Jack: "Stick to the road."
David: "Beware the moors."
Jack: "Oops."
One of the best
werewolf movies ever made. Written and directed by
John Landis and released in
1981, it starred
David Naughton as David Kessler, the
reluctant werewolf,
Griffin Dunne as Jack Goodman, his
zombie pal, and
Jenny Agutter as Alex Price, the
love interest.
Little boy: "A naked American man stole my balloons."
Mother: "What?"
The
movie combined
humor,
horror, and
eye-popping special effects; in fact, the film is still considered one of the best examples of the
horror-comedy. Among the film's best scenes are: David and Jack's night in the
Slaughtered Lamb; David's
deer dream; Jack's
gory reappearance in the
hospital; David's
suburbia dream; the
awe-inspiring
transformation scene; the werewolf stalking through the
London Underground; David waking up in the
zoo; and David discussing
suicide methods with a pack of zombies in the
porno theatre.
David: "I will not be threatened by a walking meatloaf!"
Rick Baker won the first
Academy Award for
makeup for his
groundbreaking work on this
film. It was followed, years later, by a pitiful
sequel, which it would be best if you avoided.
Alex: "David, relax."
David: "Relax? I'm a fucking werewolf!"
Goofiest trivia: the studio wanted Landis to cast
Dan Ackroyd as David and
John Belushi as Jack.
And anyone who tells you "The Howling" was a better movie is a liar or a fool.