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Summary: Strange movie
Review: "American Werewolf in London" is a difficult movie to evaluate. What genre do you place it in? Watching parts of this movie, you would think "American Werewolf" is a dark-comedy, then it switches over to gruesome horror, then back to funny scenes again. Really weird style. Regardless, the performances are good, and the scary scenes are definitely scary. Jenny Agutter is probably the standout of the movie.
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Summary: Creepy, but funny horror movie.
Review: When I first watched it on FX, I was probably scarred for life when I saw that transformation from David into bloodthirsty wolf. But, after I watched the whole movie, it was pretty cool. Neat, real-looking special effects, "biting" humor, and lots of suspense, along with the unusually large amount of gore. Pretty cool; considering the plot, F/X, and bits of comedy cleverly woven in, but I HIGHLY wouldn't recommend it for the squeamish. Goes along with my favorite horror movies, along with "Halloween," and "New Nightmare." Rated R for nudity, violence, and plenty of gore.
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Summary: Excellent movie, so so DVD
Review: This is a classic werewolf movie from John Landis. The special effects by Rick BAker although not CGI but remain impressive after 20 years. The picture quality is fine and the Dolby 5.1 sounded like mono to me. Too bad the DVD is out of print as this DVD should be in every DVD collector's but you can still find it from ebay where a lot of Canadians offering this for auction. The sequel, American Werewolf in Paris is OK though nowhere as good as this one. Please do another sequel, in Rome this time perhaps?
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Summary: Good werewolf movie.
Review: John Landis has made a werewolf movie that is both fun and scary, with characters that feel real. The actors are good and David's dreams are cool. What was not very good was the scene when David turns into a werewolf. It is a good scene, actually, but it's not very nice to see. And in the end of the movie, where the last scene fades to black and the end credits appear, there is a song, `Blue Moon', by The Marcels. That song feels VERY misplaced there. Except for that, the music in the movie is good, including Creedence Clearwater Revival's `Bad Moon Rising'. But this is a good movie, and I recommend it to everybody.
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Summary: Good werewolf flick
Review: Two Americans are visiting London stop off at a pub called The Slaughtered Lamb, when they leave they are told to stick to the road, they don't, they wonder across the moores and are attacked by a werewolf, one is killed and one is bitten. Days later the bittin one, David, wakes up in hospital. Days later he sees his dead friend who tells him that he has become a werewolf. David doesn't believe this at all. Once realesed from hospital David notices that people are dying around London and that he also seems to wake up naked in strange places and the reason for this? He's a Werewolf, stalking the streets of London at night killing people. An interesting little film this is, for one thing the effects are really good, the wereworlf transeformation is probably one of the best ones I've ever seen im my life, I mean this was done in the early 80s and the Werewolf looks cool. There is a good amount of gore in this movie as well, there was obiously ALOT of work done on it and it really does show. I am going on about this because I believe crit must be paid to the effects department for the great job they did. It's another good thing that the effects arn't wasted for the movie is very good, the plot is slow but interesting, the deaths are pretty good and there are some funny scenes as well, go out and rent this movie today.
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Summary: Do London but stay away from Paris
Review: Unlike it's recent "sequal" which takes place in Paris, American Warewolf in London is real movie making. The actors act and the director directs and the storyline tells a story. What makes this movie so incredibly good is the fact it succedes both as a horror movie and a comedy. The list of not funny and not scary horror comedies is endless and one has to wonder why Hollywood doesn't take a peek back two decades, when some directors of horror movies actually had a sense of humor and knew what they were doing when they scared their audience. The special effects in AWL are only there to help the story along and don't exist for their own sake. Landis does not turn his film into a soup of special effects like most of Hollywood does these days. Superb, funny and spooky stuff.
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Summary: The Best Werewolf Movie Ever, Period!
Review: It's kind of sad that a movie almost two decades old can still hold the title as reigning champion of Werewolf fare. But there you have it! Scary, funny, with Extremely Special Effects, An American Werewolf in London is a feast for any Horror movie fan. The "rules" surrounding the Werewolf are hilarious, the acting is superb, and the story is one of a kind. The dialogue is great. This is the Mecca of Werewolf films, and unfortunately there has only been one sequel (it was ok). Where as The Howling has had numerous silly addendums to the original story, (and what an undeserving film that was) An American Werewolf in London should have a film for every major city in the WORLD! One of the Horror genre's crowning achievements, and that wasn't even intended as a pun! You've got to see it to believe, and once you do you will be wary of every full moon! An added note: Jenny Agutter was a hottie when this film was made, and she takes her clothes off several times, so that's an added plus!
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Summary: They dont make em' like this anymore!
Review: American Werewolf in London, is a brilliant little yarn about David Naughton getting bit by a lycanthrope, and turning very nasty when the moon is full. The film is done in such a way that you feel you actually know the young Americans, and you start actually pulling for David to be cured of the curse of the werewolf. The werewolf itself far surpasses any other in screen history as far as scariness (Although the one in "Silver Bullet" aint bad) and you will never again hear the Van Morrison hit "Moondance" without thinking of Jenny Agutter. We should all be so lucky as to have sensual hotties as nurses! "Blue Moon" also is heard in many versions, and the music only adds to the atmosphere in downtown London, all the way to the middle of the moors, and who wants to stop at the "Slaughtered Lamb" for a pint of ale after the movie is over? It is very close to being the horror hit of the eighties.`It was to werewolves what "Fright Night" was to vampires. One of the very best of the horror genre.
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Summary: A visual feast
Review: Jenny Agutter looks wonderful naked! Class story, class scenery, class movie.
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Summary: A FANTASTIC WEREWOLF MOVIE!
Review: I was too young to see this movie when it was first released, though I was eager to see it especially when my older brothers and sisters raved on about it, I had to wait for a few more years to watch it on video (when we could afford one!), luckily it was worth the wait! Two American tourist out in the English backwaters, go wandering the moors (at night! ) after tasting the liquid delights of a local country pub (dont they watch movies! everyone knows you dont do that! drink at country pubs I mean), they are attacked by a werewolf, creating another family member of the psychowolfman clan and giving us an undead sidekick. Its funny, scary, gorey and in my opinion has thee most excellent classic werewolf transformation ever (even out does Howling, also a classic, Silver bullet and A company of wolves!) these days I havent seen anything that compares to the realistic quality seen in this movie,(thanks to the special effects wizards). Few Horror flicks these days can warrant a Classic rating, fortunately An American Werewolf in London is well and truely one of the best,If you like horror, with the right amount of humour and graphic gorey action, a storyline that is highly entertaining without being to simplistic or predictable (example Scream and its carbon copy wannabes)then this quality Horror film comes highly recommended, watch it with as much horrorpleasure your heart can endure! (also recommended is Catpeople!)
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