An American Werewolf in London

Two American students, David Kessler and Jack Goodman, are backpacking across Europe when they reach a remote stretch of the English countryside. The locals they meet offer strange warnings to stay on the road, keep away from the moors and be wary of the moon. Ignoring the advice, the pair head out into the darkness, where something waiting on the moor attacks them.

David wakes in a hospital under the care of a nurse, Alex Price, and appears to be recovering. Jack, however, has not survived, and his appearances to David grow increasingly insistent about what the attack has done to him. David's days with Alex continue while the lunar cycle runs its course, and the consequences of that night become impossible to deny.

John Landis wrote and directed the film, his fourth as director, following The Blues Brothers and preceding Michael Jackson's Thriller. It stars David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine and Brian Glover, with 61 credited cast and 75 credited crew members, and George Folsey Jr. producing for Universal Pictures and PolyGram, among others. Made for about 10 million dollars, it returned roughly 32 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 7.5 from 134,000 votes and on TMDB 7.4 from 2,801 votes, while critics rate it 7.9 from 65 reviews.