An American Werewolf in London, 1981

An American traveler (David Naughton) and his bro (Griffin Dunne) encounter a werewolf after leaving one of those odd England bars where locals talk in cryptic talk of their curses. One of the bros turns out to be be puppy chow and then ghost/zombie bro while the other runs around naked and chills with wolves. Blood and guts, this John Landis classic is filled with dark humor and has a hauntingly amazing transformation seen — thanks to the makeup genius Rick Baker.

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The odd thing about this film is it does not do anything remarkable. It is not particularly scary. It is funny in spots but not uproarious. The effects were pretty slick for the time but were not jaw dropping. There is some decent camera work in creature sequences but still nothing awe inspiring. On the other hand, nothing is done badly. What you end up with is a solidly entertaining, focused werewolf movie. It's not going to scare you too much but sometimes you want to see a gigantic wolf wreak havoc on London and that's where this movie comes in. This is just right for an autumn evening with the sweetie and a big bowl of popcorn.

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