An American werewolf in London [DVD]

United Kingdom, 1981

Film
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David and Jack are two American backpackers off for a three-month trek of Europe. Whilst wandering the desolate English countryside they happen upon a quaint pub with a mysterious patron who warns them not to leave the road when walking after dark. Ignoring such advice (as characters in horror films always do), the two inevitably find themselves lost in the moors being circled by a strange beast who attacks and kills Jack. David wakes up in a London hospital with nasty scratch wounds to his cheek and shoulder, and Jack soon appears, freshly deceased and rapidly decomposing, to deliver the grim news that David will in fact turn into a werewolf the next full moon. David dismisses the encounter as a hallucination, but all indications point to lycanthrope. Cast includes: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter and Griffin Dunne.

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Credits

director

John Landis

producer

George Folsey Jr

production company

Lycanthrope Films

Duration

01:33:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1981

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

316133

Languages

Danish

Dutch

English

English

English

Finnish

Norwegian

Swedish

Audience classification

MA

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

DVD; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q467290

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