An American Werewolf in London

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-08-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (58123 Reviews)

Director:

John Landis

Genres:

Comedy Horror

Cast:

Joe Belcher David Naughton Griffin Dunne David Schofield

Writer:

John Landis

Fullplot:

Two American college students are on a walking tour of Britain and are attacked by a werewolf. One is killed, the other is mauled. The werewolf is killed but reverts to its human form, and the local townspeople are unwilling to acknowledge its existence. The surviving student begins to have nightmares of hunting on four feet at first but then finds that his friend and other recent victims appear to him, demanding that he commit suicide to release them from their curse, being trapped between worlds because of their unnatural deaths.

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