AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981) ☾ Movie Reaction! - First Time Watching
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- Thank you for watching my reaction as I watch "An American Werewolf in London" for the first time! ♡
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"it was creepy, it was gory, and it was brutal and I really enjoyed it." - Now that's my kind of reaction! 😄
The werewolf transformation scene is definitely the highlight of this movie
It's interesting about how everybody reacts to how the movie suddenly ends.
This was the first Horror film to win Best Makeup at the 1982 Academy Awards, and it was the first of 7 Oscars for Makeup effects artist Rick Baker. His last film was The Wolfman released in 2010, then in 2014, he retired from making special effects, implying that CGI would change the Hollywood industry forever.
and not changed for the better :(
The effects impressed Michael Jackson so much he wanted Rick Baker to do the werecat effects for the Thriller music video.
For the Cantina scene in Star Wars, they basically went into Rick Baker's studio and pulled masks off the wall.
My favorite werewolf movie ever. Also BEST werewolf howl I have heard in the movies.
My favorite movie, period! I love the way his screams of pain during the transformation, become more and more animalistic, until they become a full on wolf howl. The guttural growling was great too.
I love how it’s howl sounds like it’s in agony.
My first werewolf movie. I never heard the term "werewolf" before this movie.
The guy that came to see David in the hospital (Mr. Collins) was Frank Oz the voice of Miss Piggy and Yoda among others.
Funfact: Michael Jackson loved this movie. He used the makeup artist for this film, Rick Baker, and the director of this film, John Landis to direct MIchael Jackson's music video for his song "Thriller" and for Rick Baker to make Michael Jackson turn into a werewolf.
I like that the werewolf’s howl sounds like it’s in pain, like it’s crying out in agony.
I can’t help but laugh each time I watch the ending of the film.
Poor Nurse Alex is utterly distraught and then the joyful “Bom-ba-ba-bom, ba-bom-ba-ba-bom, ba-ba-bom-ba-ba-bom / Da-dang-da-da-dang, da-dingy-dong-ding Blue Moon!” just complete shifts the tone and cracks me up.
This is one of 3 werewolf movies that came out in 1981. The other ones were “The Howing” and “Wolfen”. Both are really good and I recommend them both. I don’t know if I would call Wolfen a werewolf movie but if you watch it, you can judge for yourself.
Now you gotta watch the other great werewolf movie from 1981, The Howling.
As well as Silver Bullet with Gary Bussey and Corey Haim.
And Company Of Wolves , 1984.
Another comedic line was from the little kid " A Naked American Man Stole My Balloons ". They use that in alot of comedies as a joke to this movie. That one & " Didn't Mean to call you meatloaf Jack ".
For some reason, when David says 'Put that down!' to Jack when he has the Mickey Mouse figure is just hilarious to me and one of my favorite scenes of the film.
That's probably one of the reasons why Michael Jackson loved this film.
The moment in his first visit to the hospital to warn David, after giving his terrible warning, his face softens, and he says, "don't cry", always moves me.
I hate when my dead friends play with my belongings
Cool! Centane is a cutie pie nurse reacting to a film with my all-time favorite screen cutie pie nurse, Jenny Agutter.
An actress so great that she makes us overlook red flags and plot holes. Who cares! It's Nurse Alex! :D
@@TTM9691 red flags yep but what plots holes? 🤔
🥧🥧
Stalker alert
I love the mix of comedy and horror in this film. I think all good horror has comedy elements in it for balance.
I always enjoy the quick ending and cut to the credits and music. Like the director John Landis is saying he doesn't care about your feelings, cope. Each attack by the werewolf is so quick, and then moves to the next scene. Extremely well done, and John Landis is known for directing comedy films, in fact some of the most popular comedies of the 80s were directed by him. He is a huge fan of horror films though.
The bald-headed man with the glasses from the US embassy is voice/character/actor Frank Oz, he is the voice of Yoda, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear as well as some of the other Muppets, which makes his line about kids not appreciating anything even funnier.
Yes... catchy shower scene music is by the great Van Morrison. The song is called "Moondance" and was a big hit for him.
His music is a bit niche... but very well accepted in most circles.
Biggest hit was "Brown Eyed Girl".
That rude American Ambassador is Frank Oz, the voice of Yoda. I always hear this version of him in my head when people bring up Grogu.
