An American Werewolf in London (DVD) Reviews

This film has been there in my top ten of horror films for a long time, and will probably remain there for a long time to come. You see,in terms of visual creation, and of story, this has everything you would want... Horror, comedy, love, something shocking, something exciting... The plot... American college ...  Read the complete review

American tourists David and Jack are backpacking in Northern England when they stumble across a local pub called The Slaughtered Lamb. Entering the premises, they receive a distinctly frosty reception and soon make their excuses and leave to the joint warnings of "Stay off the moor" and "Beware the moon!" Not long later, the ...  Read the complete review

An American Werewolf In London is a 1981 horror comedy written and directed by John Landis. David Kessler (David Naughton) and Jack Goodman (Griffin Dunne) are two American students who are backpacking across Yorkshire whilst on holiday before starting university. After finding the reception to them at the first pub they stop at less ...  Read the complete review

Given how derivative and simply idiotic the horror genre can be, it's nice every once and a while to get the classics out and see just how great the genre can be when approached by a director like John Landis. The film won an Academy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup, and is frequently cited as a cult classic. The film ...  Read the complete review

This film came out in 1981 and was directed by John Landis. It is due to be re mastered to come out on Blu Ray and I saw it for the first time at the weekend. The story begins with two American backpackers - David, played by David Naughton, and Jack, played by Griffin Dunne, who are set to explore England. They start on the moors and ...  Read the complete review

This is a great, jovial horror film directed by the jovial John Landis. I loved the fact that it was a hollywood horror set in recognisable areas of London, I loved the jokey relationship between the two horny young American backpackers (played by the lovely David Naughton and Griffin Dunne), the eerie hike across the dark Yorkshire moors ...  Read the complete review

Two young Americans, David and Jack, are touring around Europe and end up in a remote part of England. Entering a pub called The Slaughtered Lamb, they are made so unwelcome by the villagers that they make a quick exit...only to be attacked by a werewolf. The villagers, who prefer to keep the existence of the werewolf a secret, arrive in time to ...  Read the complete review

I recently watched this film with a friend, a person whom had never seen it! Quite shocking! They must have been living under a rock in the 80's. Anyway I digress. This is quite simply a horror classic, one with a comic twist, and in my opinion a real alternative to the Sam Raimi directed gore horrors of the same era and a great ...  Read the complete review

An American Werewolf in London in a horror movie from the early 80's (1981) which is the time when horror movies were being churned out and most of them were terrible. This is different, written and directed by John Landis, who is also responsible for bringing us Blues Brothers, Michael Jacksons Thriller, Trading Places, Three Amigos and Spys ...  Read the complete review

I have loved this film for years. Yes it's old, yes it's not got the sfx of modern day horrors, but it is still nonetheless, a great horror, full of suspense and drama. You got your american student who becomes a werewolf, with classical orchestral music to add the suspense. I cant really say too much without spoiling ...  Read the complete review

I first saw this movie as a child when me and a freind found it in his parents video collection.Having recentley seen Teenwolf we thought we were in for a real treat.Little did we know that what really lay in store were some sleepless nights brought on by the nazi werewolf scene.This film is great and a rarety in that when it is scary it is very ...  Read the complete review

It is for the lover of the old run and hide movie- but for the younger generation no thanks, - Advantages: Good for stacking up chairs - Disadvantages: It is pathetic

A team of daredevils Andy (Tom Everett Scott), Brad and Chris are going on a dare devil tour of Europe, there next stop is Paris. The decide to sneak up the Eiffel Tower at night and Andy decides to bungy jump off of it. However when he is about to they see Serafine (Julie Delpy). She is trying to commit suicide but Andy saves her. He ends up in ...  Read the complete review

The film starts with two american tourists going into a yorkshire pub where they are warned by the locals to stay off the moors.They stay for a while and then leave completely ignoring the locals advide. Whilst walking on the moors they hear howls and then they are attacked by a werewolf, Jack is killed and after the werewolf bites David it is ...  Read the complete review

I’ve just been listening to Michael Parkinson’s Sunday Supplement on Radio 2 because I was interested to hear what actress Meera Syal had to say about her new television sitcom "All About Me" which is about to start on Friday's on BBC 1. It is I understand a sort of Asian version of the Royle Family, which sounds quite ...  Read the complete review

An American Werewolf in London is a dated film. It is obvious from the visuals that it was filmed in the early eighties - London has changed since then. If you can deal with this fact and you're interested in a humourous horror flick with more sophistication than the dire "Scary Movie" then this might well be worth a glance. Bear in ...  Read the complete review

Buy this soundtrack now - it gets the adrenalin pumping just like the film - Advantages: asdasd - Disadvantages: sdasd

This review is for the Universal Pictures 20th Anniversary Edition of the film and no other. 1973 "Live and Let Die", without a doubt one of the coolest films an eleven year old could see. Towards the end of it an unfortunate zombie pops up and has a chunk of it's head blown off by a magnum toting Bond, the zombie rolls it ...  Read the complete review

An American Werewolf In London has to be one of my favourite movies of all time, certainly one of my favourite horror movies, anyway...no it IS my favourite horror movie. Probably not too strange then that the DVD was one of the first I bought, but what was strange considering the popularity of this movie is that the original DVD release is ...  Read the complete review

Horror movies (apart from the modern day fashion for gory and bloodthirsty slasher flicks like Scream, Halloween and all that other bunkum) have generally always revolved around the twin pillars of Dracula and Frankenstein for the most part, with most versions owing at least something of a debt to the original cinematic monstrosities created by ...  Read the complete review