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If you're tuning into an episode of "Seinfeld," you can generally expect its agents of chaos to get into all manner of bad behavior. They don't really care what they do to other people unless it somehow involves implicating themselves, which goes against the traditional sitcom formula. It's not exactly like "Seinfeld" to take a moral stance by the end of an episode, as most of them conclude with no one learning a lesson from the mess they made.

In the season 3 episode "The Red Dot," for example, the central conflict centers around George looking to get a gift for Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) as a thank you for getting him a job at the publishing company she works at. Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) joins his double chip dipper friend to the store, where they find a beautiful cashmere sweater. The catch is that it's heavily discounted because of a small red dot.

Can you feel it? The air is getting warmer, the days are growing longer, and we’re officially halfway to Halloween! That’s right—April marks the midpoint to everyone’s favorite spooky holiday, and what better way to celebrate than with a curated list of horror films on Fawesome?

April may feel far from October, but horror is a year-round obsession for true fans. As we count down the months to Halloween, let these movies remind you why we love the genre: the thrills, the chills, and the sheer joy of being terrified. So, whether you’re watching alone in the dark or hosting a halfway-to-Halloween movie night, these picks are sure to keep the spooky spirit alive. After all, why should October have all the fun?

1. The Mist (dir. Frank Darabont)

Starring: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden

The entire town is wrapped with an eerie fog following a massive thunderstorm.

Beware the moon, because Rucking Fotten‘s has released an American Werewolf in London collection.

It includes T-shirts ($33.99-34.99), long sleeves ($43.99), all-over print tees ($59.99), zip-up hoodies ($74.99), embroidered dad hats ($36.99), and 60×50 woven blanket tapestries ($62.99).

“An American Werewolf in London set the standard for werewolf movies for the next 4+ decades and will be a staple in the horror genre for the rest of our lives. I remember seeing it for the first time as a child and the transformation that Rick Baker created terrified me to my core. I still get chills when I watch that scene,” Rucking Fotten wrote.

“This movie was classic before it was even released, and 41 years later it’s standing the test of time. We wanted to revamp our original design released in 2019 and bring to life new designs that capture what this movie has meant to us over the years. We hope everyone loves it as much as we do!

Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone is one of the most enduring television classics of all time. In its anthology format of supernatural thrillers, the series delivers with an ironic twist and a healthy dose of social conscience, which transcends the era they were produced to become evergreen classics. Multiple reboot series have come and gone over the years, none of which have been able to capture lightning in a bottle the way the original series did. The most ambitious was likely the first, starting in 1985 and lasting for three seasons. That first reboot made a real effort to update Serling's vision without losing what made it so special.

Whether it succeeded, there's a telling moment in the opening credits that speaks volumes: a flash of Serling's profile that comes and goes just before the title card appears. The 1980s Twilight Zone feels very much like that sometimes, delivering just...

“Werewolves” is your basic, everyday lean-and-mean dystopian werewolf-as-zombie action thriller, with elements lifted from the pandemic and the “Purge” films. It’s not a good movie, but it’s a tight little time passer. Frank Grillo, who’s at the center of it (playing a ripped bruiser who is also…a molecular biologist!), has a way of making any pulp movie better. He’s like a brainy Charles Bronson. And the plot is simplicity itself, and efficiency too: On the night of a supermoon (that’s when the full moon comes closest to Earth), people all over the globe are transformed into towering werewolves if they look at the moon for so much as one second. Talk about a good reason to stay home and stream something.

How are the werewolves? Cheesy in a fun way. As in self-consciously old-fashioned, or maybe just lavishly threadbare. A lot of people now...

Presented by Steven C. Miller’s Werewolves, Bloody Disgusting is looking to the stars and howling at the moon with Werewolves Week. Today, Jenn Adams takes a look at the funny side of the werewolf sub-genre: the hairy horror-comedy.

The act of becoming a werewolf is deadly serious—arguably horror’s most painful mutation. The body writhes and screams while elongating and sprouting fur. Claws appear where fingernails once were and the face becomes an animal-like snout equipped with whiskers, fur, and gnashing fangs. Given the screaming poor souls we see undergo this transformation, it’s safe to say the process hurts. So why then are so many modern werewolf movies played for laughs?

Yes, some entries in this curious subgenre are quite dramatic, examining the duality of man or female sexuality, but other titles are among the genre’s most beloved and successful horror comedies. Like peanut butter and chocolate,...

At least 50 TV theme songs have hit the charts, according to Billboard, including 14 from television comedies. There are some surprises on this list, though, so crank up the speakers and rock out to these laugh-track-fueled jams.

1 “The Ballad of Jed Clampett”

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs spent three weeks at #1 on the country charts with the theme from The Beverly Hillbillies.

2 “Welcome Back”

Lovin’ Spoonful frontman John Sebastian wrote and recorded the Welcome Back, Kotter theme, hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1976. Inexplicably, it also reached No. 93 on the country chart.

3 “Those Were the Days”

Sung by the show’s stars, a longer version of the All in the Family theme song hit #43 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #30 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in early 1972.

4 “Happy Days”

While Happy Days originally used “Rock Around the Clock” as its theme, it was replaced by the made-for-the-show song “Happy Days.

