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kim477
Critic Kim Newman
rated 8

A marvellous, pop tragic, serio-comic monster movie, with David Naughton haunted by the chewed-up ghost of Griffin Dunne as he tries to cope with the curse of the werewolf.

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erzandre
Horror Movies und Serien
rated 10

Auch wieder so ein Klassiker der gerade in Puncto Maske zu seiner Zeit herausragend war.Mir hat die mystische englische Moorlandschaft richtig gut gefallen.

3 months ago
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henrikbrandt
Henrik Brandt
rated 8

An American Werewolf in London er en uforglemmelig blanding af sort humor, rædsel og banebrydende praktiske effekter. Rick Bakers Oscar-vindende special effects er filmens store stjerne, især den ikoniske forvandlingsscene, der stadig imponerer me...

2 years ago

Cast & Crew

John Landis
As Man Smashed into Window (uncredited)
John Landis
Director
Jim Henson
As Kermit the Frog (archive footage)
Frank Oz
As Mr. Collins
Griffin Dunne
As Jack Goodman
Rik Mayall
As Second Chess Player
Jenny Agutter
As Nurse Alex Price
Dave Goelz
As Beauregard (archive footage)

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Two American students, David and Jack, embark on a hiking trip in rural England. One night,; they are attacked by a mysterious creature that kills Jack and injures David. David wakes up in a hospital three weeks later with no memory of the attack. His friend Jack appears to him as an undead spirit and warns him that they were attacked by a werewolf; since David was bitten , he will transform into a werewwolf during the next full moon. Jack urges David to kill himself to prevent harming others. David is skeptical, but upon his release from the hospital, Jack appears to him again, decaying more and more each time, urging him to take his own life. David transforms into a werewolf during the next full moon ad goes on a killing spree in London before waking up naked in a wolf enclosure at the London Zoo with no memory of the night's events. Desperate to end his curse , David attempts suicide but is interrupted by Jack, who introduces him to his previous night's victims trapped in limbo like him. The victims suggest ways for David to kill himself and free them, but David transforms into a werewolf again and goes on another killing spree before being trapped by the police and shot dead by a silver bullet.

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