An American Werewolf in London
Beware the moon.
American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors.After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins experiencing disturbing changes to his body and mind.
- Director
- John Landis
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $32M
Who's in it
Cast
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The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How An American Werewolf in London actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins experiencing disturbing changes to his body and mind.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
An American Werewolf in London appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Horror Movies Ranked #40
Placed at #40 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Horror Movies Ranked #42
Placed at #42 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The numbers
Box Office & Release
An American Werewolf in London returned 3.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $10M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $32M
- Release date
- Aug 21, 1981
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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