AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981) TWIN BROTHERS FIRST TIME WATCHING MOVIE REACTION!
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- Starting October first with a nice mix of horror and comedy with An American Werewolf in London, a movie that really surprised us!
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"Why does he sound like a muppet?" Because that's literally Frank Oz, the voice of Miss Piggy, Cookie Monster, Yoda...
Hahah! Was just coming to post the same thing!! Hilarious!
And FOzzy Bear and Miss Piggy from....THE MUPPETS
And the actual voice of Kermit the Frog.
Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggie, Ralph the Dog… He is a muppet.
@@patrickholt2270 Kermit was Jim Henson. But Frank Oz was second only to Jim
That guy with the receding hairline that sounds like a muppet is Frank Oz, who puppeteered and voiced Yoda and Miss Piggy, among many others. He was literally a voice of the Muppets.
Known for Fozzy the Bear mostly.
And Fozzie Bear, and Grover!
and Aughra from The Dark Crystal
@@dupreecharley In the film Heavy Metal he did the voice of Booty Buster Bob.
...and the director of “Little Shop of Horrors”
I love British humor. They say the meanest things in the most polite deadpan way possible.
Speaking of Rik Mayall from The Young Ones was one of the guys playing chess.
“why does he sound like a Muppet”
Because that’s Frank Oz, the voice of half of the muppets.😂😂😂😂
And Yoda.
I came here to make this comment. >
@@lajollascott his natural voice is like Bert (whom he also voices)
Rick Baker, the man behind the special effects and make-up in this movie, won the Academy Award for Best Makeup a record seven times from a record eleven nominations. He worked as an XF assistant in "The Exorcist" and "Star Wars". He's the one to thank for Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video. Most recent jobs include "Men in Black", "Tropic Thunder" and "Maleficent".
For my money, still the best werewolf transformation ever filmed.
Think he worked on The Thing too.
@@deathproofpony The Howling had a pretty good one.
He is a LEGEND!
They created the category for him & this film.
"Sounds like a shitty Kermit", "Why does he sound like a muppet?" 😂 Lads meet Mr Frank Oz, the puppeteer and voice of Miss Piggy, Bert, Cookie Monster and also Yoda , hahahaha such a ledge
Don't forget Grover.
I loved the little kid with the balloons. You can clearly see he is trying SO hard not to laugh when David takes the balloons & runs away. I wonder how many takes that required...lol.
The guy that sound like a muppet is Frank Oz. The voice of many muppets, including yoda. You guys rock.. love the reactions!!
I came here to say the same. I had to google cuz it LOOKED like Oz but I wasnt sure!
Most famously, he was the voice of Miss Piggy.
He was also in "Trading Places". "PCP. You know what this stuff does to kids?? You're looking at 3-5 MANDATORY....Louis."
@@cfinley81 haha love how he says 'Louis' in that scene
If you guys liked this you’d love “Dog Soldiers” it’s a British based werewolf movie that sees British troops in training take up all defences possible against a pack of werewolves.
My grandad loved this film and dog soldiers so if you’re looking for a second werewolf flick to watch I’d say dog soldiers is a must.
Love your guys reactions.
I thought me and my husband were the only people who’d ever seen Dog Soldiers!!! We loved it!!!
It is a must! Dog Soldiers was really good.
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That's a great shout - and in terms of tone, has some similarities to this one.
Yes! I was about to recommend Dog Soldiers too!
"Why does he sound like a muppet" was the best line. As mentioned, he is Frank Oz, voice of Miss Piggy, Yoda and many others. 🤣
11:26 - The makeup and practical effects in this movie are what sold it. For 1981, this was incredible stuff! It won the Best Makeup Oscar that year.
13:55 - Jack's ongoing decay through the movie was disturbingly accurate, and fascinated some of us with an appreciation of details.
17:01 - This. THIS is what made us young horror fans fall in love with this movie. The effects and David Naughton's acting during the transformation sold us 100%!
I've lost my taste for horror movies over the decades, but this one will always have a special place in my kennel... ummm... heart. ;-)
Oh... and for your amusement, look up "David Naughton Dr. Pepper." You can thank me later.
It was the first ever academy award for best make up
Party with the undead --- th-cam.com/video/91D58RuHyVU/w-d-xo.html
I'm a Pepper.
