slaughter in London - this film never lets up. How many films will you find Kermit the frog sharing a scene with throat slicing, machine gun wielding mutants dressed as Nazis?
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$10,000,000.00
Revenue
$31,973,249.00
Keywords
dying and deathlondon, englandintensive carenurseloss of loved onezootransformationfull moonblack humorlondon undergroundyorkshirerural areawerewolfcreaturemoor (terrain)british pubdream sequencehikerslondon zoopractical special effectsincredulousforebodinghorrified