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Elmer BernsteinElenco:
David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, Rik Mayall, Frank Oz, John Woodvine, Sydney Bromley, Lila Kaye, Alan Ford, John Landis, Vic Armstrong (mais)Sinopses(1)
The tale of an American tourist whose stay in London is disrupted when, after being bitten by a wolf, he turns into a werewolf. (texto oficial do distribuidor)
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In a way, I've always been quite attracted to werewolf movies, but, with the exception of Johnston's atmospheric The Wolfman, they’ve always been a complete waste of time. This film, however, delivered the right stuff. It has a great and really chilling atmosphere, a good story, a good amount of blood and really good and scary visual effects on top. I watched it in the evening in the dark and after I went to bed I kept seeing those thrilling scenes in the deserted park and the subway, or the now iconic shots of the transformation into a werewolf, which literally gave me goosebumps. There is no need to worry about the comedy side, the humour is present in an appropriate level and in my opinion it doesn't interfere with the overall flow at all. I would even dare to disagree with J*A*S*M and say that An American Werewolf in London is the best werewolf movie ever!
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If I had to choose between horror and horror-comedy, I wouldn’t hesitate for a second: horror. That said, An American Werewolf in London is such a perfectly balanced blend that I can’t avoid the utmost satisfaction. But even so, I will always remember the scenes in the moors, the underground, the cinema, etc. The make-up and special effects are brilliant, the transformation scene in particular is very memorable. I’m not exaggerating when I say that this is one of the best horror films about werewolves ever made.
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This certainly has an atmosphere (mainly in the Yorkshire scenes), it’s nicely tongue-in-cheek and the movie reeks of Landis’ love of old horror movies from Universal. Of course, it can’t touch its aged (1935!) brother from London, although there are a couple (literally) of passages that could easily make it into the werewolf movie hall of fame.
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The first thing to highlight about American Werewolf in London is without a doubt the absolutely breathtaking make-up and special effects used in the very authentic werewolf transformation scene. Even though this film was made in the early 1980s, the work with those effects still commands respect. The pretty horror atmosphere both in the moors and in London is also interesting. The final set-piece surpasses anything you can see in Alarm for Cobra 11. In short, a film that did not impress me in terms of cast and dialogue, but as a lover of werewolf movies, I enjoyed it.
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The scary scenes are genuinely scary. The London Underground... brrr! But the humour diminishes their impact. An American Werewolf in London is neither a horror comedy nor a comedy horror movie. It’s a schizophrenic hybrid that could have been either an excellent, atmospheric horror movie or an entertaining, parodic comedy.
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