An American Werewolf in London (1981) - Subway Chase Scene (6/10) | Movieclips
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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
David (David Naughton) attacks a man in the underground subway when he turns into a werewolf.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
While wandering the English moors on vacation, college yanks David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne) happen upon a quaint pub with a mysterious patronage who warn them not to leave the road when walking after dark. Irreverent of such advice as characters in horror films always are, the two decide to find a short cut....David wakes up in the hospital with a nasty bite wound to his shoulder; the freshly deceased, and rapidly decomposing, Jack arrives soon after to deliver the grim news that, unless he commits suicide, David will become a werewolf when the moon is full. David dismisses the encounter as a hallucination, but all indicators point to lycanthrope; evenings of barking and bloodletting follow closely behind. While the story is thin and much of the tongue-in-cheek humor is overdone, there are plenty of genuine jolts thanks to makeup guru Rick Baker's eye-popping special effects. The werewolf, resembling a cross between a bear and a wolverine, appears frighteningly real, and, given the fantastic premise, the gore is most convincing (although surprisingly and refreshingly scant). The hospital dream sequences are creative, and the scenes in which the werewolf runs rampant through downtown London are particularly good. In all, An American Werewolf in London is an original, atmospheric film that manages both to scare and amuse. While dismissed by most American critics upon its release, the film managed to secure a place in the annals of American cinema when Baker won an Academy Award for his amazing effects and creature designs.
CREDITS:
TM & © Universal (1981)
Cast: David Naughton, Michael Carter
Director: John Landis
Producers: George Folsey Jr., Peter Guber, Jon Peters
Screenwriter: John Landis
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"I can assure you that this is not in the least bit amusing. I shall report this."
What an extremely English choice of final sentences.
Well, technically his last words were "Good Lord"
@@joaomarcelo7171 but that’s not a sentence
@@RebelDaGeneral What's a sentence, if not a biological manifestation of our thoughts through grammar sounds that were laid upon society long before our existence here as individuals?
@@joaomarcelo7171 still very english enough
@@Smiley0.1 Delivered by a Scottish actor - Michael Carter.
To me, the glimpse of the werewolf from the top of the escalator as it slowly approaches him was always the scariest scene in the film.
It's a really effective shot, yeah. For a film filled with a lot of humor it is pretty scary.
Well it's a Black Comedy so it's supposed to be humorous yet serious.
Thats funny because in an interview John Landis said that was his favorite shot too. 'Best thing ive ever filmed in my career' or something like that.
I saw this movie when I was a kid and even young me knew that was a beautiful fucking shot lol. I always remember this scene as the right way to do tension building and camera angles in film. Just perfect.
sergeantbigmac
I remember the first time I ever saw the film when I was a kid that scene freaked me out like no other. I don't know if it was the full-on shot, the slow methodical way it was creeping, or the whole combination--but whatever it was it worked.
Of Legend I Am Born Exactly! And theres something almost Stanley Kubrick like about it, Machine vs Animal. I think its how the shot is framed by the escalator and the perfect slow reveal.
A friend of mine went to London and I showed him this scene shortly before his trip and when he was there he texted me saying, "Why did you show me that crap? I am at the underground tunnel right now and that scene has just came to my mind. Thank God there are a lot of people around".
🤣🤣
Yes. Hope the *Woof-Woof* gets confused…
When I hear a deep, ominous, rumbling growl echoing towards me, it always makes me think how it's not in the least bit amusing. In fact, I'd probably report it.
good lord
Lol!.😆
Probably thought a animal had got trapped,STILL doesn’t explain his weird choice for last words.
The single most British response in existence.
Not me, I ' will be running!
This scene was amazing! No cheap special effects, no suspenseful music, just silence. And it achieved the same goal of being scary and suspenseful.
0:32 in a place that empty, I’d get the hell out of there cause I’ve been to my campus at night with complete empties and it just reminded me of this scene all alone
@@Novasigmia That’s why I’ve always hated going to night classes.
