An American Werewolf In London (1981) - Filming Locations - Horror's Hallowed Grounds - Then and Now
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ส.ค. 2023
- First off WALES is not in England. Got it! Moving on. This episode is 21 years in the making. I first visited the main locations in 2002 and have been back several times since then. Back in 2009 my good friend Paul Davis was working on the documentary Beware the Moon and had asked me to do an HHG episode as a bonus feature for the DVD release. Unfortunately the timing was bad and it being overseas was a massive project I couldn't get together on short notice. Instead he incorporated several of the actual locations into his documentary. All these years later we finally get together and do a proper dedicated location video for An American Werewolf In London and he joins me for the bulk of it. This one was a monster (pun intended) of an episode to put together. I hope you enjoy it!
Make sure to check out Paul Davis' TH-cam channel: @UKRetroReels
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40 years later and this movie still holds up as one of the best werewolf transformation scenes in cinema 🖤🌕🍿📽️📼📺
Blue moooon " OH JESUS CHRIST" Gets me every time
Yes. There was so much talk and hype about it at the time. When I saw it first I was scared and shocked. A few years later I started to feel a bit let down about it and short changed. I was a bit older and less scared by tv and film then. They seemed to put so much into the transformation and it was incredible for the time. Then you never see much of the wolf afterwards. And the attacks are always cut away from, and less is shown than what you would expect of the film and subject matter and certainly compared to horror films today. So I started to think it felt a bit of a let down towards the second half, never living up to or topping that transformation scene from that part of the film onwards. The ending as well, always seems a bit abrupt. Its a great film with loads of atmosphere and scares and jumps and an utter classic and for good reason. But it always left me wanting to see more, and some more wolf action....limits of the budget and technology of the time I suppose.....
@@Simon-xc5oy Precisely those things that you feel were its short falls were what made it great. The transformation scene has never been equaled imo because modern ones are fake looking cgi animations that are totally unconvincing, or like in the movies that followed AWIL they show too much of the wolf costume giving an aura of fake.
The key is to show little bits and let the imagination fill in the gaps which the movie achieved perfectly which mirrored the same techniques used in Alien to make that monster so convincing.
Yes, true. I suppose I was and am greedy. I wanted to see a bit more of the wolf and the film to run a bit longer. The transformation scene is great. But most of the deaths etc after that are cut short or censored. Like the tube train one, its a great build up, you see the wolf for a few seconds then its from his camera viewpoint to the end. I sort of expected more blood or horror and I am not that much of a horror fan. It just often seems like they concentrate too much on some gore like the zombies and stabbing of Jenny's Nurse, then skip over other bits that you would expect to see. Sort of like Alien where you seen nothing much till the end, or Jaws where you dont see the shark much till the end. What does annoy me is the abrupt ending. I expected the wolf to get away from the Piccadilly incident with ease, then everyone to spend more time hunting him down, with a confrontation between him the Doctor and Jenny when he is still in human form, before more carnage. It just seems to end very fast like an axe blow. But that is just me, being greedy as I say and wanting more. Its a classic film and head and shoulders over anything they make today...
You can't buy it on yt, anymore, only rent, they know a good film when they see it.
😂
I'm thrilled! I wasn't expecting this video. "An American Werewolf in London" is my all-time favorite horror film, and it's the first one I watched with my dad when I was little. This movie holds significant meaning in my life because it brings back wonderful memories and happens to be my dad's favorite too. I still recall the first time I watched it on DVD at home with him, and I'll never forget the terror I felt during the transformation scene from David to the werewolf. That's when my passion for horror cinema began. Even now, it gives me chills when I watch it.
"Bad Moon Rising," one of the movie's musical tracks, became our special song. My dad is a huge fan of Creedence (another reason to love the film), and together we'd listen to that song repeatedly, creating delightful moments. I'm currently 24 years old, and I dream of visiting the filming locations someday with my dad. It's a dream I truly want to fulfill with him.
Greetings from Mexico! 🇲🇽 and thanks for the awesome content on your channel! ❤️
Absolutely true ! This Movie is a Masterpiece. I love every scene.
