A classic

We don't hear much from John Landis nowadays but, back in the 80's, he was quite a successful director and one of his biggest success was this werewolf flick which has now reached a cult status. First of all, to mix comedy and horror is a tricky challenge and most movies usually fail miserably but Landis did a good job here and sometimes you might wonder if you should be laughing or be horrified by the whole thing. Still, I must say, like most of the movies in this genre, it did take forever until the main character finally became a werewolf. But, honestly, the end result was quite impressive. Indeed, back in those days, they didn't have any CGI but only some awesome make-up and it still stands up fine 30 years later. Unfortunately, it was also an issue with this flick. Indeed, basically, the make-up was so impressive that it did upstage the whole story as a result. Furthermore, considering the story itself, sure, it was entertaining enough but it was nothing really amazing. On top of that, it was rather silly that the doctor would run her own investigation and, even though Jenny Agutter was really lovely, I thought it was rather unbelievable that a nurse would bring home a patient to have some hot sex with him. Anyway, to conclude, even though I think it is in fact slighly overrated, it remains a classic and a very entertaining werewolf flick and it is definitely worth a look.