An American Werewolf In London
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- Release Date
- August 21, 1981
- Director
- John Landis
- Cast
- David Naughton , Jenny Agutter , Griffin Dunne , John Woodvine , Lila Kaye , Joe Belcher
- Runtime
- 97
- Main Genre
- Horror
- Writers
- John Landis
- Tagline
- Beware the Moon.
Summary
Two American students are on a walking tour of England and are attacked by a Werewolf. One is killed, the other is mauled. The Werewolf is killed, but reverts to it's human form, and the townspeople are able to deny it's existence. The surviving student begins to have nightmares of hunting on 4 feet at first, but then finds that his friend and other recent victims appear to him, demanding that he find a way to die to release them from their curse, being trapped between worlds because of their unnatural death.
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