We saw JUST enough of the creature to make this scene terrifying.
A Hitchcock trick. He invented it. :)
Not just that, it was enough of the creature to make a report, I shall report this inconvenience to the authorities at hand.
And the guy pushing it on a dolly lol
It's amazing how John Landis played with emotions on one hand it makes afraid for the English businessman on the other hand we know it's David that's the werewolf.
I can accept the werewolf...but an empty Tottenham Court Road station, my imagination can't stretch that far.
+gulleyjimson might be very late hours,
+Mckenzie .Latham according to the clock in the last part of this clip, it's just after 1pm.
Brandon Junk
that might be one of those production errors, i doubt they had permission to actually change the clocks nor thought they needed to.
You can believe it. Back then a lot of Underground stations even in central London were very quiet late at night, because most people had already gone home from work, and left the pubs (which closed at 11pm)
Unlike now of course with all night pubs, clubs and what not, and generally more people living in London, we don't get to see it nice and peaceful like this anymore.
gulleyjimson In 1980/81 there were less people living in London from abroad. Less immigrants & Eastern Europe was off-limits to Britain. Nowadays more of them live over here.
To me, this the most frightening scene of all. You can just sense the man's fear and helplessness.
+Robert Hickson yeah the way they shot it was more for psychological reasons, so the audience can make up their own minds what he's seeing, and somehow that's even more frightening.
Mckenzie .Latham
Well, I certainly felt it. There was no place to run and he died in fear.
Robert Hickson
They did the same thing with the first attack in the beginning of the film, just the howl and growls and the actors response to it to create the atmosphere, then they showed us the whole thing for the end scenes becasue they had to, for those scenes to work.
This is one of the best ways to do horror, make it psychological, allow the audience the chance to imagine for themselves...one reason why the 1960's the Haunting is my favorite horror movie of all time.
It also worked for Jaws at the very beginning. Who didn't feel terror for that poor girl. I will NEVER go swimming at any beach, swimming pools only.
He was alone and couldn't escape.
Imagine watching this in the cinemas, the movie just being released, your heart pounding in the dark, really wanting to see what the werewolf looks like! New movies and their CGI can't come close to that!
Its not the cgi fault its the director's fault. CGI can do better than this if done right.
@@chickenpommes19 that would be bloody scary and priceless at the same time!
@@KingsWorld2015 exactly.
My dad used to work on the underground he was actually there when they filmed this scene
That’s so cool.
Glad he wasn’t ‘a victim of the carnivorous lunar activities’
And he didn't think to step in and help the guy getting chased? Coward
Your Dad should have helped him or at least got his brolly back for him! It looked a damn good brolly that did!
Complete lies. This was filmed in an empty unused tube station with "Tottenham Court Road" labels. Your dad wouldn't have been there.
Love the shot at 2:01. The way the werewolf just emerges into the scene, always gives me chills
Yeah! Awesome! But what if it was a rat of that size? even more terryfying.
That shot at 1:57 is so good, really creepy seeing that thing slowly prowl from the edge of the screen
This is what horror films nowadays fail to do: build suspense without showing off the threat.
Pretty much
thats why i like IT 2017
You can see werewolf aproaches on the top of screen, before attacking
@@mrblack9583
Yea, a quick glance as a payoff for the end of the chase scene, well timed
@@ivsky4596 exactly, and this is one of the best scenes in the movie
this is one of my worst nightmares. I first saw this movie back in the 80's when this kind of realism was rare and this movie even today is the most realistic werewolf movie I've ever seen.genius.this scene and the transformation scene still give me chills.
Me too!
Me 2
Always loved this scene....it was shot in such a great way that it gives the viewer a great sense of paranoia. The whole movie itself is a classic and scenes like this solidify the fact that it's one of the best movies, of any genre, ever created.
This is one of the most terrifying scenes in the movie! The subway being empty and the wolf howling adds to the tension I also love the pov shot from the wolf chasing him!
