American Werewolf in London

Pros: Classic burlesque, excellent special effects, great dark comedy
Cons: The ending

With Halloween just around the corner, I have just the movie to get you in the mood for the season. An American Werewolf in London may be over 20 years old, but it still has enough thrills and chills to make your skin crawl, and besides, it's ...

Pros: Quality sense of gory humor, pleasant performances, Rick Baker's amazing transformation effects
Cons: Perhaps the performances are more "pleasant" than "good" and I Want More Wolf.

The eponymous American werewolf in London certainly takes his time in arriving. A British werewolf in the North of England makes a brief appearance early on, but otherwise, you're going to wait for a while in John Landis's American Werewolf in...

Pros: Black Comedy mixed with shock horror and Oscar Winning Werewolves. 
Cons: The ending was a bit abrupt.

An American Werewolf in London (1981) Directed by John Landis."A naked American man stole my balloons."  Little boy at the zoo.David Kessler (David Naughton) and his friend Jack Goodman (Griffin Dunne) are ...

Pros: Amazing makeup effects. Some wildly inventive moments.
Cons: Over the top climax just doesn't work. Inconsistent tone.

Joseph, my manager, has had a difficult time coming up with new projects for me, due to my recent incarceration at the Benny Ford clinic. Apparently, my unavailability led to my being passed over for the leads in a new film musical version of...

Pros: Likeable characters, plenty of humour, sex appeal, action, brilliant direction
Cons: One or two scenes that go on too long....

Well it's coming up to Halloween and in my peak of 80's nostalgia, I ought to review this- one of the best, most impressive and satisfying horror films of the 1980's. It all starts with two young American backpackers- Jack (Griffin Dunne) and David ...

Pros: Witty, gory, great soundtrack and some good scary moments.
Cons: A little dated, observes some horror cliches.

It's not too unfair to say that once you've seen one werewolf movie, you've seen them all. Let's face it, the whole concept is pretty silly, and most movies stick pretty rigidly to a set formula: Man gets bitten by wolf, man grows hair and fangs during a ...

Pros:

An impressive mix of wry comedy, romance and shock horror.

Cons: The DVD image quality could be better, and the movie's ending feels somewhat unjustifiable.

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Pros: Funny, slightly suspenseful. A great blend of comedy and camp horror. Beautiful British scenery.
Cons: Made in 1981, if that bothers you. Back when plot meant more than special effects.

I could probably count on one hand the number of movies that have successfully combined horror and comedy. Let's see..."Creepshow" was OK (mostly because Stephen King was such a numbskull), and, um, I can't really come up with any other candidates off ...

Pros: Wonderful film and a worthy DVD
Cons: Nothing's perfect

Its meter is never off, yet An American Werewolf in London's rhythms are unconventional. It's an unguessable button-pusher, the rarest kind. Writer-director John Landis channelled Luis Buñuel for a series of enveloping dream sequences that...

Pros: Scary horror, funny comedy, jaw-dropping F/X
Cons: OTT ending

Ahh..this takes me back to a golden age where video was the new thing and An American Werewolf In London had us all reaching for the rewind button.

An oddly restrained effort from Director John Landis (especially after the wild excesses of The...

Pros: The Curse of the Bambino does not include lycanthropy.
Cons: The impossible happens at the beginning and the end.

I got so carried away watching this movie that when my mom called during David's first transformation, I made the most monstrous possible noises into the phone and cried out, "I'm a werewolf! I'm consumed by my lycanthropy!" "What is lycanthropy?" ...

Pros: Great special effects! Kind of like the soundtrack as well.
Cons: Took a while for David to turn into a werewolf.

I remember seeing this movie when I was 5 back in 1983. My father had just bought a VCR, and I wanted to record this. But, like most little kids, it kept me up for a couple of nights.

Here's the story: David Kessler and Jack Goodman are a...

Pros: Great special effects, excellent plot, well-done graphic violence.
Cons: Offbeat humor may not sit well with some; references to Nazis.

"American Werewolf In London" is almost 20 years old, and despite its age, is still one of the best horror movies made. It's also better than the sequel, despite the newer movie's computer-generated special effects, which were not...

Pros: A classic horror tale that manages to mix humor and horror
Cons: Extras on the DVD leave a little to be desired

An American Werewolf in London was one of the first Horror films I saw. I remember hiding in the back room at the age of 5 hoping my parents wouldn't notice what I was watching. I had many a sleepless night due to that film. And I guarantee you that I...

Pros: nifty transformation effects.
Cons: nothing else.

Excuse me for being a bit forward, but I must ask something: WHY DOES THIS PATHETIC LUMP OF $#!% GET SO MUCH PRAISE? I don't think I have ever read a truly negative review of this movie, and I really can't imagine why. An American Werewolf in London...