YOUR DAD LET YOU WATCH AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD! THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO WATCH IT WHEN I WAS A KID! BUT,THEN AGAIN I WAS 10 WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT IN THE CINEMA! AND I WAS 15 WHEN IT FIRST PREMIERED ON BRITISH TELEVISION AND MY COUSIN VIDEO TAPED IT! I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT TO! IT IS AN ABSOLUTE CLASSIC BRITISH/AMERICAN MOVIE WITH A GREAT BRITISH CAST! (OK AND AMERICAN) WITH DAVID HOUGHTON AND GRIFFIN DUNNE I BELIEVE HIS NAME IS! I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT THEN AND ALWAYS WILL! YOUR DAD SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT GUY! WITH GREAT TASTE IN CINEMA!❤
Lived in the UK most of my life, but only a yank could have brought all this together. Amazing mate, truly amazing.
Hands down, THE best American Werewolf location video.
This was fun to do and turned out great. Thanks for inviting me to be a part of it. 🤘🏻
When my mom purchased our first VCR this is the first movie that we watched on it. This was really well done.
This was a great video and I enjoyed it. Here’s an education from a Scandinavian girl for those that don’t know. Wales is in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom comprises of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, so saying that Wales is in England is technically wrong, but I know what he’s getting at. That aside, it’s great to see the filming locations, I appreciate the video and I enjoyed it and I guess that’s all that really matters. Well done!
Wales, England? 😂 That reminds me. I must go to America in Mexico. Excellent to watch and the best i have seen on the locations. Thank you.
Don’t be ridiculous. Wales could easily be mistaken as part of England and even English people don’t think of it as another country. I’ve lived in the UK all my life and I don’t think of Wales as another country. Saying it’s on par with America and Mexico is ridiculous.
Mention of the sequel causing him to flee in terrror was the cherry on top. 👍
I'm 8 minutes in, and the joy that you and your buddies had making this vid is so evident. This is well on its way to being one of your best uploads. Thank you so much for putting the effort in on this one 👍
As a native of London, with many generations of my family being born, living, and dieing in London over the centuries, it saddens me that the dirty grimey parts of the 'city of London' are all but gone.
3:12 "It's a beautiful day, we didn't get rained on, which is shocking in England".
You're in Wales, mate.
It all felt British to this dumb American. The important part is that I’m standing in the right place. I can live with getting a name wrong.
Wales IS British. But it's NOT part of England. Why is this so hard to understand? And you are making videos to share with people, so maybe getting the locations right is important.
You think??
@@aranbuzzas8000chill out
@@aranbuzzas8000 Well said. Getting a name wrong is one thing. But getting an entire country wrong? Wales is actually a country with its own flag. Of course, it's part of the United Kingdom, but confusing Wales & England would be like confusing United States & Canada.
No ome carrres @@aranbuzzas8000
Incredible footage! Thank you all for so much attention to detail. Amazing how some locations simply haven't altered. Totally mesmerising. The movie is an absolute classic
Masterpiece Ep ! Crushing the international HHG. Sean, you’re the best to ever do it !! 🙌🏼
Nobody does these better! Much
Gratitude Sean!
This just made my day! Thanks Sean! Love your HHG's!!! :D
Nice, as someone who lives in Wales, England I have to admit I really do enjoy a trip to Canada, America once in a while.
Honestly can't believe I walked down where they shot the final scene of American Werewolf in London just a few months ago on my last trip to the big smoke, and would never have realised unless I watched your video that just so happened to pop up on my feed. That is awesome.
One of your best videos yet Sean. It's surprising how much hasn't changed a great deal.
Most out of the way villages In the uk don't change, the village I grew up In that Is In yorkshire Is still the same like It Is out of time.
I think in general, we're not as obsessed with redoing and changing stuff so often in Europe.
