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MattyWolf

So so happy you guys reacted to this absolute classic! :D I believe I read somewhere that John Landis regrets certain things about this film, the abrupt ending in particular, which I believe was due to time constraints. He felt that transformation scene should have been much shorter but just couldn't cut it because he was so impressed. A remake was proposed recently but was just not meant to be.

Happy Birthday Monica!!

George has never seen the Muppets??? You gotta start watching the Muppet movies starting with The Muppet Movie of course

Alan Kobb

The real star of the movie is Rick Baker, who did all of the amazing wolf transformations as well as the dead people. This movie won him his first of 11 nominations for Best Makeup 11 times (a record), as well as his first of 7 wins (another record). He got his start as a teen, making human body parts at the kitchen table. He did Michael Jackson's Thriller video, prosthetics for The Exorcist, the original Star Wars trilogy, Harry and the Hendersons, Coming to America, Gremlins 2, Men in Black I & II & III, Planet of the Apes, X-Men Last Stand, and many more, so you've seen his work lots of times. My feeling about the ending is that there's nothing left to tell. Instead of someone trying to come up with pithy remarks to explain David's demise, the audience is left in shock. While I love Lord of The Rings, compare this ending to that movie, which still has about 30 minutes of drama and tears after all of the action has conluded. Short and to the point.

Stephen Morris

You guys should watch Brotherhood of the Wolf.

Sckmnky

Canadian Werewolf: AhhhOhhh, eh.

Joe D. MacGuffinstuff

Had to rewatch this reaction, it's such a unique movie, and I know John Landis is more known for his comedies but this is honestly my favorite of his movies. The campiness I love, but also the werewolf lore and of course the iconic transformation scene. One of those movies I never get sick of. And werewolf movies are a favorite subgenre because I think that whole Jekyll/Hyde, duality of man trope is really interesting to play with. WOLF, the Jack Nicholson one I've probably mentioned an annoying amount, is I think a great example of that. There was also a great underrated show in the 80s called Werewolf that was basically The Hulk but he's a drifter/werewolf who somehow always seems to do the right thing despite being an insane murder beast. Oh man, but I have to also recommend WOLFEN, it's not a typical werewolf movie, but it's kind of trippy, B-Movie fun. Actually has a stacked cast, Albert Finney, Gregory Hines, Diane Venora, Tom Noonan, Tom Waits, Edward James Olmos.

Tyler Foster

If you Google search, you can find photos of the time a few years ago when Rick Baker did his daughter's Halloween costume. She went as Jack from this movie in the initial gnarly ghost form, with the dangling throat bit. When Rick Baker is your dad, you know you have the greatest Halloween costume in history on lock.

Duron Ball

Fun fact... The American that visits David in the hospital is Frank Oz... Later on, there is a clip on the "Tele" with the Muppet Show.... Mr. Frank Oz, for a very long time, was the voice of Miss Piggy. 😊😊

Brad Lowry

Another interesting tid-bit: if you look up David Naughton in IMdb you'll see that he also played the character Dr. Ken Tucker in an episode of the whimsical show, "Psych". I was curious enough to check out that the plot of that episode was a client paying the Psych Detective Agency to protect the community from himself lest he turn into a Werewolf (played by fine actor, Joshua Malina) on the night of a full moon. I was NOT curious enough to watch the entire episode, but I was convinced that David Naughton is happy to have fun with his fame for AAWIL and to do one-off roles that play into the devotion so many have for this film. (I saw a credit for "American Horror Story" as well but didn't look it up...)

Wayne Kryka

Jenny Agutter starred in LOGAN’S RUN, a movie you should definitely do an episode of

DM DC

Well I'd say regarding the title you're both wrong. Also I think you both are reading to much into it. Being a werewolf is not a new identity regardless of how you look at it. You're still you that's what being a "were-wolf" is. You don't cease being from your nationality or whatever just because you also turn into a wolf-creature. He's an Anerican and he's a werewolf. So he's an american werewolf. To answer the earlier part of your question further- there is no specific were-creature nationalities, but rather types. were-wolf; were-tigers, were-rats, etcetera. The were in werewolf comes from the Old English word wer, meaning "man." Definitions of werewolf. noun. a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again. synonyms: loup-garou, lycanthrope, wolfman. I also wish to just comment on something Jack had commented on earlier. The 5 pointed star is not just for witchcraft. It's a universal symbol of power. And as long as it's not the inverted star it's safe to use. With that said, this was a fun reaction. The transformation is regarded as one of the best in all of film. While I do think it's very well done, and very cool I still always felt it was a bit to drawn out and slow for the transformation process, but there's no denying that the effects that went into it are just seamless and freaking amazing.