Remember all the effects in this film are practical effects no CGI was around 40 years ago. The transformation scenes were all done by special effects people. Also, the annoying man at the hospital supposedly from the American embassy was played by Frank Oz. Later you can hear his voice during the Muppet scene as Miss Piggy. Glad you enjoyed it.
It's always nice seeing Bricktop as a taxi driver before becoming an underworld crime boss & his love for pigs as disposable body tools.
This movie won an Oscar for the transformation scene 🌟
You looking so Norwegian in your Norwegian sweater was my first thought too! Fun that you commented on that yourself, immediately after! And yes, the music at the end took everyone by surprise in the movie theater back in 1982 too! Is this how it ends?!? Blue moon...
Did anyone notice Mr. Collins from the American embassy sounds a lot like Yoda? That's because he is. It's actor Frank Oz. He was also the voice behind Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal and more In The Muppet Show and he did the Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover in Sesame Street!
Not just the voice. Oz was the principal puppeteer as well. He absolutely hates the Disney version of The Muppets. They killed what made them great... an adult edge to their humor.
Funny thing. In The Blues Brothers, Frank Oz also makes a cameo. And later in that film, a man in a toy store holds up a Grover and asks if they have a Miss Piggy. And in this film, later they show a clip of Miss Piggy in The Muppet Show.
You should watch 'The Howling', it's an underrated werewolf movie, and well worth the watch.
This film and "The Howling" have the two best practical werewolf transformation scenes in cinema history.
100% agree.
I saw this in the theater at the ripe old age of 8 years!!!!! I had nightmares for days!!!!🤣❤
Some of the songs you like:
"Blue Moon" was written in 1934 by Rogers & Hart. It's been recorded by so many different people, it's become what's known as a standard. The versions in the movie are performed by Sam Cooke (1959), the Marcels (1961), and Bobby Vinton (1963).
"Bad Moon Rising" was written by John Fogarty and performed by him and his band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, in 1969. It's a song about the apocalypse Fogarty believed was coming.
The song in the background for the shower-and-lovemaking scene is "Moondance," which was written and recorded by Van Morrison and released in 1970. It's been a hit ever since.
My favourite movie soundtrack, ever!
One of the famous quotes from this movie is " I Didn't Mean To Call You Meatloaf Jack !!!! " 🤣. The director of this movie , also directed : The Blues Brothers - Animal House - Michael Jackson's THRILLER video - Twilight Zone The Movie- many other movies .
Jenny Agutter (David's Nurse) was wonderful in 1972's Walkabout, a really interesting movie.
There really are pubs like the Slaughtered Lamb in that part of England. I went on a camping holiday there in the 70s where the local pub was called The Pig's Nose. A very strange place. I scored a 180 playing darts and the pub went silent. In London the tube stations are very scary places late at night, with countless echoing tunnels that branch off and long escalators that never end. Haha, I just got a shiver down my back remembering one late night down there. I have never decided if this movie is comedy first, horror second, or vice versa. Jenny Agutter is of course welcome in any movie. If nothing else, the constant songs about the moon are all wonderful. Frank Oz (the voice of many muppets) had his moment on screen, hence the Muppets appearing on tv during the film.
The thing about the special effects, especially the transformation scene, is that they were all practical effects. CGI or anything like that didn't exist yet when this film was made. I wish more movies still used practical effects more often than they do.
13:10
"Wolfen" was a pretty good crime horror movie about wolves, also released in 1981, starring Albert Finney, and set in NYC..
The practical effects in this movie still stand the test of time.
This movie ranked at #42 in the 100 scariest movie moments on Bravo
I guess the comedy went over her head. I saw this in the theater with a buddy back in the day and we were rolling on the floor, especially the chaotic scene in Piccadilly Circus at the end. Over the top death and destruction and almost none of it directly caused by David, we found it hysterical everytime someone got smash by a car or run over.
That was definitely on purpose. The mass panic created from people seeing an actual monster rather than in many past and even future horror films where people kind of shrug it off.
It's always been a comedy to me. A wicked sharp comedy built on a horror movie framework. Not the only good one by Landis either.
The song Bad Moon Rising was by Creedence Clearwater Revival. A famous group mostly the early 70's. They had many hits. This song and others are played in many movies. Once again, it was a joy watching you react.
