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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  An American Werewolf in London (1981)
How the f*ck is this normally described as a horror comedy?
It's not funny. It's f*cking scary. From the Slaughtered Lamb pub and the "Stay off the moors" warnings to being hunted by an unseen assailant in the tunnels of the London Underground. Not to mention that f*cking dream sequence!
Just because Griffin Dunne turns up as a putrefying corpse to warn his mate to kill himself or he'll turn into a werewolf does not make this remotely funny.
Nice of director John Landis to give small parts to Linzi Drew and Nina Carter. |
It's a horror film that has humour if the viewer has the right mindset. It's admittedly not as dark but I do consider American Werewolf along the same lines as The Evil Dead or Texas Chainsaw Massacre in the way the comedy is probably lost on a certain section of society.