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“With the deft mixture of body horror, gore, and irreverent humor, An American Werewolf in London could just as easily be retitled National Lampoon Tak”

An American Werewolf in London

“With the deft mixture of body horror, gore, and irreverent humor, An American Werewolf in London could just as easily be retitled National Lampoon Takes a Stab at Hammer Horror. The results work far better than anyone could ever imagine, much of this thanks goes to the combination of director John Landis, finding a deft blend of dark humor and scares, and makeup genius Rick Baker, winner of the Oscar’s first competitive Best Makeup award for this film.   It begins fairly auspiciously, with two American college students backpacking across England and stumbling across a small pub in the Yorkshire moors. After asking one too many questions, they get expelled from the pub, attacked by a werewolf, and so it goes from there. There’s a little romance, a lot of gags that come at you sideway” read more

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" Directed by: John Landis Produced by: George Folsey, Jr., Peter Gruber, and Jon Peters Written by: John Landis Cinematography: Robert Paynter Edited by: Malcolm Campbell Music by: Elmer Bernstein Distributed by: Universal Pictures"

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" Notes: We don't hear much from John Landis nowadays but, back in the 80's, he was one of the most successful directors at work. One of his biggest success was this werewolf flick which has now reached a cult status. To mix comedy and horror is a tricky challenge and many movies fail miserably but Landis did a good work and sometimes you wonder if you should be laughing or be horrified by the whole thing. I must say, like most of movies about this subject, it takes like forever until the main c"

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" Notes: We don't hear much from John Landis nowadays but, back in the 80's, he was one of the most successful directors at work. One of his biggest success was this werewolf flick which has now reached a cult status. To mix comedy and horror is a tricky challenge and many movies fail miserably but Landis did a good work and sometimes you wonder if you should be laughing or be horrified by the whole thing. I must say, like most of movies about this subject, it takes like forever until the main c"

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" Landis' decision to use humor to ground the film proves highly effective as he walks the line between frightening and funny, never allowing the audience to get too accustomed to either. This is also the first werewolf film to show a full and uncomfortably graphic transformation from man to wolf. Simply put, American Werewolf represents horror filmmaking at its most accomplished. "

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