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An American Werewolf in London
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David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine View AllCrew
John Landis (Screenplay), John Landis (Director) View All
Release: Aug. 21st, 1981
Runtime: 1 hour, 37 minutes
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The makings of a decent film but nothing cohesive
I enjoyed watching this as the actors were likable and the story interesting enough but it never felt like it really decided what kind of movie it wanted to be. If it wanted to focus on the werewolf s...
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A ghoulish treat. A film that is just wonderfully entertaining. Hats off to Mr John Landis. If there were more horror films like this it would be a genre I would most likely fall in love with..

This film is the real deal, and if you're one of those people who claims that you've never been scared by a movie, I want to present Exhibit A: the scene on the moors near the beginning of the movie with American tourists David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne).

There are certain choice moments spread throughout the film as well - that infamous dream-within-a-dream sequence still holds up, as does virtually every exchange between David the werewolf and Jack the zombie.