No cgi..just so simple yet so effective. Truly horrifying scene...modern films just can't match this
With practical effects - no CGI in 1981!
i wouldn't call it simple lol
no CGI used !!! it was a model controlled by people ,why it is not fully seen
Watch Dog Soldiers
About to ruin it for you, at 1:59 you can see the puppeteers feet as he walks the werewolf puppet closer. Look off to the left side by the werewolf's back feet.
With how hilarious this movie gets, it should not be possible for it to also be THIS scary.
Agree and also the ending is too tragic
Good call on this scene. Of all the scenes in the movie, this one really stuck with me as how it would feel to have a werewolf stalking you in a modern metro world. Lots of people around ... until you really need them to be.
Amazing scene. I remember watching this movie when I was way too young and this bit terrified me.
Lol😂😂
What a great shot when it follows him through the hall and the camera takes the escalator opposite him to follow him up in one unbroken take. Really builds the tension after they gave you the knowledge that the wolf is in there with him, and his constant nervous glances in every direction keep you guessing.
Totally agree. Great scene and great movie.
best werewolf movie yet by far my opinion
If this was me, and it was a real life situation, I would've made Usain Bolt look like a slowpoke!
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Werewolf’s can run 50 miles an hour
And then you'd die
Aaron Ramen Then I will run faster then that.
i woulda gone so fast i woulda travelled back in time LOL To quote "Rimmer" from The British Hit Comedy "Red Dwarf"...Follow the Rimmer Shaped Blurr!!!
So British! Sees a huge werewolf that is about to kill him and eat him...
*Good lord!*
David started to change easily.
His levels of Britishness were almost unreal
Good grief sir . Do i know your mother?
He should start yelling '"Bloody stairs! Bloody suitcase! Bloody, everything bloody!" when he tripped. It'd be even more British 🤢
Well acted scene poor man his legs buckle with fright and the nose bleed, it's terror, memorable scene
@@TH-camPremiumDude No way, if you've ever been crippled with fear you'll know it's perfect acting.
for all you Star Wars fans out there...THIS IS THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED BIB FORTUNA IN RETURN OF THE JEDI!!!
Wow
day wana wago?
Uncle Bob WHAT??!!!
holy shitt!!
Damn
Excellent scene. You only catch a glimpse of the werewolf, but it's just enough to show how damn BIG it is.
I would have been running for my life on the first growl. Dogs don't growl like that; run man, run - but, he waited too long.
14 years ago, where i live there were many trees and unused lands, that night i was revising for exams and i heard a growl i will never forget and i was utterly terrified. Since that day, i become both fascinated and tettified of werewolves.
Probably thought a lion had escaped from Piccadilly Circus
Even if he would of ran the first he heard it growl, it would of caught up and killed him anyways. You can’t outrun a 4 legged creature easily. Especially if it’s a hunting kind.
@@germanramos9609 well, he also screamed. And the creature heard him. At least he could have escaped quietly.
DeepBlue agreed
I can assure you this is not in the least bit amusing. I shall report this!
+Steve Garrod THE most british thing to say back then lol
idk why but it makes me laugh every time, it's just so opposite of the ferocious growl
wtf is up with you avatar?!
hes high as hell
+cmdrchris971 ainsley harriott?
I remembered when i first saw this as a kid. This scene made feel anxious as hell wondering if the guy was going to make it.
+haruhidude Same! I was just thinking how this one affected me a bunch as a kid when I first saw it.
2:00 to me this is truly one of the greatest shots (and overall scenes) in horror history. I don’t understand why no one seems capable of achieving this today.
When I was younger. This was the only film that made my uncle chuck his beer into the air out of pure fright!
This is one of the best movie scenes ever!
@Beverly Huttinger Actually, during 1981, these places could be empty, there were a lot more cerfews, plus there was a lot less people in London 39 years ago, it just wasnt as active back then.
Unbelievable now, but totally believable back then.
everrrrrrrr, iconic, epic, legendary, humans, of all time...