Fortunate Son is probably their most popular, but man I love pretty much all their songs, especially Lookin Out My Back Door
@@CChissel Sweet Hitch-Hiker will always be my favorite. It was playing on an amusement ride when I met a special lady. Both of us teenagers. It was a current hit. I immediately bought the 45rpm and also fell in love with the flip side "Door To Door".
@@davidkessinger1581 That’s awesome!
Yes! One of my favorite reactors reacting to one of my favorite horror movies! Can't wait! You were one of the first reactors I discovered, it seems like two years ago! I definitely suggested this title from the very earliest days, so I'm particularly excited to see your reaction!
41 years later and this is still the best werewolf film ever made. This was the movie that inspired Michael Jackson to ask John Landis to direct his 'Thriller' music video. A lot of the same growls, howls and screaming that are in this were also featured there where the werewolf is concerned
Has my favorite line in cinema of all time … “A naked American man stole my balloons.” Priceless.
“In the company of wolves”. I recommend that movie! Really trippy
I just now noticed Rik Mayall is one of the laughing bar patrons in the beginning.
Playing chess with Mr. Rottweiler 😂
OOPS: An American Werewolf in Paris was released in 1997, not 1970s 😅
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An American Werewolf in Paris is a great movie to watch relatively soon after this one. It's good...not as good as this one, but it does have a bit more depth to its plot than random wolf thing unexplained in Scotland. It has a bit of a lighter emotional feel with a little more comedy to go with a little more horror. Might be worth considering including on a poll at some point.
I would skip the Paris one, definitely not very good.
@@Timbuktu407 I mean London isn't like a classic. It's a fun movie with excellent practical effects. Paris is the same thing, but the effects aren't anywhere near as novel.
An American Werewolf in Paris is definitely a mixed bag. It has an interesting plot that puts a twist on the original film and takes werewolves in a new direction, but the writing isn't great and some of the performances are worse. They also went for CGI instead of practical effects, so the werewolf effects haven't aged very well compared to this one. Still a fun movie though.
@@robpegler6545 It's occurring to me I might just be remembering Paris more fondly than is deserved as I can't think of when I last saw it.
7:58 Had to look up the cast to find out who Mr Collins is because I swear I was hearing Fozzie Bear. Turns out that's Frank Oz the legend himself.
So fun! My favorite part of this reaction is you saying repeatedly how this is so different than anything else you've been watching.....and also you reaction to Nurse Alex and David's romance! They're so cute that we don't even care that it's completely unbelievable she'd take him home, and overlook that he'd woken up in the zoo! For me, she's the movie's biggest special effect! When she's crying at the end, it's so heartbreaking!
In most werewolf movies the werewolves have an "unnatural sexual allure" to quote Cursed. This is my head canon to explain what's going on between Alex and David, but I'm really curious if it was an intentional part of the movie or not. I doubt it, but it would be awesome if they just didn't spoon feed the audience.
@@noavailablename10000 It was definitely intentional. Sex is all over this movie. When he comes back from his first hunt, he's frisky as hell, biting her, tickling her, grabbing at her, he can't keep his hands off her. All of that is very John Landis.
@@TTM9691 You said her actions were unbelievable, but they are perfectly believable if she's being FORCED to be attracted to him even though neither of them is aware of it. I was talking about her reactions to him, not the other way around.
@@noavailablename10000 Ah, I see. He's got the Kovorka! 😄
This one was a favorite of my late wife. I had an Auntie who acted in films and TV programs, and among those was a title where she portrayed an heiress who dreams @ night during the full moon of becoming a monster and possesses combined elements of werewolf/vampire/Mr Hyde characters whereby murders occur which she's convinced of committing and later on hopes somebody will do-her-in to prevent any further deaths, so I was reminded to a good extent when viewing here of the close connection.
It's suppooooooosed to be awkward in places. It's a comedy. When you said "sorry" after laughing at the moaning in the background, that was so cute. Lol. You're *supposed* to laugh there! That's the point! :)
John Landis, the director, wrote this script in 1968 when he was 19 years old. He was working as a crew member on the film "Kelly's Heroes" in Yugoslavia, first as a gofer and then later as the director's assistant when the AD became ill and had to leave the location. Landis got his first big break when he was chosen to direct "Animal House" in 1978, which became a huge hit, and then "The Blues Brothers" in 1980, an even bigger success. That gave him enough clout to get "American Werewolf" made, which had been rejected by every Hollywood producer and studio for years. He was told no one would watch a horrifying comedy movie or a comedic horror film. I saw it the night it opened in the summer of 1981 and loved it. It's one of only 3 films I saw twice in the theater...along with "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" and "Raiders Of The Lost Ark".