Fun fact :
The werewolf howl was a mix of David Naughton's screams, wolf howl and an elephant roar mixed up
This is literally one of the best movies ever made. Its blend of comedy, dark satire, and horror is so unique and enjoyable. The transformation scene is still regarded as one of the greatest achievements in cinematic practical effects.
i totally agree
What comedy? Lol
That scene in the tube where you just barely see the werewolf walking towards the guy as he's struggling up the escalator is phenomenal. One of my all-time favorite movie scenes.
Just a pity it was so stiff and robotic, it would've been better to get a huge guy in a suit to move forward on all fours in a fluid organic way. The movie looked like it used animatronics.
The ending is great. There's just enough of David in the werewolf to realize that if he makes one move toward Alex, he'll get gunned down and fulfill the 'killed by someone you love' decree. And having no closure or a long, boring wrap-up is refreshing.
After Michael Jackson saw this film he asked John Landis to direct his Thriller video and they incorporated a homage to the transformation scene in the video.
Also check out The Howling which is another seminal werewolf movie from the eighties
For quite some time, THE MAKING OF MICHAEL JACKSON’S THRILLER was the highest selling/renting VHS cassette in history. It may still hold the record. IDK
Don't forget Wolfen!
I just came here to watch you guys watch the transformation scene. That is pure movie gold by one of the best makeup/effects artists in cinema history... Rick Baker.
"Hide your mommas because I'm about to slap them all". That was the funniest thing I heard in a long time.
Can we establish "Momma Slapper" as another official name for him?
This was the first Horror film to win the Oscar for Best Makeup.
The wolf is scary when you see it at the part in the movie-theater. That part made me jump as a kid.
Rick Baker staked his claim in this film and has held onto it ever since.
It was the first ever film to receive the award.
If you haven't seen it yet, I recommend Dog Soldiers (2002). Great cast, great movie for Halloween! Loved your reaction to AWiL! This one kept me awake for like 2 weeks, as a kid lol!
I think they would love Spoon.
Good choice
Yes, a must see! Saw it for the 1st time a view moths ago
Meil Marshall's debut.
I'm still waiting for Centurion 2.......
@@Gnossiene369 there is no spoon.
Another werewolf film is "The Howling" it has a similar ending but it's a great horror film. Also, Director John Landis is the Director for "Animal House", "The Blues Brothers," and Micheal Jacksons "Thriller."
A similar ending , but the plot of The Howling overall is much more unique.
@@adgato75 I concur The plot is wild!!
Trading Places with Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy is fantastic.
@@PhantomFilmAustralia Ah yes!! Another one from Landis Dig that!!
@@ndragonzgaming1How could we have forgotten *Coming To America??*
The man he killed in the subway, is actor Micheal Carter. He also played Bib Fortuna in Return of the Jedi. The taxi driver was played by Alan Ford who played Brick Top in Snatch.
I saw this theatrically as a double feature with Halloween 2 as a 13 year old kid. The price of the ticket? $1.50 Good times.👍🔥😂
YOOOOO!!!!!!!!
No way
@@ivanjuarez1160 yup, it was in a 2nd run theater and I saw it during a weekend matinee with my friend.
I was around the same age & saw Halloween II. It was the 1st slasher movie I’d ever seen & it scared the shit out of me. My mom’s friend took me & we went to the 9:00 pm movie, so it was pretty late (around midnight)by the time I got home, which made it even creepier. I spent the night starting at my closet, waiting for Michael Myers to spring out of it & butcher me!🤣
I'm a touch younger, I saw Ghostbusters in the cinema, a old big theater with a balcony etc, when I was 13 also. Films that didn't condescend to the viewer, or wash out for marketing appeal, incredible experiences. We have so much great stuff now, of course, but everything has the tinge of product and there's a lack of culture. What I realise now is that in the 70s and 80s there was a great combination of filmaking craft and art , with big popular cinema. I don't mean just technical craft, but the art of a director.
It's really funny as hell when he's yelling all those outrageous things trying to get arrested and he looks right at Alex when he yells the C-word.🤣
Michael Jackson saw this film and loved it so much that he asked the director John Landis to direct his Thriller short film, and even got Rick Baker who did the special effects for this film too
"A naked American man stole my balloons." My favorite line in this movie. 😂
that should have been the title of the movie
You're in for a treat. Check out Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and "The Making of Thriller" if you can find it and you're caught up on 80s kindertrauma for us old folks.
Same director!
@@mnomadvfx Yup.
