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Genres:
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Comedy /
Horror /
Romance /
Thriller /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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John Landis
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Actors:
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Frank Oz,
David Naughton,
Brian Glover,
John Woodvine,
Lila Kaye,
Joe Belcher,
Sean Baker,
Paddy Ryan,
Anne-Marie Davies,
Don McKillop,
Paul Kember,
Jenny Agutter,
Griffin Dunne,
David Schofield,
Rik Mayall
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Duration:
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97 min.
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Rating:
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(7.5/10)85.5
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Plot Summary:
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Two American students are on a walking tour of England and are attacked by a Werewolf. At one is killed, the other is mauled. The Werewolf is killed, but reverts to it's fallible form, and the townspeople are able to deny it's being. The surviving devotee begins to would rather nightmares of hunting on 4 feet at to begin, but then finds that his concubine and other just out victims arise to him, clamorous that he find a course of action to be no more to release them from their curse, being trapped between worlds because of their odd death.
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American Werewolf in London, An
Two hapless American guys lost on the Yorkshire moors end up as a werewolf snack. The one who survives has to face up to his impending lycanthropy in this funny and inventive take on the monster genre from John Landis
John Landis's black comedy horror set in London and Yorkshire introduces dorky American backpackers Jack (Dunne) and David (Naughton) and before they know it, they're chow for a strange beast oop on t' Moor. Pity they didn't heed the advice of the strange locals - Rik Mayall and Brian Glover among them - they met back in The Slaughtered Lamb ("Stay on the road. Keep clear of the moors.").
With Jack dead, David is taken back to London to recuperate under the watchful, sexy eye of nurse Alice Price (Agutter). But then his dead pal turns up in va...
American Werewolf in London, An
John Landis's black comedy horror fix in London and Yorkshire introduces dorky American backpackers Jack (Griffin Dunne) and David (David Naughton) and they know it, they're chow for a strange animal oop on t' Moor. Sad thing they didn't take the guidance of the inexplicable locals - Rik Mayall and Brian Glover among them - they met back in The Slaughtered Lamb ("Blockage on the street. Tend clear of the moors."). With Jack dead, David is enchanted back to London to regain one's health under the watchful, sexy eye of nurse Alice Payment (Jenny Agutter). But then his unmoving pal turns up in different states of putrefaction (looking "a walking meatloaf" according to David) to give fair warning him almost his own in view lycanthropy. Landi...
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