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 the other's fate is worse than .. Read more
| Starring | David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, Rik Mayall |
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| Director | John Landis |
| Genres | Comedy, Horror |
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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 the other's fate is worse than death as every full moon now seems to bring out the beast in him.
| Starring | David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, Rik Mayall, John Woodvine, David Schofield, Lila Kaye, Paul Kernber, Don McKillop, Frank Oz, Linzi Drew, Brian Glover |
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| Director | John Landis |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 33 mins HD DVD: 1 hr 33 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 33 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy, Horror |
| Language | DVD: English HD DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | Production year: 1981 To Rent: DVD: 04 Mar 2002 HD DVD: not available Blu-ray: not available HD DVD: 16 Apr 2007 Blu-ray: 28 Sep 2009 |
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they dont make em like this any more
Whatching this film makes u wonder when did directors stop making horrors scary? This is possibly the best scary movie ive ever and isnt to be taken likely. It ... read more »
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30yr old film and still scary as hell
I love horror esp werewolf flims, but I first watched this (unintentionally) in '82 when quite young; totally terrified me beyond words and I still can'... read more »
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Brilliant film
Brilliant - however disc froze at the last scene!!!! very frustrating! But the film itself was really great - and although the clothes/hair was dated (lol) the ... read more »
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good but oh so bad
Because of the admittedly justified attention paid to the amazing werewolf transformation effects, I think this film has earned a place in cinema history ... read more »
A film that was set in Pennan, Aberdeenshire, has come top of a poll to find the best use of a film location in Britain. Local Hero, made in 1983, was a Bafta-winning comedy directed by Bill Forsyth that starred Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi and Jenny Seagrove. The poll of 2,000 film critics and journalists was carried out for the Film Distributors' Association. Lord Puttnam, who produced Local Hero, said: "I am delighted but not all that surprised that Local Hero has proved... Read more
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