The werewolf transformation at the middle of the movie is hands down, the best on screen transformation ever and it absolutely holds up today.
Nothing will ever top practical effects.
First off guys … LOVE this channel!! You crack me up!!
With AAWL … it’s a dark comedy/horror and it freaked the bejesus out of me as a kid … I may have stolen my parents VHS copy and took it to my room … and then began a lifelong trauma … the scariest frickin werewolf I’ve ever seen on film …
What a lot of folks miss … with the ending … is that Alex never truly believed David … until he lunged at her snarling and she saw him as the wolf … then his dead fully human body … tears for his death but also guilt for not believing him … 👍🏼
Keep up the good work and awesomeness!
As a Londoner, I can confirm that this sort of thing happens in Piccadilly Circus all the time. Culturally 1981 was still the 1970s. Decades take time to arrive and stay late like that.
I agree. Thick smog and pollution across the London skies, blocking any full moon has saved countless lives.
and never ever go to Hampstead Heath after dark! it's full of werewolves, and all kinds of weirdos who come out at night!
30:00 - It is a rural pub , in an area of small villages in the British countryside. Their reception isn't that different than if they had gone into a small town hick bar in the Midwest back then. Or even now lol.
Small towns/villages can be very insular.
Which is why I want to live in one :o)
Congrats on hitting 30k boys. Keep up the good work!!
Thank you Jittery Squirrel; we appreciate it a ton! :)
The whole transformation was done full blown on screen with no CGI. All practical. So when the fingers elongated, it really happened with a prostetic hand.
Best werewolf transformation scene ever, and Jenny Agutter is an absolute beauty!
This movie is why Michael Jackson chose John Landis and company to produce, direct, and provide the special effects work for the Thriller video. John Landis is so underrated as a visionary director
Both of you had the exact same facial expressions, awesome. Good one for sure. When this was in the theaters, people freaked out and screamed.
I can't help but think the nurse felt his animal magnetism and that's why she took him home like he was a stray puppy.
This movie was released August 21st 1981 (my 5th birthday) I saw it fo the first time when I was 6 and it gave me nightmares for months but since getting over that it's been my number one horror movie of all time. Your reaction video is the best one I've ever seen. Keep up the good work Guys you rock.
That "muppet" is the great Frank Oz, the one who voiced some of the MUPPETS, and Yoda from Star Wars.
"He's got all the calories from the chocolate, he can run!" 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Such a great, unique comedy horror movie. Being haunted by your victims is such a great vision for the curse and then blending that with comedy is what puts it on another level. The bad sequel and really bad The Mummy tried to replicate it and failed. A unique gem.
Great reaction!
Such a great classic, and is on the list for one of the MOST classic and best transformation scenes in hollywood
🔥🔥🔥
That was billed the best transformation scene. It was done in a room in bright light. ITS SCARY AF IN 81 WHEN YOUR 9YRS OLD
To this day, given Wolf-David briefly calming down, right before "going for Alex" (for want of a better way of putting it), it is my firm belief that David’s consciousness heard Alex say she loved him, but he knew that if they were together she would be in too much danger! Their love made him lunge at her, knowing he'd be immediately shot & killed; it was suicide-by-cop, to protect the woman he loved!
The transformation scene is the best there ever was but also the make-up affect on Jack in the hospital: I’ve seen hundreds of horror movies and others and no wound make-up ever came to par with that one!
Possibly The Fly.
classic film. It’s strange to hear people like the ending, most say they’re disappointed. Not me though, it’s one of my favourite films, just brilliant & so many classic British actors. Most passed away now though 😢
This is by far my favorite werewolf movie. They went away from the typical way of on two legs and needing a silver bullet to kill one. One thing with the effects was wheh Dacid was on his back changing, they had him stuck in the floor while they went for lunch.
I can’t believe, it only took them a week to film the entire transformation scene. that’s just what I call time spend right and just raw talent from the special effects artist Rick baker.
This film is the reason why special effects is an academy award category thanks to Rick Baker! He would repeat the special effect in the Michael Jackson music video short Thriller in 1983.
The transformation scene was the first of its kind. Anytime Rick Baker or Stan Winston was doing the SFX on a movie you knew it was going to be awesome. This is one of my favorite werewolf movies, along with The Howling.
I've always loved this movie with it's combination of humor and horror. But watching you react I had a new favorite part where you are commenting on the weird haircuts in the subway scene while wearing your costumes....hahaha. Perfect.
