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Rating:  - Remember The Alamo!
Hadn't seen this movie in a few years (quite a few) and caught it on AMC just the other night during their Fear Fest '08. I taped it and have been watching it with glee every day too.
David and Jack are attacked early in the movie by a Werewolf, David's life is spared by the patrons of the Slaughtered Lamb pub, but now he has inherited the bloodline of the beast, and is the last one apparently and needs to die in order for all the people he will kill (plus Jack) to cross over to the other side, as they currently walk the earth in limbo.
Jack wants him to commit suicide, but David seems to think he's going crazy, hallucinating, basically losing his mind.
As many have stated, the tranformation scenes...especially the first time David turns are really good, there is some blood and gore, but it's not anything like in today's movies. Even seeing Jacks's tore up face in the first scene of him as the undead is not too bad, and he's more concerned about his would be girlfriend going off to sleep with some other guy right after his funeral "love mocks me, even in death" I believe was the line he used.
To me there are so many funny scenes in this movie. David and Jacks relationship seems to get even better when Jack becomes a member of the undead....I love his lines when trying to get David to kill himself. "Can I have a piece of your toast?" And holding up the Mickey Mouse figurine and mimicking "Hi-Ya, David!" Plus his increasing decomposition as the movie goes along. The classic porn theatre scene is priceless with all David's fresh kills sitting there decomposing trying to come with ideas on how David should off himself.
David has an insatiable appetite for people when he turns, and for his love interest the Nurse Alex whom he is frisky for throughout. While at the theatre I spoke of earlier he turns into the Werewolf again and this begins the final showdown outside the theatre that has plenty of action and special effects to finish out this classic.
Very entertaining lighthearted, 80's horror movie that has a decent story and some very memorable lines/quotes to remember.
Rating: - craaazy!
This movie is fantastic! Everything about it is well done! The transformation scene is the most graphic Ive ever seen! Give this awesome werewolf story a chance!
Rating: - An American Werewolf In London
The Movie was just as good as I had remembered. Amazing special effects without the use of computer animation. A definite must have for any movie collection.
Rating: - A gory, but funny movie
An American Werewolf In London was a funny, but gory movie that I enjoyed very much, not to mention David Naughton did a lot of nude scenes in this movie, including his wiener and tushy showing David Naughton with even more nudity and even more nude scenes than anyone else in this movie, including co-star Jenny Agutter(Nurse Alex), since Jenny's tatas were the extent of all her nude scenes, especially when David Naughton(David Kessler) and Jenny Agutter(Alex) did a sexy intimacy scene in the middle of this movie playing the song "Moondance" by Van Morrison while David & Alex are doing hubba hubba after Alex takes David in after David checks out of the hospital, since David is an outsider and a drifter with no place to stay leading Alex to reel David in.
The special effects in this movie when David transforms into a werewolf for the first time are also marvelous too and so are the bonus materials showing outtakes on what the director and producers had to do to get that transformation scenes correct before they were able to do the theatrical release of "An American Werewolf In London" back in 1981.
Additionally, I would have to say that I think "An American Werewolf In London" was probably David Naughton's best film throughout his entire acting career and this movie was released only a few years after his one hit wonder song "Makin It" made the charts back in 1978.
Unfortunately, American Werewolf In London has a tragic ending to it when David as a werewolf ends up getting shot to death in an alley even after Alex(Jenny Agutter) tells David she loves him and then falls apart into tears after changing back into a human dead all bloodied up with bullet holes in him, which made it a shame that they couldn't find a cure or any other solution to David's afflicted ability to transform into a werewolf.
Rating: - Werewolf Genius
An American Werewolf in London was one of the first Horror films I saw. I remember hiding in the back room at the age of 5 hoping my parents wouldn't notice what I was watching. I had many a sleepless night due to that film. And I guarantee you that I will never feel safe in a subway.
About the movie:
This is a classic in the werewolf genera, both humorous, frightening, and true to the tragic history of the wolfman. John Landis (of Animal House fame) directed this interesting piece starring David Naughton as David, Jenny Agutter as Nurse Price, and Griffin Dunne as Jack. This is the classic retelling of an old horror film modernized and updated in the special FX area. And while we are on that area can we say breakthrough special effects? These set the standard for monster films up until Jurassic Park showed us the power of CGI. I don't want to give the plot away even though it's a very standard werewolf plot.
There are of course some great scenes in this film, I love the Slaughtered Lamb, no one can watch this scene without feeling uncomfortable.
As far as character development goes, the characters are likeable, especially Jack, but don't develop very much into the movie.
The acting is better than most horror flix, though it won't win any awards, I can't complain that it detracted from the film at all.
The script is quick and well written, easy to follow and hard not to like.
By today's standards some of the creatures look a bit campy, specifically those in the dream sequences. But again there is nothing better than the scene where David turns into the werewolf. And I love the idea of a four legged werewolf. I always hated the idea of a werewolf being a hairy man on two legs.
The film on the DVD is exactly like the one that was out in theaters they claim it is redigitized but I never notice any difference in that.
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The Making of video was mostly a repetition of what was said in the interviews and was again entirely too short.
The casting of the hand was interesting and gave a better perspective on the real personalities of David Naughton and John Landis. It was pretty funny too. I just wish they had added more info on how they used the cast after it was made.
The deleted scenes have no sound to them so it's hard to distinguish why they were included.
I'll admit that I haven't listened to the John Landis voice over yet... after seeing his interview I can't imagine it being more that a poorly written stand up routine. Once I watch it I'll add my opinion on that into this review.
There were pictures and storyboards that I haven't bothered to look at yet since the batteries in my remote died.
My final opinion is to get this movie for the film, not the extra's. They are far too short and insignificant in the whole scheme of what is on the DVD. I personally love the DVD but I won't bother with the extras again.
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