This used to give me nightmares. This scene was like jaws on land. Being stalked and then finally being killed at the monster's convenience. It made you feel helpless. Absolutely terrifying
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rule # 1 Cardio, it doesn't only apply to zombies.
Canines thoracic cavities and small limbs are meant for running though, so unless your dealing with a out of shape wherwolf ? Idk?
Terror has a way of freezing you up.
@Philip Dennis yeah that must be it
@@chaosdweller
If this movie was made in 2024, the "american werewolf" would be very much likely overweight ... or even obese. 😅
So your chances for survival would be higher, if you are some jock.
It's kind of scary to think that what killed him wasn't just the wolf, it was the fact that he stood there waiting to see if the beast was following him, the chances of him escaping were slim to none, but maybe if he had gotten up after he had fallen down the escalator and kept running to the exit, he might had survived, but the power of fear was stronger
Then again he could have just left quickly after hearing some ominous roar.
I def. would NOT stay there and talk to the source of the creepy noise.
Screw the subway.
Better to be save than sorry.
"I can assure you that this is not in the least bit amusing." Most British reaction ever lol
As a Londoner and somebody who first saw this movie in 1990 as a kid, whenever I have visited this tube station since then I always think of this scene
The werewolf’s roar in this movie always terrified me as a kid.
The growling of the creature down that dark tunnel is so eerie.
when he says "good lord!" at 1:13 the poster that says a non stop orgy, see you next Wednesday is the film that's showing when David and this unfortunate chap meet again.
A film or play called See You Next Wednesday recurs in all Landis films. See the poster behind Jamie Lee Curtis in her room in Trading Places for example.
I don't think they do ever meet again..
To this day still one of the best films I’ve ever seen,none of that CGI rubbish.Rick Baker was a true master of FX,the best werewolf ever
His reaction at 1:11 was the scariest part. You knew the sight he beheld was unholy.
I remember watching this movie at 15 yo. This scene stuck with me the most. Absolutely loved it.
His cardio conditioning is terrible, and then he drops his umbrella with a pointy end and doesn't pick it up - literally his only weapon.
Good point!
He's probably a smoker or at least surrounded by them at work. it's hard to convey just how many people smoked back then, no exaggeration.
He was so scared he winded easily. That's what happens your heart rate is so high u can't breath e
@@stixkman2832 Exactly.
Doubt an umbrella would do much to deter a werewolf
My fave scene in the movie. The camera following him as he went up the escalator and into the hall was so well shot!! Love it!
Happy birthday An American werewolf in London you're 35 now.
1981?
37 years old now from 1981 - 2018
@Dorothy Crawley Ahh the VHS times...
There were moments of brilliant filmmaking in this movie. Not just the special effects, which of course were at the top of their game. But the way certain scenes like this were filmed. The tension building, reveal and camera angles. That shot at 1:55 is perfection. Almost Kubrick like. Never wouldve expected this from a comedy director lol.
I saw this movie when I was a kid and this scene stuck, even young me recognized its brilliance. I often think back to this scene when I watch other horror movies like 'thats how you do it right' lol.
I love the way the director leaves it to your imagination as to what the subway guy is seeing, which makes it so much scarier. They did something like this in the 1957 low budget horror film "I was A Teenage Werewolf" with Michael Landon. But somehow this is much much scarier than the 1957 film.
The build up and suspense is what makes it terrifying
Man: I can assure you this is not the least bit amusing, I shall report this!
Werewolf: *I ShAlL rEpOrT tHiS*
this captures the feeling of powerlessness, even though something scary is far away, you still feel like you can't seem to do anything about it. the far away shot of something scary and then you are paralyzed by what you have seen. i've had that feeling many times, especially in a city like i live in. i hate to use the word liminal space, but i feel like it's true
You need to watch this from start to finish bro, it's a classic.
If I hear anything growl like that in a dark tunnel the last thing I'm gonna do is ask "Hello is someone there?"
Lol I would get my legs in gear if I heard the first growl!