I show the makeup work in this film to my media students, and most of them cannot believe it came out in '81. Thanks for the reaction!
I saw this as a kid and it freaked me out so bad I left the theater. Something about the howl and growling still puts me on edge. It's a tortured sound like the creature is in hell on earth. The point about being responsible for the deaths pushing you to kill yourself is a good one but the other side is that a person could learn to live with it and embrace the beast becoming a monster of a person as well as a werewolf on the full moon.
I agree with you, the wolf never sounded like it was vicious in any sort; but it sounded like it was in constant pain which was something I think the movie did a good job showing how becoming this creature is nothing but torment.
One of the first, if not the first, horror movies I've ever seen. I still love this weird mix of horror, comedy, romance and tragedy. I think "American werewolf in Paris" from the 90s managed to recreate this feel - at least the comedy part.
You guys looked so startled at the ending 🤣
they got an academy award for the FX scene in this
For sure the best werewolf horror comedy of all times
The BEST transformation scene in the history of Werewolf movies. The way it's SUPPOSED to be. Muscles stretching, bones breaking, the whole sha-bang. Looks and sounds very painful indeed. Fortunately, they never remember it. They just wake up naked and confused. God, I miss real werewolf movies.
I'll never forget how impressed my 14 yr old son and his buddies were when this came out!!
One of the best body horror transformations in film history right here
'Wolfen' and 'The Howling' check em out
JEF MAY
Both were better than this, i think.
Since everyone is commenting on Frank Oz, you need to watch Little Shop of Horrors this month. I'm not a big fan of musicals, but I love that movie.
oh that would be fun to see them react to!
Was here laughing at the voice of the muppets 😂😂😂 I see it’s already the main point of comments.....class
I agree. There was more than one werewolf the people in that village were familiar with. "This place is cursed" is something you'd say after your second werewolf experience, not your first. After your first, you just say, "Fuck! A werewolf!"
So excited for the month of October! I think my favorite reactions to watch are horror movie reactions!
Frank Oz is also a movie director. He directed a great British comedy called ''Death At A Funeral''. Which had Peter Dinklage in it.
Don't forget Little Shop of Horrors
19:26 That's Michael Carter, who was Bib Fortuna in Return of the Jedi. Apparently he wasn't feeling all that well when filming this scene.
20:35 The actor was spokesman for Dr. Pepper at the time, and ended up getting fired because he did these scenes.
The comedy, the horror...imagine how difficult it must have been to get the TONE right, both by the writer and the director. You'd have to be questioning yourself the whole time. "Does this veer to much into comedy? Into horror?" You had to ask if the audience would be willing to follow your creative decisions. Fair to say they succeeded superbly.
3 more 80's werewolf films you should see are The Howling , Wolfen and Stephen King based Silver Bullet.
youve started with the best werewolf movie of all time.
Fun Fact: This movie helped to inspire the Thriller music video. Michael Jackson even hired John Landis, who directed this film, to direct Thriller.
I noticed how even on the werewolf transformation the sounds were very similar to Thriller also
Horror comedies are great! One horror comedy from the 2000s I love is Eight Legged Freaks. I’m normally terrified of spiders but that movie is just too funny.
Another rather excellent 80's werewolf film is _The Company of Wolves_ (1984), directed by Neil Jordan.
It's a surreal, dreamlike take on the story of _Little Red Riding Hood._
For 1981, this was a fresh take on a werewolf movie. Funny, scary, great transformation scene, etc. You mentioned it kinda...it showed us the point-of-view from the human/werewolf dealing w/ this fact. Another similarly good werewolf movie is Jack Nicolson's "Wolf."
The nurse played by Jenny Agutter was recently a member of the World Council in The Avengers!
She's also the council member that Black Widow impersonates to breach HYDRA in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
The guy at the hospital at 7:10 is Frank Oz of Muppets and Yoda fame, he also cameos in the same directors film The Blues Brothers at the beginning.
PUMPKINHEAD!!! You got to watch that one. Do it first, beat the rush.
Director to Rick Baker just before the transformation scene: "Okay, Rick, take it away..."
The person playing the american embassy rep is Frank Oz. He did the voices for Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam Eagle in The Muppet Show, and Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover from sesame street. He is also a director having directed hit films like Little Shop of Horrors, The Dark Crystal, Muppets Take Manhattan, In & Out, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, What About Bob, etc.
