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  • An American Werewolf in London
  • An American Werewolf in London review by A customer from Sunderland, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Comedy and Horror in perfect harmony 20 October 2004
    ...alls of steel) And also has some interesting social comments too. It even has Rik Mayall in it! It does have it's faults though. Why would someone attacked and injur...   Read customer review
  • Murder Rooms - The White Knight Stratagem
  • Murder Rooms - The White Knight Stratagem review by A customer from birmingham, england
    Rated - 4.0 stars very good tv movie 6 May 2005
    ...d sherlock holmes way back from basil rathbone days this is very good and even Rik Mayall acted very well too had a good time watching this and it just flew by effortle...   Read customer review

Rik Mayall - filmography


  • The Legend Of Harrow Woods on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Christopher Walken,  Rik Mayall,  Jason Donovan
    Director: Ricard Discoll
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The Legend of Harrow Woods is about a group of students who visit a haunted forest called Harrow Woods in New England for a weekend vacation to investigate the disappearance of horror novelist George Carney and his family who went missing presumed dead two years earlier led by lecturer Karl Mathers...read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 26% from 238 members
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  • Just for the Record on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Danny Dyer,  Billy Murray,  Craig Fairbrass
    Director: Steven Lawson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Danny Dyer ('The Football Factory', 'The Business'), Craig Fairbrass ('Rise Of The Footsoldier', 'The Bank Job'), Sean Pertwee ('Dog Soldiers', 'Doomsday'), Phil Davis ('Dead Man Running'), Steven Berkoff ('The Krays') and Billy Murray ('Rise Of The Footsoldier') come together as one of the ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 29% from 668 members
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  • Marple - Series 4 (4 discs) on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Julia McKenzie,  Rik Mayall,  Joan Collins
    Director: Charles Palmer,  Nicholas,  Renton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Donning the trademark tweeds as if they were made for her, the marvelous Julia McKenzie (Cranford, Notes on a Scandal) assumes the Marple mantle in four gripping new adaptations of Christie mysteries. With her ladylike manners and modest appearance, Dame Agatha’s spinster sleuth blends into the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 178 members
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  • Valiant on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  tim curry (voice),  Tim Curry
    Director: Gary Chapman
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    High-flying comedy adventure about a little pigeon whose biggest dream is to join the Royal Homing Pigeon Service and serving crown and country during World War II.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 36,618 members
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  • Bottom - Live 2003 - Weapons Grade Y-Fro... on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Adrian Edmondson,  Rik Mayall
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Richie and Eddie return for more vulgarities and violent humour in the new stage show recorded at the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend. Eddie has invented a time travelling toilet to help their fight between good and underpants...
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 3,084 members
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  • Day Of The Sirens on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Saeed Jaffrey,  Rik Mayall
    Director: Ray Brady
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    DAY OF THE SIRENS tells the riveting story of one sweltering day in the city, when a lone gunman goes on a shooting spree. Unable to be stopped, this ruthless killing machine becomes a mystery that terrorizes the city while confounding authorities. Is there a method to the murderous madness
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 101 members
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  • Jesus Christ Superstar (2000)
    Starring: Glenn Carter,  Rik Mayall,  Rene Castle
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Director Gale Edwards's film is an updated stage version of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's acclaimed masterpiece. Experience the last seven days in the earthly life of Jesus through the magic and wonder of a catchy and inspirational score. From his triumphant entry into Jerusalem and the enmity ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 1,726 member
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  • Tom And Vicky - Up, Up And Away on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Richard Attenborough,  Rik Mayall
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Tom and Vicky is the new puppet animation series of words, music and song for young children. It's about a brother and sister who every day come to play and share adventures in their Grandad's garden. This is the second video release and contains another 5 fun-packed adventures from the first CITV ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 17 members
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  • A Monkey's Tale on DVD (1999)
    Starring: John Hurt,  Michael York,  Michael Gambon
    Director: Jean-Francois Laguionie
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Gavin and Kom are two carefree monkeys of the Woonko community, who live at the very tops of the trees. Far below, at the base of the trees, live another community of monkeys, the Laankos, who are deeply feared by Gavin and Kom. But when Kom falls down one day, and is rescued and taken in by the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 108 members
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  • Merlin - The Return on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Rik Mayall,  Tia Carrere,  Patrick Bergin
    Director: Phil Matthews
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Merlin the Magician uses the power of Stonehenge to banish the evil sorcerer, Mordred, and his army, to the Netherworld. He then sends Arthur and Sir Lancelot into a long, dark sleep so they can be on hand should Mordred ever return. Fifteen hundred years later the spell of Merlin is starting to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 363 members