It's pretty unique and a groundbreaking film, and it seems people either dig it or are completely confused by it. But almost everyone has the same reaction to the end: "WHAT? That's it????"
I watched this movie when I was about 8 at the cinema. My father didn't care too much about me watching R rated movies, and people weren't too strict about children watching movies like this if you were accompanied by an adult. One thing I remember, is falling off my seat during one of the scary scenes. LOL.
That nightmare within a nightmare scene freaked me out the 1st time.
I've been a fan of this movie since I was a teenager! I love your idea of bringing this classic back! Your hair is very beautiful!
nice. what i appreciate about this film is that it's so interestingly constructed. it's not a traditional structure so when it ends the way it does, it absolutely feels abrupt. but at the same time, it also finishes where it needs to. also, you mentioned the editing and that's quite unique to. a lot of the cuts are jarring and only make sense after the scene gets going. it's not like everything else and that's so refreshing and it felt that way in the 80s too.
That closing Blue Moon still cracks me up.
Jenny Agutter was the most beautiful actress of her era!! Check out "Logans Run"!
You’re facial expressions to the ending credits was MAGIC 🤣🤣🤣
I think the biggest shock and surprise of this movie is how it suddenly stops after David is killed.
I watched American Werewolf in London when I was 18 and a freshman an Indiana University. It made me want to study abroad. In 1994, I did, in the UK at Lancaster University and still hang out with my best British friend to this day. We text weekly. I liked going abroad so much, I ended up spending 10 years working and living in Sydney, Australia and then Hong Kong. This movie led me down that adventure!
The imagery of the first scene tells you everything.. Lambs to the slaughter
I’m sure someone pointed out that the the actor playing the American Doctor David meets when he first wakes is Frank Oz. He of course is the voice of Yoda and also many of the Muppets.
Kermit himself!!!
@@mattwhite2328 Nope. That was Jim Henson.
Great reaction to what i truly believe to be the greatest horror movie ever made. In fact one of the greatest movies period. It traumatised me as a 7 year old, but in my teens i fell in love with the practical effects, the writing, the cast performances, and the Juxtaposition of the very visceral horror and the almost slapstick humour. That chase scene through the claustrophobic London tube still gives me chills. The way you expect to see the Werewolf at any moment follow the guy around the corner, just a few paces behind, but you never do. Landis never allows us to see the beast, knowing full well that it's the anticipation that creates the tension, the tension thus creating fear... A true masterpiece.
Saw this at the cinema when it first released, practical effects rule!
Your reaction when the credits started rolling was hilarious.
Film theory I realised while watching this...
After david and his friend are attacked by a Regular wolf, David is injured and ends up in a coma.
He is taken to hospital and faces internal self judgement for his cowardly actions until his death.
There is no werewolf.
The villagers just believe in a local myth.
The film already shows us dreams within dreams.
Such a great movie! I saw this in theaters when I was 12. Scared the crap out of me. Great practical effects!
My all-time favourite werewolf movie, I just love the fun it has with the story and the practical effects are so amazingly well done, and the music choices are top notch.
And it has the line "A naked American man stole my balloons." 🤣
Three great 80s horror movies : The Fog, The Thing, The Fly
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WoW is perfect 👌... Awesome and real and appreciative reaction 😎 I was a pleasure to watch along with you. This was a ground breaking movie in so so many ways. Can you imagine watching this on VHS with school friends a couple of years after it came out...mind's Blown 😱😂
You just saw one of the greatest werewolf movies of all time, directed by John Landis and Rick Baker did the amazing practical special effects. This was a true comedy/horror classic.
NOW, please react to *THE HOWLING!* Also from 1981 😎
Absolutely FLAWLESS movie. This & The Terminator are my all time faves............... Landis considers this to be his masterpiece, rightfully so.
The actor who played jack in American werewolf in London is Griffin Dunne the older brother of the poltergeist actress Dominique Dunne
Great reaction to a classic movie still one of the best man to wolf transformations in a movie without cgi to this date, You should check out "Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)" a very impressive movie it is in French language "Le Pacte des loups" and has English subtitles but one hell of a film.
Set in southern France it is a historical/fantasy set around the real event of a huge wolf with red fur that would attack ,kill and eat the villagers and farmers who dare work or travel alone between 1765 and 1767 they called it "the Beast of Gévaudan".
