An American Werewolf in London is an overrated movie. Just when it became interesting it ended. Aside from cool transformations, the shots of werewolf were scant, only a few close ups. Not to mention that he looked more like a dog than wolf :/
Dog Soldiers is the best werewolf movie out there.
Without this film you wouldn't have Dog Soldiers.
shareMiles better than dog soldier, it had better locations and more shocks with a bit of light humour added to it.
shareI saw a little of Dog Soldiers about ten years ago, couldn't even finish it.
An American Werewolf in London and Silver Bullet are much better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24MZcKtps1w
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Dog Soldiers had no plot, it was a stupid shoot em up Aliens ripoff. And the effects were laughable. If you make a Werewolf movie, at least have a transformation scene.
shareYears later, I'm still amazed by the transformation in this film. I had always imagined that it must be a painful experience. This movie was the first to actually illustrate the pain and horror of the transition.
shareOr the scene with David's family getting brutally gunned down by werewolf Nazis. You'll never see anything like that in today's sterilized "horror" movies. Amazing film.
shareI thought the first half hour of Dog Soldiers was pretty good. The last hour is just terrible, laughably bad at times. It reminded me of the movie Wolf with Jack Nicholson. A promising beginning. Becomes silly.
The two best werewolf films are still An American Werewolf in London and The Howling. Amazing that they happened to come out the same year and that they are 40 years old.
Silver Bullet is a very solid effort, I think underrated at this point. Avoid the King novella. Except for the art.
Wolfen is not that bad but read the novel, too. It's so much better. Some don't consider this a true werewolf movie and I can appreciate that but I toss it in because quality 'wolf' movies are so rare.
American etc was directed by an arrogant asshole who can do comedy and naught else. This is a werewolf movie for folks who don’t like werewolf movies. To all you who love it so: how many other werewolf movies have you seen, or even wanted to see? That’s a rhetorical question. You saw this movie for the same reason why you listened to Frampton Comes Alive: it was a requirement of your generation, and you were all good little soldiers who obeyed. You want transformations (which cost A LOT)? The Howling is the first real-time, live-action lycanthrope shape-shift in movie history. The Howling is better than this dung. Dog Soldiers is better. The Company of Wolves is in a farther fucking GALAXY higher than this puerile vomit pool. If you like it, enjoy it. You’ve found the right level for you.
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