An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Name: An American Werewolf in London
Released: 1981
Rating: 7.7
Cast: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine, Don McKillop

• Movies, Comedy, Horror

• 97 min

7.4

Beware the Moon.

Directed by: John Landis
Casting: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine, Don McKillop, Brian Glover, David Schofield, Lila Kaye, Rik Mayall, Sean Baker, Frank Oz, Paul Kember, Joe Belcher, Paddy Ryan, Anne-Marie Davies, Colin Fernandes, Albert Moses, Michele Brisigotti, Mark Fisher, Gordon Sterne, Paula Jacobs, Claudine Bowyer, Johanna Crayden, Nina Carter, Geoffrey Burridge, Brenda Cavendish, Christopher Scoular, Mary Tempest, Cynthia Powell, Sydney Bromley, Frank Singuineau, Will Leighton, Michael Carter, Elizabeth Bradley, Rufus Deakin, Lesley Ward, George Hilsdon, Gerry Lewis, Dennis Fraser, Alan Ford, Peter Ellis, Denise Stephens, Christine Hargreaves, Lucien Morgan, Dave Cooper, Susan Spencer, Bob Babenia, Ken Sicklen, John Salthouse, John Altman, Keith Hodiak, John Owens, Roger Rowland, Linzi Drew, John Cannon, George Oliver, John Landis, Simon van Collem
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Premiere: 1981-08-21
Status: Released

Tags: dying and death, london, england, intensive care, nurse, loss of loved one, zoo, transformation, affectation, full moon, black humor, london underground, yorkshire, rural area, werewolf, creature, moor (terrain), british pub, dream sequence, macabre, angry, hikers, aggressive, malicious, playful, london zoo, practical special effects, provocative, absurd, incredulous, hilarious, admiring, adoring, ambiguous, ambivalent, amused, baffled, defiant, foreboding, horrified

American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. Retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon experiences disturbing changes to his mind and body.