@@gocsa Yep so true, why fix something that Isn't broken
What is shocking to me is as an Englishman and living in England just how much London has changed over the years. From my era growing up watching Doctor Who, Blue Peter, The Goodies etc there are a number of things that jump out at you straight away. When watching an old show or film from the 50s / 60s and 70s compared to London of 2023. The first is the amount of litter. There used to be very little, but all the fast food changed that. The second is the amount of people. Far too many people and over crowded now. The third is the amount of tourists, it never used to be such a big thing. And the last is the loss and erosion of the British identity. In that decades ago there were more red phone boxes, post boxes, royal coats of arms, British companies like the GPO (General Post Office) and Ever Ready Batteries etc and British made cars. Now every business is foreign owned, every car is an import or foreign made / owned and its all sold off to private enterprise / big businesses and just how many of those names have either gone entirely or changed beyond belief. The shots of Piccadilly Circus with the Sanyo signs and SKOL Lager back before Beer advertising was banned too....
@@Simon-xc5oy Since youre British and seemed to live through this era I have to ask; were there seriously porno theaters (and advertising for their films) just hanging right out on busy public streets? You can see the posters in the tube chase scene too. Im not prudish about that stuff at all, but those scenes have always been a culture shock for me as an American. If it was real there wasnt a worry about children seeing it or just incredibly progressive about it? Pornos and titties etc on display right there in a public square. The late 70s/early 80s mustve been a pretty wild time.
What a great tour of all the shooting locations for such an iconic film. I remember seeing it when it was first released and I was totally blown away by the humor/horror factor. I had no idea you could put those two elements together in a film and not only 'make it work', but make a masterpiece. Thanks so much!
Amazing werewolf in London video !! Amazing video , amazing movie , I really enjoyed how closely you caught the camera angles and the reconstruction of the actual scenes were brilliantly done , even cooler was the fact that in the early hours of today I was watching a rare and actual blue moon!!
I love it that it all looks the same!! Thank you, great video,
this is one of my all time favorite movies 🖤
Absolutely brilliant.
Horrors hallowed grounds pings it again.
Most comprehensive TH-cam vid on this ever.
I love this! Thank you as always for your wonderful in depth research into these locations!
Absolutely love this man! Great work Sean! Lucky you get to do this. You guys look like you're having a blast. Love it!
Favorite werewolf movie ever. Thanks for sharing these locations 🤘
Superb video 🙌🙌 loved every second. One of my favourite movies growing up
Hey Sean. Thanks for what you do. You keep me entertained while I'm on the road making a living. I can only listen while I'm driving...but when I get home...I WATCH. And this video is awesome!!!! I was 13 when it was released. It IS the GREATEST Werewolf movie of ALL TIME!!! And one of the greatest Horror movies ever!!! Thanks Again. You're the Man!!
Great video Sean, really enjoyed this one! What a great mix of locations from Welsh countryside to seedy back alleys!
Sean. That was amazing. Talk about dedication and commitment. What I just saw was obviously no easy feat. So so interesting. Thank you 🙏. And your followers in the U. K love you.🇬🇧🇺🇸
What a brilliant video. The re-enactment of the tube scene was really well done. The first time I went to London I made a bee line straight to Tottenham Court Road tube station to walk around it. It was one of the scariest moments of my childhood watching that during the BBC premiere of AAWIL
Bravo! As a kid this movie left a imprint in my brain how a horror movie should be, And very few have touched this one! If only Landis didn't have the twilight zone incident he might have made more classics on his resume😊
Snap this was seriously special when I was young
Loved this video! Had a great time ferrying you around Wales Sean! Thanks again for the invite & THATS ENOUGH!!!
What a great video! Well done! One of my favourite films.
Great episode. I felt the fun you've had with your buddies. Awesome
Bravo. An almost perfect film and imo the best horror/comedy of all time. I never thought you'd cross the pond to find set locations from 40 years ago.
Still one of my favorite movies and now my favorite filming location video to go with it..
Thanks Sean..
Definitely one of the best so far, helps when so many locations are pretty much unspoiled by the passage of time. Really enjoyed watching it - thank you.
Please, PLEASE don’t ever stop doing these. Absolutely AMAZING sir!!!!
By far the best Horror Locations visit you've ever done. Always wanted to visit these Locations. Wow. Incredible work, sir! Kudos. And beware the moon!
Keep to the path stay clear of the moors
One of my top ten of all time films and this is the best, most comprehensive locations/behind the scenes video for AAWIL. Awesome, thanks.
