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Pies lesu domine, donna eis requiem...(WHACK)...Pies lesu domine, donna eis requiem...(WHACK)...Pies lesu domine, donna eis requiem...(WHACK)...
-Chanting MonksMonty Python and the Holy Grai...
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 Released: 1981
While wandering the English moors on vacation, college yanks David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne) happen upon a quaint pub with a mysterious patronage who warn them not to leave the road when walking after dark. Irreverent of such advice as characters in horror films always are, the two decide to find a short cut....David wakes up in the hospital with a nasty bite wound to his shoulder; the freshly deceased, and rapidly decomposing, Jack arrives soon after to deliver the grim news that, unless he commits suicide, David will become a werewolf when the moon is full. David dismisses the encounter as a hallucination, but all indicators point to lycanthrope; evenings of barking and bloodletting follow closely behind. While the story is thin and much of the tongue-in-cheek humor is overdone, there are plenty of genuine jolts thanks to makeup guru Rick Baker's eye-popping special effects. The werewolf, resembling a cross between a bear and a wolverine, appears frighteningly real, and, given the fantastic premise, the gore is most convincing (although surprisingly and refreshingly scant). The hospital dream sequences are creative, and the scenes in which the werewolf runs rampant through downtown London are particularly good. In all, An American Werewolf in London is an original, atmospheric film that manages both to scare and amuse. While dismissed by most American critics upon its release, the film managed to secure a place in the annals of American cinema when Baker won an Academy Award for his amazing effects and creature designs.
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David Naughton - David Kessler
Jenny Agutter - Alex Price
Griffin Dunne - Jack Goodman
John Woodvine - Dr. Hirsch
Brian Glover - Chess player
David Schofield - Darts Player
Lila Kaye - Barmaid
Paul Kernber - Sgt. McManus
Don McKillop - Inspector Villiers
Frank Oz - Mr. Collins
Alan Ford - Taxi Driver
Gordon Sterne - Mr. Kessler
Linzi Drew - Brenda Bristols
Mark Fisher - Max Kessler
John Salthouse - Bobby at Cinema
Roger Rowland - Police
George Hilsdon - Newsvendor
Sydney Bromley - Alf
Michael Carter - Gerald Bringsley
Elizabeth Bradley - Woman in Zoo
Joe Belcher - Truck Driver
Frank Singuineau - Ted
Albert Moses - Hospital Porter
Paddy Ryan - Werewolf
Christine Hargreaves - Ticket Lady
Rik Mayall - Chess Player
Paula Jacobs - Mrs. Kessler
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