This scene is a master class in direction and horror
There's a time to speak and there's a time to stay quiet.
This was definitely time to be quiet.
One things for sure - I'm never taking the London subway system ever again
Jared S. You mean the “Underground”
@@teegunnerlondon1635 Otherwise known as the tube!
Yep there out of the lab and there all over Europe!
This is why being alone at a quiet underground train station freaks me out. 😂😂
thanks so much for uploading, this scene scared the absolute shit out of me when i was a kid of 9 or 10. and that is one nasty fall he takes on the escalator
TUBE NERDS TAKE NOTE: this is Tottenham Court Road Station in 1981 PRIOR to its complete redecoration in 1983, great rare footage of it here.
I too watched this FAR too young, think I was about 12ish, the walk home in the dark from my friends house where we watched it(On the auld VHS) was very scary indeed!
Karen D
lol.. A friend and I watched it at aged 10 back in 1984, and later on she wanted me to walk her home. I compromised saying I'd only walk her halfway. Then I ran as fast as I could home, with the image of that beast just barely coming into frame, in my head.
:-) Terrified for ages afterwards, I remember not being able to enter a dark room without putting my arm around the corner to find the light switch to be sure the light was on before I entered. (I can only imagine the rationale of my little traumatised mind, maybe I thought the wolf was afraid of light, a fatal flaw in my plan was not thinking about the fact he would eat my hand off whilst scrabbling blindly for the light switch if he was lurking within a room waiting for me)
Tottenham court road, now on part 3.
it's being renovated again Dave? cool
The number of times I've checked behind me going up Underground escalators....
Simple and precise. Perfectly executed scenes and movie.
Yes and no music which would of spoil this part of the film. 🇬🇧
Masterful filmmaking. Some of the shots are downright Kubrickian.
Incredible scene, the tension is unbearable.
Love this shot. You know that the escalator is going up, but the way they filmed it, made it seem like he was falling down, kind of as a sign where this was going lol
Yes exactly. It gives the impression he's travelling downwards. Very clever.
Important to retain your umbrella and briefcase whilst escaping a werewolf
Brilliantly terrifying . So cleverly thought out . I love how it doesn't show too much of the lycan, just a glimpse and the rest is really feeling the fear that poor man would've felt .
Lo genial de esta película y esta escena en particular es que por mas de 2 minutos se puede sentir el miedo de estar perseguido por un monstruo real sin necesidad de sustos con sonidos estridentes de la banda sonora, ni cambios bruscos de tomas; cuando en realidad, finalmente solo lo viste en pantalla 4 segundos, en plano lejano y sin música de fondo alguna, y ni cuenta te diste... eso es un buen director.
Is it just me, or when the werewolf growls when you see it from the escalator, does it almost sound like it's saying"you're dead"?
It does! I always thought it sounded like “Good Lord”, like it was mocking him by saying his line back to him.
One of the scariest scenes in any film ever. After seeing this, no subway station late at night has ever been the same for me. Sort of like what "Jaws" did for me about swimming in the ocean after dark!
It was too graphic for the censors, so they cut out the actual kill in which the victim says "Right, now this is quite unseemly. I insist that you kindy cease your feasting upon my leg and remove yourself from the premises at once!"
Amazing scene, you can feel the terror of the victim.
Movies were just so full of emotions back then....you can feel the suspense! That shot down the escalator as it crawls towards him is pure gold....thats making great cinema!! Very rare today.
Best werewolf scene ever
I love how this takes kind of a Jaws approach to this where you mostly get POV shots with only sometimes actually seeing the monster which I think is really cool
So simple. No cgi..no music...yet truly horrifying. Modern movies just can't match this..
I love the fact that he keeps a tight hold of his brolly and suitcase whilst running terrified for his life.
The first I hear a noise and know it's not a dog I sure as hell wouldn't be yelling back "Is someone there?" I be out running to the streets and take the cab home I wouldn't be sticking around in a subway where I was the only person there. And isn't the London subway like New York or Chicago where there were people around?