Really enjoyed that, love that film and actually walked past a couple of those locations in the past and never knew.
Great stuff 👍
Long time HHG fan! This is some of your finest work Sean. Amazing and thoroughly enjoyable video. Very well done! 🤘🐺🤘
Ive always wanted to see how these locations looked now thanks for sharing another awesome video
Excellent! I appreciate all the hard work and dedication, Kind Sir! 👏👏👏
Amaaaazing! 🙌🏻❤️ One of my favorites yet.
What a great documentary! Thank you.
Boy! Talk about thorough!!! That was a well planned and wonderfully made video on the filming locations!!! Bravo! Bravo! And Thank You!
Great enjoyable video. Thank you so much guys.
Thanks for another great video, Sean!
Finally!! I've been hoping for AWIL! Thanks Sean! ❤
Absolutely superb video. I love the film so much and there was a lot of love in this video for the film. It was so much fun watching your video 😊
The episode I've always been waiting for and it was so well worth the wait. AWIL is one of my overall favorite movies of all time and to see every location revisited so accurately, and to hear the stories told about each one, so awesome. One of my favorite episodes of HHG ever. Bravo. 🤘🍻💀
Wow! Didn’t expect this! I was 11 when this came on and watched it over and over on cable t.v! As always! Great job!
You do a really nice job. I've enjoyed many of the movies from my youth. Thank you for the flashbacks
Phenomenal episode ! It took me back to when I used to live in London. I knew those streets like the back of my hand. I recall seeing Nick Cave and Lustmord live in St Luke’s Church across the street from where Jenny Agutter’s flat was located. The Cave show was recorded, I have the dvd of it. I also used to shop in that Tower Records on Piccadilly back in the day. This episode is definitely a personal favourite of mine. Great job as always Sean ! Bravo 👏
I've been waiting on this one. Thanks, Sean!👍
Great job! Love the hell out of your location spots.
Really enjoyed that thanks guys 👍
Great job!!! I rented this and The Thing on VHS. First movie rentals to break in my new VHS recorder. Two of my all-time favorites!
First video of yours that I've watched. I really enjoyed it, so I'll be looking at a few more. Thanks for the entertainment.
Flipping love how you revisited the locations in this movie! Saw it in the theaters in 81 making me 19! Loved it and own on Blu-ray. So many comments to make but will leave this one and that is the howl! STILL the best and it just made the movie. Thank you for the interesting insight! Excellent!
Wow this brings back a lot of memories of when I first saw this movie. It was so graphic and chilling to see David transform into the wolf. I think this movie really scared me as a young adult! I loved it! Great job Sean!
Yes I remember the first time it was shown on British tv. The announcer actually sounded scared himself when he was introducing it as the next program. It was on late at night but not that late and I had just got my first portable tv in my room so I could watch what I wanted, without my parents wanting to watch their "boring" stuff. I was terrified. Looking back on it now, by todays standards its very tame, and did not show much, constantly cutting away or jumping to something else. The bits that upset me most, and haunted me for months after was the dreams and nightmares he has. Normal stuff like being back at home, then horrible things happen. And he wakes up and it seems normal and you relax, then up pops another monster and he is still dreaming.....It was an old trick but I had never seen it done before. The other thing about it was it was the first time I ever saw a sex scene in a film and a couple...coupling....so it was pretty memorable....
Brilliant matey, Great job with this latest episode, I have been passed that underground station and through it 1000 of times since 1974 and yes it has changed a lot since then and 1981. great job and glad you got to Wales .haven't been to that location yet or the pub locations.
Ahhhh one of my all time favourite films. I first watched it when I was 9 and the underground scene scared the hell out of me. Great video 👍
Brilliant work
This was amazing, thank you. Makes me want to take a road trip!
Wonderful and amazing to see them and now. I’ve been to Wales and never knew it was filmed there…been to London as well and really took in the sights and locations for this movie. Very well done 👍🏻 I want to go back to England so bad, it’s my favorite 🤩
Such a fantastic episode! I had to laugh. I was in Piccadilly Square, and totally forgot about this film. I too, went shopping at that three-story tower records that sadly is no longer there. And I remember being in the subway and going up those escalators and looking at all the framed Movie ads on the wall. I sure wish I would’ve thought about American werewolf in London when I was there. Anyway, another fantastic episode. Looking forward to the next one. Your friend Paul Davis really knows his stuff too.
