NECA has unveiled its new Jack and David 7″ action figure set from John Landis’ classic 1981 horror An American Werewolf in London, which features the two friends in their backpacking outfits as well as a selection of interchangeable pieces for when they stray from the road and onto the moors; check out the official […]
Fantastical, Flawed and Madcap: 80s British Horror Cinema
We take a look back at the curious case of 80s British Horror – an era of odd fusions, oddities, indulgent auteurs and flawed cult favourites… Think of those iconic periods in horror around the world. German expressionist horror of the 1920s and 30s, the Giallo boom of the 60s and 70s, British hammer horror […]
An American Werewolf in London Revisited
Released on this day in 1981, John Landis’ iconic and groundbreaking An American Werewolf in London is no less impressive in the modern era… When you think of iconic horror there may be a number of images which spring to mind. It might be Leatherface doing his tribal chainsaw dance at the end of The […]
4K Ultra HD Review – An American Werewolf in London (1981)
An American Werewolf in London, 1981. Directed by John Landis. Starring David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, and John Woodvine. SYNOPSIS: An American Werewolf in London makes its 4K debut courtesy of Arrow Video, which commission a new 4K restoration along with a nice batch of new bonus features to add to all the legacy […]
October Horrors 2021 – An American Werewolf in London (1981)
An American Werewolf in London, 1981. Directed by John Landis. Starring David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine and Don McKillop. SYNOPSIS: After surviving an animal attack in which his friend is killed, an American backpacker travelling through England finds himself undergoing a terrifying transformation when the moon is full. We started this month […]
The Best Werewolf Transformations of All Time
Marvelous Videos presents awesome werewolf transformations… We have spoken about werewolves before and their inherently horrifying nature – this idea that man can become a polymorphization of himself and another vicious species through forced mutation sends tingles down our spine just thinking about it! It’s the mutation scene, in particular, that stands out in these movies. In […]
Horror Movies With Unbelievable Practical Gore Effects
Marvelous Videos serves up a slice of practical gore effects… Computer-generated imagery, or CGI, has gotten a bad rep these days from film school dropout channels that believe the older way of creating is inherently better. No matter the flaws in their arguments, though, they do raise a point that, without proper rendering, CGI has […]
The Best Werewolf Movies Of All Time
Marvelous Videos presents the best werewolf movies of all time… Men (and even women) becoming forcibly transformed into monstrosities is nothing new in fiction, yet there’s something about the concept that creates a feeling of uncomfortableness in us. Maybe it’s the idea of a perverted evolution or theme of humans being punished for their sins- […]
John Landis reveals his original plan for An American Werewolf in London sequel
John Landis may think that it’s a mistake for his son Max Landis to try and remake An American Werewolf in London, but the filmmaker has revealed that he originally planned a sequel to his 1981 cult horror-comedy, although his idea was ultimately rejected by the studio. “I was asked to do a sequel by […]
It director’s cut on the way, Terminator reboot gets a director, Jamie Lee Curtis returning to Halloween and more – Weekend News Roundup
DIRECTOR’S CUT WILL FLOAT After bringing in monster numbers at the box office, horror movie It director Andy Muschietti and producer Barbara Muschietti revealed to Yahoo! Movies that a director’s cut of the film is in the works. “There’s a great scene, it’s a bit of a payoff of the Stanley Uris plot which is the […]