My brother and I were exploring a WW1 abandoned train platform in Wiltshire, about two weeks ago, and we heard a single deeeeeep rumbling growl. I said ''Did you hear that?'' and then it came a second time... deep and sinister. No barking, and I couldn't see a dog. My brother ''thought'' he saw a huge dog, lying down. But we didn't stick around that area to look.Tiffany Days
At night, the Tube stations are quite empty.... especially in the 1970's early 1980's [I used to get the last tube home sometimes, through ''Jack the Ripper'' areas as a teenagerTiffany Days
Not always.....but then again, my experiences of London Tube very late at night was in the late 1970's early 1980's...it was quite possible to walk along the deserted tunnels and passageways and not see another person..not nice if one was alone.Latte Cat
+Tiffany Days Yes,we know.
*****
Former trackbed of old army railway-near Grafton. There is a pic of it on my profile page, taken by my brother- but we went back last year to take more pics, and the dog growl was heard- we couldn't SEE any dog, but the growl was deep and menacing-no barking.
In my experience, a deep growl with no warning barks means business. so we walked away sharpish.
I like that instead of the guy checking out what the sound is like every other character in horror movie would, he just says he'll report it and simply walks away.... even if he doesn't quite make it.
0:48 this moment is quite scary, because pretty all of us would start doing the same in such situation
Years later, rewatching this movie and loving it, I do wonder why this guy didn’t just get up and run. He had so much distance on the wolf he could’ve saved himself 😂
That movie scared the crap out of me back in the day. Same for Silver Bullet!
dude the reason this movie has such a deep place in my heart is because i watched it when i was like about 13 or 14 with my mom years ago for the first time and yes the end was really unforgettable the way the wolf recognised that beautiful girl for an instant and then blam it attacked her and got shot. que music and credits haha a horror classic
You know what was the most shocking part of it is , it’s not the werewolf, it’s the fact that a tube station is empty, now that’s impossible 😂
Man walking his hard. I always fall down daily when walking in a straight line. And god when I have to slightly move over an obstacle....I crash into the ground!
I remember seeing this movie in the theaters when it came out scared the nuts outta me, still can't find them to this day
The most impactful werewolf kill scene of all time.
00:30 - Staring into that dark trail = I'm getting the f**k out of here!!!!
Ricardo Frias Imagine the Jaws theme playing in this scene shown in the Werewolf's POV that would be so cool.
still the best werewolf movie
"Right...that's it...I'm reporting this disemboweling in a strongly worded letter to my local MP"
Still one of the most iconic scenes in horror! And still the best werewolf movie EVER!! It's not even close "Howling" fans. Good movie, but this movie goes for the jugular and the funny bone like almost no flick before it, and very few since it's release!
I remember seeing this when it came out on HBO in 1981-82.
I was 8 years old. It was scary as hell. I don’t know what my parents were thinking 🤷🏻♂️🤓
Bro hears growling and thinks it's a person
I would be out of there the minute i hear a strange noise
One of the best movies with practical effects ever made
I have used the subway in London a lot of times but I would never expect to see a wall ad like that: 1:13.
Oscar winning movie for best makeup, no less. It's a true movie classic, IMO.
The most terrifying feeling for me in this scene, is the guy exhaustingly falling on the escalator sort of surrendering because of his fear.
Yeap, would be just that more terrifying not having the will to go on due to exhaustion and great fear
Stunned. Ankle snapped.
The unseen threat...scariest thing of all..this film is pure genius.
If that was me,as soon as I've heard the 1st growl,I would of been outa there...I'd of put road runner to shame....beep,beep,..and gone....😂😂😂😂
Lol😅😂😂😂
@@johnnymarshall7840
I bet Sonic would be so jealous lol
He’s rattled from the get go, so spooky the thought of its snarling head emerging from that pitch black tunnel
The werewolf had to earn this kill. The man was a pretty fast runner and if he hadn't stunned himself in the fall, he might have made it to street level and possible safety.