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An undead Jack appears to David and explains the beast that attacked them was a werewolf, and reveals that David is now one. He is interviewed by police Inspector Villiers, who tells him that he and Jack were attacked by an escaped lunatic, but David insists they were attacked by some sort of rabid dog or wolf. Instead of a dead animal, David sees the corpse of a naked man lying next to him before passing out.ĭavid wakes up three weeks later in a hospital in London. The beast is shot and killed by some of the pub-goers, who came out searching for the boys. Jack is mauled to death and David is injured. David and Jack wander off the road onto the moors, and are attacked by an unseen, vicious creature.

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The pair decide to leave, and the pub-goers warn them to keep to the road, stay clear of the moors and beware of the full moon. Jack notices a five-pointed star on the wall, but when he asks about it, the pub-goers become hostile. As night falls, they stop at a local pub called the Slaughtered Lamb. Two American backpackers from New York City, David Kessler and Jack Goodman, are trekking across the moors in Yorkshire. A sequel, An American Werewolf in Paris, was released by Hollywood Pictures in 1997. Since its release, it has become a cult classic. It was a critical and commercial success, winning the 1981 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film and the first ever Academy Award for Best Makeup. After achieving success in Hollywood with the comedies The Kentucky Fried Movie, National Lampoon's Animal House and The Blues Brothers, Landis was able to secure financing from PolyGram Pictures to produce An American Werewolf in London.Īn American Werewolf in London was released in the US by Universal Pictures on August 21, 1981. Prospective financiers believed that Landis' script was too frightening to be a comedy film and too humorous to be a horror film. Landis wrote the first draft of the screenplay for the film in 1969 and shelved it for over a decade. The film's plot follows two American backpackers, David and Jack, who are attacked by a werewolf while travelling in England, causing David to question whether he will become a werewolf under the next full moon. The title is a cross between An American in Paris and Werewolf of London. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, the film stars David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne and John Woodvine. An American Werewolf in London is a 1981 horror comedy film written and directed by John Landis.