At this point in cinema history, I believe this one can really be called a classic. I got to hand it to John Landis for putting together a pretty cool werewolf. Todays werewolf movies are a little over the top in comparison, but this movie still holds its own. One thing to be noted about all werewolf flicks, of course, is the transformation process. As far as American Werewolf in London is concerned, I think it is to truly be admired, and is definitely among the best. There was some pretty awesome makeup work done as well, to top everything off. I will admit that I thought the soundtrack was rather shitty, and there couldn't have been a worse selection of generic songs. A minor detail really in this case. But I'm actually looking forward to watching the sequel.
one of the BEST werewold movies ever fucking made in the world the best transformadion in life no other movie werewolf could compare to it and its good becuase realy none should try its awsome and fucking the other dude is funny "ever been dead david?! its boring!!! kill youserlf....." joihn landis needs to give horror movies a chance again and proove what he is great at....
Truly incredible special effects and a sexy lead only barely save this movie from occasionally wooden acting and mainly unfunny and very infrequent attempts at humor. Still, it's better than 'The Howling'.
Wow. The First werewolf movie in which the transformation scene was shot in full lighting. It's a ground breaking scene and this movie is great! It has alot of humor, but it's creepy at the same time. It was one of the first DVDs i ever owned, it's a classic
Great flick by John Landis. An American Werewolf in London is thee coolest Werewolf movie ever. The Werewolf was awesome and scary! Loved the dead victims with their awesome make up too! Best yet was the transformation of the Werewolf. Awesome movie! ;)
I remeber when i first saw this,i was 12 years old,round a mates house,and it was amazingly affective.I remember the dream sequence made me scream out,this made my mate jump out of his skin...Happy days !!! I love that its as funny as it is scary,all the songs in the soundtrack has Moon in the title,little bits like that make this very special and so re- watchable It also has one of the best transformation scene ever put to celluloid. Yep,this is a corker.
I still remember seeing this movie for the first time when I was a kid - it scared the begeezus out of me! Very advanced effects for the time - plus a good plot & well rounded cast.
The film goes by way too fast and ends way too abruptly, but it's very funny and has amazing effects that still hold-up in this day and ae. The transformation scene alone is outstanding.
Quite a weird film. Anyone expecting an edge of your seat horror film, that's not what it is. There is a lot of gore but in some ways I'd call this more of a comedy. However, it's black humour so some people may not get it. Another good thing about it is the whole atmosphere of the film, for me because it was set in England it felt a lot closer to home and made the film a lot better. Overal, a weird, gory, comedy that is probably worth watching.
Another classical werewolf dilemma. A realistic approatch but still very surrealistic. Maybe the coolest werewolf and a transformation way ahed of it´s time. And it has a lot of humor.
This movie is very difficult to rate. I do like the everyhing-goes approach and the awkward mixup of Comedy and Horror. Yet, those are the movies weaknsses in my opinion. It start off as a nice farce and great atmosphere (The British villagers), yet the episode in London feels oddly disconnected. In Parts the movie focussed too much on uninteresting aspects instead of following multiple story arcs at the same time. For example, both the fates of the Doctor and the odd Scotland Yard Duo should have been followed in more detail. The lead char is, imho, not good and interesting enough to carry the movie and the problem of turning into a monster. I found the undead friend much more appealing. Why not more undeads haunting the main char. all day ?
Anyway, a goofy and weird flick from the 80ies, for friends of the era and teenage/slasher retro excitment (fright night anyone ?).
But all in all, not worth your time.
PS.: A last note on the makeup effects. They were amazing and greatly done, Kudos !
Some astounding (practical!) effects, but the film doesn't seem to know whether it wants to be scary or funny, and finds up being only moderately either.
quite francly the best horror movie of the 1980s and i have ever seen. as two american tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that the locals don't admit exists, the werewolf goes on a bloodthirsty journey for flesh and blood. great acting by David Naughton, Jenny Agutter and Sydney Bromley. this film isnt like any other werewolf films, this is far different than them. great comedy especially the transformation scene. some stupid scenes like the "alien mafia" dream and "their is a disturbance in the Picadilli circus involving some mad dog". i recommend this film to horror film lovers. and one more thing, "stay to the road and keep clear off the morrs"
I still think this movie has the best ever were wolf..and his best friend that keep showing up warning him..was funny ..because he was so nice about it..=]
Another film my dad insisted I watch when I was little is this classic in horror. Though I had nightmares of werewolves and wierd ape-men that break into homes at night with sticks for months, I don't regret it at all. Cult comedies are always the best anyway....
An American Werewolf in London has to be the best werewolf film ever to of come out in the 1980`s. the story is about Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists. great acting by David Naughton, Jenny Agutter and Sydney Bromley. this film did have a few bloody secenes in it and horror sences as well. An American Werewolf in London isn`t like the other werewolf films and vampire films like van helsing no this is something different and is really worth seeing. i don`t think An American Werewolf in London should be an 18 it should be a 15 and also it does have a few sex secenes in it. An American Werewolf in London is one of the best i have seen.
i thought it was a ok flim but i saw when i was little but i like the paris one more for some reason lol well awesome movie and such a gd classic horror flim
Can I say CLASSIC!?!? Seriously, this movie has absolutely everything that made the 80's so cool. The clothes, the music, the characters, everything about it was just so well-put together. The plot was simple, yet very well thought, and incredibly entertaining, as much as I love classic horror movies, most them are a little slow, this was an exception. The acting was good, and the movie was thrilling and funny at the same time. David Naughton was perfect in his role, and can I say that he was definitely a BABE! in his time! Uff! seriously sexy and that's always plus points in my book. Finally, I have to praise the fantastic job of the make-up artists. That make-up was incredibly sick, Griffin Dunne's as an "undead" man looked magnificently real. Also the special effects for the werewolf were really good, for its time at least, I mean that scene where Naughton is turning into it for the first time was amazing!
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