Two American tourisits
are on a walking tour of England and
people at a local pub there warn them
about werewolfs and to stay on the road
they walk on and to keep clear of the
moors as well as to beware of the full
moon.
However, after they leave they walk off
the road and walk into the moors plus
it's a full moon. Suddenly they both are
attacked by a werewolf one gets killed
and the other one is mauled.
The werewolf gets killed but the one who
was attacked named David (David Naughton)
becomes one whenever the moon is full and
thinks that he is having nightmares being
one going on a killing spree.
He, at one point wakes up in a zoo naked
and doesn't remember how he got there.
His dead friend named Jack (Griffin
Dunne) appears where he's staying and
warns him about what he is but David
doesn't believe him.
This was an
excellent horror flick which is both
scary and funny.
Great story and solid paced with
excellent special effects.
I can't say anything else but to check it
out you won't be disappointed!
The acting is
great. David Naughton really
knows his stuff and so does Griffin
Dunne as they play the two Amercian
tourists.
David has acted in a few other
horror films because of this one as he
pulls his character off a great deal.
I also remember his disco hit he he did
for the film Meatballs
called "Makin' It" and also
starred in the brief TV series of the
same name as the song title.
Griffin Dunne has some nice
timing with his comedic lines.
Jenny Agutter also stands out as
a nice and caring nurse and proves that
she can play a romantic type in this film
too.
Many gory moments.
Jack is slaughtered by a werewolf and
appears like that as a ghost looking more
gruesome each time.
David beheads a deer and kills people
when he's a wolf.
The directing by
John
Landis is superb and really knows
how to make a movie both horrifying and
comedic at the same time since he wrote
the film too.
His best direction was during the
beginning of the film when the locals in
a bar warns them to stay on the path and
of course they don't and then the terror
begins.
He also shows some nice comedic timing
between Naughton and Dunne
with therir dialogue scenes together when
Dunne's character tells Naugthon
that he's a werewolf and needs to kill
himself.
Landis also directs Naugton
terrifically during a scenario inside his
suite when a full moon happens for the
first time and he hollers in pain while
transforming into a werewolf.
He of course directed many big films like
Blues Brothers, Animal
House, Three Amigos,
Innocent Blood and Beverly
Hills Cop III. He also directed
Michael Jackson's hit video
"Thriller" which some material
was based off of this one.
The music composed by Elmer
Bernstein was believably creepy and
effective for this film and was a name
for a composer in various other top
motion pictures.
He also composed the creepy music for Michael
Jackson's "Thriller" too.
Plus
there's a songtrack of classic hits from
artists like Sam Cooke, the
Marcels and Bobby Vinton all
performing "Blue Moon" which
was the theme song for the film, Creedence
Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon
Rising" and Van Morrison
with "Moondance"
[Appearing
for the first time as the undead]
Jack Goodman: Can I have a piece
of toast?
Dart
Player: Stay on the road. Keep clear
of the moors.
Chess Player: Beware the moon,
lads.
Dart
Player: He'll change, He'll...
Chess Player: THAT'S ENOUGH!...
That's enough
Jack
Goodman: Stick to the road.
David Kessler: Beware of the
moors.
Jack Goodman: Ooops.
Jack:
Now, I'm really sorry to be upsetting
you, but I have to warn you.
David: Warn me?
Jack: We were attacked by a
werewolf.
David: I'm not listening to this!
Jack: On the moors, we were
attacked by a lycanthrope, a werewolf. I
was murdered, an unnatural death, and now
I walk the earth in limbo until the
werewolf's curse is lifted.
David: Shut up!
Jack: The wolf's bloodline must be
severed; the last remaining werewolf must
be destroyed. It's you David.
David
Kessler: I will not be threatened by
a walking meat loaf!
David:
[while transforming] I didn't mean
to call you a meat loaf, Jack!
Jack
Goodman: Have you tried talking to a
corpse? It's boring.
David
Kessler: How could there have been
witnesses, it was so dark. We were
running and I fell and Jack went to help
me up and this thing came from nowhere. I
don't know what they're talking about.
Little
boy: A naked American man stole my
balloons.
[trying
to get arrested in Trafalgar Square]
David Kessler: Queen Elizabeth is
a man! Prince Charles is a pervert!
Winston Churchill was full of shit!
Shakespeare's French!
David:
I'm going completely crazy.
Alex
(Nurse Price): David, Relax.
David: Relax? I'm a fucking
werewolf!
Alex
(Nurse Price): Benjamin, Have you
ever been severely beaten about the face
and neck?
Nurse
Susan Gallagher: He's a Jew
Alex (Nurse Price): How do you
know?
Nurse Susan Gallagher: I've had a
look.
Jack:
There is nothing mediocre about Debbie
Klein's body.
Jack
Goodman: Debbie Klein cried a lot So,
so, you know what she does? She's soooo
grief-stricken, she runs to find solace
in Mark Levine's bed.
David Kessler: Mark... Levine?
Jack Goodman: An asshole! Life
mocks me even in death!
Gerald
Bringsley: Whereas I, am a victim, of
your carnivorous, lunar activities.
Hospital
Porter: Don't ask me, I'm just an
orderly. I push things around.
Alex
(Nurse Price): Shall I be forced to
feed you, David?
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