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  • Guest House Paradiso on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Rik Mayall,  Adrian Edmondson,  Vincent Cassel
    Director: Adrian Edmondson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall, co-creators and stars of BOTTOM, present this bawdy comedy starring themselves as Eddie and Richie Twat (pronounced Thwaite), the owners of the Guesthouse Paradiso, a foul, malodorous Hotel in a permanent state of disrepair and situated next to a nuclear power plant...read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 3,751 members
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  • Bottom Live 3 - Hooligan's Island on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Rik Mayall,  Adrian Edmondson
    Director: Ed Bye
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Filmed during their sell-out 1997 tour, BOTTOM LIVE 3: HOOLIGAN'S ISLAND features Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson at their comedic finest. This time around Richie Richard (Mayall) and Eddie Hitler (Edmondson) are marooned on a desert island in the middle of the Pacific. Will they do something smart,..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 2,919 members
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  • Bring Me The Head Of Mavis Davis on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Rik Mayall,  Jane Horrocks,  Danny Aiello
    Director: John Henderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The ever-manic Rik Mayall stars as Marty Starr, the unscrupulous manager of fading pop legend Marla Dorland, nee Mavis Davis (Jane Horrocks). Heavily in debt to local mobster Mr. Rathbone (Danny Aiello), Marty hatches a scheme to make a killing off his protegee--quite literally. Knowing that a pop ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 279 members
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  • Oscar's Orchestra - Vol. 2 (2 discs) on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Rik Mayall
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Set thousands of years in the future, Oscar the Piano gathers together his friends Rebecca and her Grandfather, Mr Crotchet, Eric the Triangle, Trevor the Tuba and Monty the Violin to battle against the evil dictator Thadius Vent who has banned music from the world forever. Volume 2 (Episodes 14 – ..read more »
    1 star out of 5 20% from 3 members
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  • Bottom - Series 3 on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Adrian Edmondson,  Rik Mayall
    Director: Ed Bye
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    More pungent episodes from two head-banging morons whose idea of a wild night is pulling nose hair out with a pair of pliers. Join sad pervie Richard Richard and his masochistic flatmate Eddie Hitler for more disgusting toilet humour and charming English pleasantries.
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 4,658 members
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  • Beatrix Potter - Complete (1993)
    Starring: Ian Holm,  Hugh Laurie,  Felicity Kendal
    Director: Roger Mainwood,  Geoff Dunbar
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Nine complete Beatrix Potter features in this animated collection of classic children's stories. The set includes THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT AND BENJAMIN BUNNY, THE TALE OF MR. TOD, THE TALE OF THE FLOPSY BUNNIES AND MRS. TITTLEMOUSE, THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND, THE TALE OF SAMUEL WHISKERS OR THE ROLY-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 20 members
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  • Bottom - Series 2 on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Rik Mayall,  Adrian Edmondson
    Director: Ed Bye
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The two sad, disgusting lonely no-hopers are still at each other's throats, holed up in their grubby flat. The six episodes comprising series two see Richie and Eddie looking for romance at the Love Bureau in "Digger"; becoming paid stooges in the police identity parade in "Parade"; they lose their ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 6,633 members
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  • Bottom - Series 1 on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Rik Mayall,  Adrian Edmondson
    Director: Ed Bye
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson return in another anarchic sitcom continuing the tradition of their previous effort--The Young Ones and Filthy, Rich And Catflap--whilst upping the quotient on the slapstick antics and toilet humour. Here, hopelessly single Richie and part-time psychopath Eddie are ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 8,769 members
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  • Bottom - The Very Best Of Bottom on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Rik Mayall,  Adrian Edmondson
    Director: Bob Spiers
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Eddie (Adrian Edmondson) and Richie (Rik Mayall) are two on-the-dole ne'er-do-wells in this outrageous slapstick cartoon-like comedy series. This collection includes the episodes "Smells," "Digger," "Hole," and more.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 3,730 members
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  • Drop Dead Fred on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Rik Mayall,  Phoebe Cates,  Carrie Fisher
    Director: Ate De Jong
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A chaotic comic fantasy about Elizabeth, an ineffectual young woman (Phoebe Cates) who leaves her unfaithful husband and returns home only to be oppressed by her overbearing mother. She comes across one of her childhood toys, a Jack-in-the-box, in which her frustrated mother imprisoned Elizabeth's ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 4,857 members
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  • Little Noises on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Crispin Glover,  Tatum O'Neal,  Rik Mayall
    Director: Jane Spencer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A bittersweet comedy-drama about a would-be writer with no talent who is finding it very hard to win the affections of a girl. However, a chance meeting with a young mute boy changes the course of his life.