Trivia: The songs used for this movie´s soundtrack, have references to the Moon, or have the word moon in it´s title.
My favourite movie reactor reacting to a great movie starring one of my favourite actresses :).
In my youth I went out with a girl who looked like Jenny Agutter (but with longer hair) and we watched this movie ... then I had to go out and walk my dog across the fields (country boy here :)) ... and it was a full moon ... and it was foggy ... and then my dog crouched down and started to growl aggressively at something out there in the darkness like I had never seen her do before ... ... ... needless to say that was not a calm few minutes but it appears to have been a mystery and not a werewolf ... or was it? :chuckles:
This was a very popular movie when it came out. People talked about the special effects (and are still talking about it). It became a cult classic. The mix of comedy (not even true comedy, but you know what I mean) and horror/suspense is what makes this movie stand out. How easy it would have been to mess up the balance, but give the actors credit- they act like you and I would if someone came in to a hospital claiming to have been attacked by a werewolf.
Loving your channel Kamilla, keep it up. The practical effects in this are fantastic, the change scene specifically is horrific, really clever camera cuts throughout that scene too. Id say the practical effects are up there with The Thing. Stands the test of time.
The director of this movie(John Landis) made a vampire movie about 10 years after this movie that like this was a horror/black comedy. Innocent Blood(1992). Worth a watch.
Fun reaction!!! Hoo boy I love this movie. Saw it at a drive-in when I was 10 and it changed my life!
Those effects really were groundbreaking at the time. What I think makes this movie hold up is the perfect balance between horror and humor; it went back and forth between them at just the right times to be jarring in the right way!
Did you catch that the smarmy American ambassador at the hospital was Frank Oz, the voice (& muppeteer) of Yoda? Also a very accomplished director. John Landis likes to have directors make cameos in his movies.
Interesting fact about this movie, the guy at 7:40 in this video, Mr. Collins, is actually Frank Oz. Know who that is? He is the puppeteer behind Miss Piggie, Fozzie Bear, Cookie Monster, Grover, Burt and yes, Yoda. Notice they were watching The Muppets on TV in David's dream? Cool little hint, huh?
The guy from the american embassy, ms Collins, is Frank Oz, you might remember him as the voice of Yoda
Great reaction to a great classic! The are parts were we just stare in amazement while watching, and you did that too. My favorite is the little "No" boy. 😆
Anyone recognizing Frank Oz as the American Ambassador should realize the actual Werewolf is a muppet.
Mr. Collins' line, "dumbass kids........never appreciate anything you do for 'em" -- kind of amusing due to the fact that the actor was Frank Oz, famously the voice of a ton of Sesame Street and Muppets characters, like the lady pig at 11:06.
1981 and STILL, one of if not the best werewolf movies ever! The transformation scene is still the best in movie history in my humble opinion!
Jenny Agutter’s voice is fantastic.
Love Kamilla's horror reactions
I really like this movie. Most other werewolf movies show the transformation from man to werewolf as something that wouldn't hurt that much. Having your body actually turn into a dog would be the most excruciating form of pain a person can go through. This movie shows it better than any other movie.
If they had today's technology back then I don't think it would be as good. We've gotten a little lazy in some ways and would rather have computers do the work that should be done by hand.
especially if the dog was a spaniel.
Oscar winning performance by the balloon kid right there.
Jack, like Mozart, is decomposing. I bet Kamilla gets it.
OH MY, i laughed much more than i should
Yes, "wow" is the appropriate reaction
"A naked man stole my balloons."
Actually an American werewolf in Paris was released in December 25, 1997.
You were correct about American werewolf in London being released in 1981.
Fun fact the guy from the us consulate in the hospital is played by frank oz the voice of yoda and miss piggy
merely a couple of stars above - the 2nd 'Howling' Film( similar landscape to this shaky (Sybil) memory )
~ cheers.
Davd's countryman from the embassy was played by none other than Frank Oz, aka YODA himself.
Fantastic reaction to a really good movie!
"see you next Wednesday" is in every John Landis movie
28:10 ending song got me like wtf too lmaoo
Fun fact, every song in this movie has something to do with the moon.
lol ,most people have same reaction to end of film as it cuts straight to blue moon music.🐺🌑 😂
An American Werewolf in Paris is the sequel to the London one, or so I think/believe.