An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Release Year: 1981
Nation: United Kingdom, United States
Alternative Title: Un hombre lobo americano en Londres, Hombre lobo americano, Um Lobisomem Americano em Londres, Американски върколак в Лондон, Le loup-garou de Londres (+)
Director: John Landis
Writer: John Landis
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: George Folsey Jr.
Executive Producer: Jon Peters, Peter Guber
Companies: American Werewolf Inc., Guber/Peters Company, Lyncanthrope Films, PSO, Polygram Pictures, Universal Pictures
Genre: Black Comedy Film, Comedy, Comedy Film, Ghost Film, Horror
Budget: 10.000.000
Awards & Similar
Awards:
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Keywords
Keywords: absurd, admiring, adoring, affectation, aggressive, ambiguous, ambivalent, amused, angry, baffled, black humor, british pub, creature, defiant, dream sequence, dying and death, foreboding, full moon, hikers, hilarious, horrified, incredulous, intensive care, london underground, london zoo, london, england, loss of loved one, macabre, malicious, moor (terrain), nurse, playful, practical special effects, provocative, rural area, transformation, werewolf, yorkshire, zoo
Story
American tourists David and Jack are hiking in the Yorkshire Moors when they encounter an unidentified vicious animal that attacks them. Jack is killed, but David survives with severe injuries. David seeks refuge at the home of a beautiful nurse for recovery. As he recovers, he begins experiencing disturbing changes to his mind and body; nightmares where he sees himself hunting on four feet. He also starts seeing visions of his friend Jack demanding that he commit suicide to release him from their curse, being trapped between worlds due to their unnatural deaths.
Summary
An American Werewolf in London (1981) is a horror comedy directed by John Landis. The film follows two American college students who encounter a werewolf during their walking tour of Britain, leading one student to transform into the creature and causing chaos in London.