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 19 members
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  • Blackadder - Series 2 on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Rowan Atkinson,  Tony Robinson,  Stephen Fry
    Director: Mandie Fletcher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The degradation of the grand and proud tradition that is the British monarchy continues as the loathsome Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) snivels his way through the 16th century into the court of Queen Elizabeth I. All 6 Episodes of Series 2: 1. Bells 2. Head 3. Potato 4. Money 5. Beer 6. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 28,416 members
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  • Whoops Apocalypse on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Loretta Swit,  Peter Cook,  Michael Richards
    Director: Tom Bussmann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Mix all these stars with political intrigue, Royal kidnaps, hostile invasions, nuclear bombs, British Task Forces, mad international terrorists and the SAS... and you get total mayhem. Based on the popular TV series.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 725 members
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  • The Young Ones - Series 2 on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Rik Mayall,  Adrian Edmondson,  Nigel Planer
    Director: Geoffrey Posner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Originally broadcast in 1984, the second series of THE YOUNG ONES continues in exactly the same vein as the first, courtesy of the inspired writing of Ben Elton (Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line) and Lise Mayer. That means more anarchic, surreal comedy revolving around the empty lives of a household ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 7,852 members
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  • Comic Strip - Complete (9 discs) on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Rik Mayall,  Ade Edmonson,  Dawn French
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Features the complete thirty-nine episodes from the ground-breaking comedy series. Episodes include: 'The Beat Generation', 'Five Go Mad In Dorset', 'Dirty Movie', 'The Strike', 'Consuela', 'Bad News', 'Funseekers', 'South Atlantic Raiders', 'Les Dogs', 'The Crying Game', 'Wild Turkey' and much more...
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 3,012 members
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  • The Young Ones - Series 1 on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Rik Mayall,  Adrian Edmondson,  Nigel Planer
    Director: Geoffrey Posner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This beloved British comedy series presents an irreverent look at youth that gained a huge cult following, both in England and abroad. Rik Mayall's inspired comic invention benefits from surreal, unusual writing and hilarious, spontaneous perfomances. This collection contains all six episodes of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 9,165 members
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  • An American Werewolf in London on DVD (1981)
    Starring: David Naughton,  Jenny Agutter,  Griffin Dunne
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A macabre mix of humor and horror that shot director John Landis to fame. This classic horror/comedy tells the beastly tale of two American youths David and Jack (Naughton and Dunne) whose European adventure turns to terror after they are attacked by a werewolf. One of the travelers is killed, but ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 13,782 members
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  • An American Werewolf in London - HD (1981)
    Starring: David Naughton,  Jenny Agutter,  Griffin Dunne
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In John Landis' (THE BLUES BROTHERS, ANIMAL HOUSE) dripping black comedy, two American students (David Naughton and Griffin Dunne) on a European vacation wander into a creepy local pub in Northern England and are quickly thrown out. Stranded and alone in the dark countryside, the pair get lost in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 363 members
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  • Santa's Special Delivery on DVD
    Starring: Rik Mayall
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Festive tale which follows Santa as he prepares for his delivery of presents on Christmas Eve.
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 65 members
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  • Oh Marbella! on DVD
    Starring: Rik Mayall,  Tom Bell,  Mike Reid
    Director: Piers Ashworth
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Welcome to Marbella, the original Costa De Sol paradise for the rich and famous - and for those wishing they were. Where the sun shines down on you regardless of whether you`re a couple trying to revive your romance or a hitman doing one last job. Marbella is the place to be. It`s where the crazy ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 51 members
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Rik Mayall facts

5 most recent films

The Legend Of Harrow Woods - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Legend Of Harrow Woods - 1.5 stars
Just for the Record - 1.5 stars
Marple - Series 4 - 3.5 stars
Valiant - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Blackadder - Series 2 - 4.0 stars
An American Werewolf in London - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Comic Strips Presents-Mr Jolly Lives Next Door - 4.0 stars
Bottom - Live - The Stage Show - 4.0 stars
Bottom - Series 3 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Highway To Hell - 3 stars
Oscar's Orchestra - Vol. 2 - 1.0 stars
Highway To Hell - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
Watership Down - The Dark Deal - Vol.11 - 1.5 stars
Watership Down - The Beginning Of The End - Vol.13 - 1.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Marsha Fitzalan - 30 times - show films
Michael Troughton - 30 times - show films
John Nettleton - 26 times - show films
Rowena Cooper - 26 times - show films
Kevin McNally - 26 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 21 times - show films
Geoffrey Sax - 18 times - show films
Graeme Harper - 13 times - show films
Troy Sullivan - 7 times - show films
John Landis - 6 times - show films