tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post2014725740956678287..comments2024-03-22T14:48:09.697-04:00Comments on Dell on Movies: 31 Days of Horror: An American Werewolf in LondonDellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-88879117666440623072017-11-08T23:19:29.242-05:002017-11-08T23:19:29.242-05:00Sadly, I've not seen Wuthering Heights. I need...Sadly, I've not seen <i>Wuthering Heights.</i> I need to check that out.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-68167422233715430852017-11-08T19:15:19.941-05:002017-11-08T19:15:19.941-05:00Great transformation. Great humour too. And love t...Great transformation. Great humour too. And love the reference to Wuthering Heights too. Alex Raphaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07080214073517411435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-46490910115650423862017-10-31T23:49:56.918-04:002017-10-31T23:49:56.918-04:00Hands. Down.Hands. Down.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-14029825674763088692017-10-31T19:54:54.995-04:002017-10-31T19:54:54.995-04:00I love this movie. Best. Werewolf. Transformation....I love this movie. Best. Werewolf. Transformation. Ever!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02426349195171316268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-68279723731044843622017-10-30T16:01:49.504-04:002017-10-30T16:01:49.504-04:00I knew that Naughton was the Dr. Pepper guy, but h...I knew that Naughton was the Dr. Pepper guy, but had no idea there was any hubbub. However, I was really young when it came out so that sort of stuff was off my radar. As for that phone conversation. You're right about that being a wonderful touch.<br /><br />I saw the sequel, and...yeah...let's not go there.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-41265326532624683112017-10-30T14:28:04.828-04:002017-10-30T14:28:04.828-04:00Now this is one horror movie I can get behind! It ...Now this is one horror movie I can get behind! It sets out to entertain its audience in various ways, a little humor, a little horror, a little mystery, a little romance and a little pathos blended together into a harmonious whole. The transformation is impressive as is Griffin Dunne's every more decaying Jack but they aren't all there is to the story and the filmmakers never go for the easy gross out which would diminish the picture. <br /><br />I remember when this came out and there was a great hubbub about David Naughton being the Dr. Pepper guy (I'm a Pepper...He's a Pepper...Wouldn't you like to be a Pepper too!) and his extensive nudity which all turned out to a tempest in a teapot since he was ideal in the lead, earnest, bewildered and a little lost. He and Landis keep him very real, I love the telephone conversation he has with his little sister near the end when despite all that's going on he's still incredulous that she's home alone at I think it was 11 when he was never allowed to be. <br /><br />Griffin Dunne is wonderful but then that's another strength of the film the entire picture is filled with quality performers who can actually act which certainly isn't a standard in these sort of films. The use of location shooting makes it all seem very real and keeps it fresh all these years later. <br /><br />The decade too late sequel is better left unspoken of.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-33938641291125971592017-10-30T13:34:55.270-04:002017-10-30T13:34:55.270-04:00I love that story. I have a few like that of my ow...I love that story. I have a few like that of my own. Most recently, my gore-averse wife wandered into the room while I was watching <i>Train to Busan</i> during one of the not-bloody parts. She got sucked into the story and just had to stay and watch the rest. By watch, I mean cringing and shutting her eyes only to open them a moment too soon. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-67156660216354265222017-10-30T13:02:50.958-04:002017-10-30T13:02:50.958-04:00Great write-up. Funny story - my dad took my mom (...Great write-up. Funny story - my dad took my mom (NOT a horror fan) to see this film during its original theatrical release. He told her it was a straight comedy. Mom doesn't do gore so you can imagine how it went. She spent most of the movie looking at her lap. We laugh at it now, but that story STILL is part of our memories. Mom was sooo ticked off at him.keith71_98https://www.blogger.com/profile/07815219499754051198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-53858645728367288202017-10-29T16:01:28.617-04:002017-10-29T16:01:28.617-04:00Yes, you do.Yes, you do.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-43895087659777660512017-10-29T14:33:20.176-04:002017-10-29T14:33:20.176-04:00This is a film I haven't seen in a long time a...This is a film I haven't seen in a long time and man, I love it. It's so funny as well as the scene of Naughton turning into a wolf. I need to see it again. thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-35566664102461184482017-10-29T14:15:15.941-04:002017-10-29T14:15:15.941-04:00That opening is a terrific set up, no question. Gr...That opening is a terrific set up, no question. Griffin Dunne...amazing.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-76009288775355570522017-10-29T13:16:44.029-04:002017-10-29T13:16:44.029-04:00It really is a great film in so many ways. It'...It really is a great film in so many ways. It's the opening that sells it to me. It's easy to forget that there's a long sequence in the middle without a great deal of werewolf stuff, but it never gets boring. <br /><br />Griffin Dunne, though, is perhaps the biggest selling point aside from that astonishing transformation sequence.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.com