An American Werewolf in London
An American Werewolf in London is a 1981 comedy horror film written and directed by John Landis. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, the film stars David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne and John Woodvine. The title is a cross between An American in Paris and Werewolf of London. The film's plot follows two American backpackers, David and Jack, who are attacked by a werewolf while travelling in England, causing David to become a werewolf under the next full moon.
Plot
Two American graduate students from New York City, David Kessler and Jack Goodman, are trekking across the North York Moors. As night falls, they stop at the Slaughtered Lamb, a local pub. Jack notices a five-pointed star on the pub's wall. When he asks about it, the pub-goers grow hostile, prompting him and David to leave. The pub-goers warn the pair to keep to the road, stay clear of the moors, and beware of the full moon. David and Jack wander off the road and onto the moors, where a vicious creature attacks them. Jack is mauled to death and David is seriously injured. The beast is shot and killed by some concerned pub-goers who followed the pair. Instead of an animal carcass, David sees a nude dead man lying next to him before passing out.
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| author | John Landis |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling |
| contentLocation | England London Piccadilly Circus Yorkshire |
| director | John Landis |
| editor | Malcolm Campbell |
| genre | comedy horror |
| keywords | arrest attack creature attack curse dead man five-pointed star follow full moon graduate student human form injured kill learn london underground london zoo mental health morning new york city north york moors pass pentagram pocket knife rabid dog sever trek werewolf |
| musicBy | Elmer Bernstein |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling |
| productionCompany | Lycanthrope Films Limited PolyGram Pictures |
| publisher | Barber International Films Ltd. Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | Hay Bluff London Trafalgar Square Twickenham Film Studios |
| theme | black comedy comedy horror death exploitation ghost monster movie |