Frank Oz.. not just a Muppet guy, he was Jim Hensons right hand man.. and became a notable director.. he made Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, What About Bob and Little Shop of Horrors (1986), among others. But yeah he was also performed Yoda, Fozzy Bear, Ms Piggy, Bert and Cookie Monster on Sesame Street.. and dozens of others. The muppets cameo is there for a reason 🤘
This is a legendary classic horror movie that inspired so many later movies, especially in the field of special effects. Rick Baker did the practical and make up effects and won so many awards in the years to come. The transformation scene was the first of it's kind and was later used in many other movies and even in the Michael Jackson Thriller video. I loved the fact that for the first time we saw a werewolf that looked more wolf that human. And the mix of horror and comedy made the movie seem very surreal.
I looooved this movie as a kid!
(Born in '87.)
Also loved American Werewolf in Paris!
I really love how this movie has such an inconsistent tone - horror, gore, and .... comedy? There wasn’t anything like it.
A great movie that remembers that lycanthropy is a curse, that the Werewolf is an agent of chaos and that everything is better with Ghoul Na$i$.
AND the vampire.............😎
The director (John Landis) was best known for comedies (Animal House, Blues Brothers, Trading Places, Coming to America. He made one other horror film (Innocent Blood). His two episodes of Masters of Horror are fun.
See you next Wednesday.
Didja notice the songs? "Bad Moon Rising", "Moondance" "Blue Moon"...Always enhances the funny for me.
"An American Werewolf In London" is one of the greatest horror films ever made. Joe Dante's "The Howling" from the same year...which actually features a colony of werewolves...is very different but equally brilliant.
Silver Bullet and The Howling, please!!
The best werewolf movie ever made!
Kinda sad considering this is actually a comedy, tells you how low the bar is for werewolf flicks. Still this movie goes several feet above the bar.
Word of advice: don't bother with the Paris sequel.
Just rewatched the sequel and you ain't lying
I think it's almost necessary to see American Werewolf in Paris to truly appreciate the difference in FX.
It could have been a great movie if they just didn't try so hard to make it better.
I wouldn't say it's a comedy, it just happens to be well written and VERY funny. Comedy is often used to ramp down tension in horror films, the problem is that most horror writers have a terrible sense of humor so most of the time the 'jokes' fall flat on their faces.
It's not like the bar for vampires is that much higher. American Werewolf and the Howling are themselves above most vampire movies. Maybe Fright Night and Bram Stocker's Dracula match it.
@@johnnyskinwalker4095 fair point
The gentleman who was attacked by the werewolf in the tube (subway) is actor Michael Carter who played Bib Fortuna in RETURN OF THE JEDI.
Rick Baker did the transformation effects. It took a couple of months to plan the technical aspects of shooting the scene, and it took a week to complete the filming, according to google. Another fun fact--the cab driver is Alan Ford, who played Brick Top in the movie Snatch.
An American Werewolf in Paris is more of a horror comedy. It came out in ‘97 and is a fun watch.
The best description I've read for the '97 movie is "CGI before CGI was ready for werewolves."
Dude this IS a horror comedy already.
Have you two seen the movie 1408 with Samuel L Jackson and John Cusack? Also Freddy vs Jason is good. Always live you both and always enjoy your reactions 😁
Imagine "mama slapper" Curtis wearing his goofy banana suit throughout the entire movie like he did in the beginning. 😁
Will still go down as probably one of the best Werewolf transformation scenes ever, especially for it’s time. I think it took them about a month to film that scene.
You guys have got to see The Howling/because Rick Baker the head FX man works in both movies. In my estimation The Howling has the best transformation scene on film ever! No CGI no BS. Please watch it!
This movie convinced the Motion Picture Academy to create an Oscar category for makeup effects.
This movie and Coming to America, Trading Places, Animal House, Blues Brothers all directed by the Great John Landis what a brilliant director need him making more movies today but during his heyday wow thanks for all that entertainment
I remember when I first watched this film at about 11 or 12 (I have cool parents) I didn't like how it ended without showing the aftermath. But seeing the film now, even though I'm only a bit older (17), it's my favourite ending in film history. Weird that...
"Why does he sound like a muppet",
Oh little did they know I'm guessing 😂😂
7:35
Because he is a Muppet. Frank Oz does the voices for Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Grover, Cookie Monster... and even Yoda.
LOVE THIS MOVIE,,,it has the best human to werewolf transformation ever...