Been loving all your UK vids lately, the Young Ones, Hellraiser and now this. Great stuff 👌🏻👍🏻
Couldn't agree more
Thank you. More coming!
Hell yeah, PEACOCK’N IN THE UK!!
Seriously though, this is one of my favorite HHG’s thus far. Great job.
This was so good Sean! Great job -
Awesome video as usual Sean! Love ur content!😊
This one was dooooope. Really detailed and comprehensive. Great HHG Sean.
This may be the greatest film locations video I have ever seen!
Really enjoyed this one Sean! Looks like a lot of work went into it!
Incredible how you managed to get the shots lined up perfectly!
Brilliant job , really enjoyed this video , one of the best I've seen in a while
OMG, A F***ing mazing. Loved every second of that. The scene in Piccadilly is my favourite scene of any movie. Thank you for the great memories xx
My all time favourite horror movie. Breathtaking special effects and a fantastic script.
Great effort Dude, Thanks for sharing
Simply an amazing detailed video!!! So cool to see the lined up shots and to hear Paul Davis’s insight!! Tremendous!!👍🎃☠️
Great video.. Brings back memories.. My all time favourite horror film. God its crazy forty years ago. I remember being in london in 1981 at picadilly circus and I was so proud to be there after watching the film.
It’s funny how this video came up. I was just watching American Werewolf In London. I was saying to my family I would love to see the locations of the different scenes of the movie. Thank you for sharing.
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Thank you, Sean and friends. This was awesome. An American Werewolf In London was and is such a fantastic film. I was horrified seeing it at 14 years old in the movie theatre.
I met and spoke with David Naughton at the "Rock And Shock" Halloween convention in Worcester MA. in 2012. I was Starstruck. Loved that movie!
Epic is too small a word for this Sean. So amazing. Paul is someone I greatly respect. I adore his Beware the Moon doc and I recently was gifted the book. This film means so much to me and I doubt I will ever be able to see these spots myself. Really really appreciate all the hard work that went into this. You are the GOAT
Glad you enjoyed it. Paul was a huge asset to this episode. Too bad he wasn't there to correct me in the Wales part. LOL!
@@malfuncsean ha ha. Don’t worry about that man. It was amazing and people should appreciate all the hard work that went into it.
What a GREAT location tour! Thanks a lot for showing this to us and love and appreciation from Germany!
Great video, Sean! The Slaughtered Lamb, where the great Rik Mayall was having a Pint.
Absolutely loved this video..❤
Excellent video. Actually, "Wales, England" sounds like something David would say in the movie, so for me it fits. 👍
Great reconstruction at the actual locations. So nice that you've taken the time to get the correct angles and positions to recreate your footage. Interesting to note that in the 1981 film, both escalators were going up but when you went up the left one, the right one was coming down!
I've seen several of these location videos for this movie but without question this is the most accurate, scene for scene. Well done 10/10, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The scene next to Tower Bridge is now an office block that was occupied by the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London. They've moved out now. The woman that talks to the balloon boy was my kid's teacher.
Great video Sean! This film scared the heck out of me - i was 12 in 1981 and our neighbor's had a video player and we were invited down to watch it. Me my dad, mom and sister who was 10. AWIL sure packed a punch - i watched peering through my fingers at many scenes - then we had to walk home about 1km ( under the light of the full moon) aahh memories! Keep up the excellent videos!
Superb work, Sean this is by far the most indepth American Werewolf location video. I live an hour from Crickadarn, really should go one day!
Glad you stuck to the road! That’s amazing, one of the movies that made me love horror when I was a kid. Such a amazing love letter to classic Universal Monster movies.
Great to see you over here in the UK Sean - hope you enjoyed your visit. Great video.
The Tottenham Court Road tube re-enacting was absolutely amazing. Kudos.
Another awesome video, Sean!
This has been a quality and gripping video. I just had to subscribe.
Thank you and welcome!