“An American Werewolf in London” gets my vote for the best realized hybrid of the horror and comedy movie genres. But, to be sure, the emphasis is clearly on the horror of the entire situation. Two young Americans are on a backpacking trek across the lonely expanses of Britain when they encounter the completely unexpected. Both are savagely attacked by a giant wolf creature. One is killed but the other unlucky soul lives to experience the nightmare of werewolf transformation. Humor in the style of “Animal House” and “The Blues Brothers” but what would you expect from the director of all three flicks, Jon Landis? Messy, violent attack scenes, mutilated bodies and out of control scenes of panicked crowds all figure into the construction of this film. The scene I chose here includes a masterful high angle shot of a hapless victim being stalked by an alarming pursuer. There are innocents slaughtered by a rampaging monster in this movie but it is the poor protagonist, David, who our sympathies ultimately lie with as he is reluctantly thrust into the Hell of having to endure a life completely out of his control. Haunting. “Wild” to the extreme!
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