American actor David Naughton on the set of An American Werewolf in London, written and directed by ... [+] John Landis. (Photo by Universal Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images ...

Although there were classics like The Wolfman in 1941 and John Landis' An American Werewolf in London in 1981, we don't get many werewolf-centered movies, and the ones we usually do get aren't ...

and while the film is bound to send viewers in search of other pillars of the genre—films like An American Werewolf In London, The Howling, and recent hits like Werewolves Within—there are ...

Lon Chaney Jr. was famous for playing "The Wolf Man.” “An American Werewolf in London” is perhaps my favorite, and not just because it features the best transformation sequence, ever ...

Featuring a terrific blend of horror, tragedy, and comedy, An American Werewolf in London set itself apart from traditional werewolf movies while setting a whole new standard for the subgenre.

No werewolf list is complete without the banger, An American Werewolf In London. The first attack is savage, but watching David (David Naughton) transform is brutal. It honestly looks like one of ...

5. An American Werewolf in London – Amazon Prime Video Two American backpackers, David and Jack, are travelling through the English countryside when they are attacked by a werewolf. Jack is ...

5 / 12 Released the same year as the far superior An American Werewolf in London, The Howling also boasts impressive special effects, but it straddles the line between camp and horror with less ...

There is a conscious move away from the dramatic, effects-heavy transformations that characterised the 1941 film and later treatments such as An American Werewolf in London. The risky focus that ...