An American Werewolf in London
1981, R, 97 min.
Directed by John Landis, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne.

For its time, Werewolf was a radical melange of genuine horror and self-aware comic touches, not to mention the fabulous Rick Baker special effects.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.