We spoke to Blumhouse producer Beatriz Sequeira leading up to the release of Speak No Evil, a buzzy new psychological thriller that is being especially praised for the reliably superb James McAvoy's performance. It hits theaters tomorrow, Sep. 13, and Sequeira who serves as executive producer on the film has been keeping busy with other highly anticipated projects by Blumhouse, such as Wolf Man, starring Christopher Abbott in the eponymous role. Originally, Ryan Gosling was set to play the iconic character, and ironically, Abbott and Gosling have starred together in a big film (First Man). Sequeira weighed in on the change:

"To be perfectly honest, I think it's just one of those things that the movie evolves. And, you know, we have an incredible version with [director] Leigh [Whannell] and Chris and Julia Gardner. And I think that's what we need to focus on. This is the movie, and it's coming out...

Mondo is going big for Monsterpalooza‘s fifteenth anniversary, commencing this weekend in Pasadena, California. Expect a slew of horrifying new drops, exclusive posters, and figures. We’ve got an exclusive sneak peek at limited An American Werewolf in London and Halloween II soft vinyl figures and posters that will launch at the convention.

The nightmare demon werewolves that torment David Kessler (David Naughton) in his sleep and Michael Myers get articulated in soft vinyl figure form, along with two new exclusive posters that put the werewolves front and center.

Look for Mondo to go all out this weekend, with many more collectibles and surprises in store. They teased on socials, ” Keep an eye on our socials for some extra frights that weekend, too. It’s gonna be a scream..”

The classic 1981 horror comedy An American Werewolf in London follows David Kessler and Jack Goodman, two college friends from New York City,...

After concluding March with Raja Gosnell’s Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (listen) and James Whale’s The Invisible Man (listen), we kicked off April with a discussion of Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley (listen). Now we’re checking off another classic with John Landis‘ 1981 werewolf film, An American Werewolf in London. In the film, American best friends David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne) are horrifically attacked while backpacking through the UK Moors. Jack is killed and David spends a month recuperating in the hospital, where he befriends attractive nurse Alex (Jenny Agutter) and kindly Dr. Hirsch (John Woodvine). On the cusp of his release, the mangled corpse of Jack visits David, warning that on the full moon he will become a lycanthrope unless he kills himself. But David is unable to accept his fate and a series of terrible murders follow. As the bodies (and the comedy) pile up,...

As every new month brings an insane tidal wave of new additions to streaming libraries, it can be tough selecting the perfect watch. Even more so when it comes to Tubi, a streaming platform with a vast, overwhelming selection of titles that include everything from mainstream releases to obscure deep cuts once trapped on VHS.

Because the streaming service excels so well at this with a layout that isn’t always the easiest to navigate when hunting down rare titles or finding the best horror movies on Tubi, we’re here to help.

For February, we’re narrowing it down to twenty horror movies you should watch, from recent gems to required viewing from horror masters. More specifically, this list avoids too many of the obvious classics, like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (also streaming on Tubi), to instead offer a wider variety slightly off the beaten path.

Here are...

Screambox has revealed the new films that are joining the horror streaming service in February, including the hyped splatterfest Here for Blood, along with 3-Headed Shark Attack, Waking Nightmare, and Everybody Dies by the End.

More heads mean more dead when 3-Headed Shark Attack swims onto Screambox on February 2. From the producers of Sharknado, the creature feature stars horror icon Danny Trejo, Daytime Emmy winner Karrueche Tran, and WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam!

The third and final season of “The Dead Hour” joins the previous two seasons on Screambox February 2. A mysterious late-night radio host delves into a different horrifying tale in each of the horror anthology’s 12 binge-worthy episodes.

Screambox Original wrestling-fueled horror-comedy Here for Blood invades select theaters and Screambox on February 9. Shawn Roberts (Resident Evil franchise) stars in the gory throwback to video store staples of the ‘80s and ’90s alongside the voice of Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider.

On a recent episode of "Hot Ones," actor Mark Rufflao was invited on to discuss his career while chocking down incredibly spicy hot wings. Sean Evans, the show's host, read a film synopsis to Ruffalo and asked if he could identify the title. Evans read a synopsis for a 1994 film called "Mirror Mirror II: Raven Dance," a straight-to-video horror film put out by the beloved B-movie studio Image Entertainment. Ruffalo, of course, could indeed identify the movie. "That's 'Mirror Mirror,'" he said. "That was probably my first movie." Indeed it was. 

Ruffalo pointed out that there was "Mirror, Mirror" and then there was "Mirror Mirror II: Raven Dance," which had a "Penthouse pornstar" as the lead actress and Billy Drago as the male lead. He noted that he played "the series actor sidekick." He joked that he had established a brand with the "Mirror Mirror" movies, sarcastically imitating...

A car traveling down a lonely road sets the stage for horror expectations, as seen in films like The Shining and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The Royal Hotel, an isolated residence in Australia, fits the conventions of familiar horror scenarios. The film explores the uncomfortable experiences of two American backpackers working as bartenders in a creepy bar filled with suspicious characters.

A car traveling down a lonely road is such a familiar opening for the horror genre that it holds the power to set our expectations instantly. Some of the genre's classics have forged the shot into the annals of horror convention – The Shining, The Evil Dead, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre have all played their parts. The car's destination tends to be an even more common convention – an isolated residence of some description where our characters will meet the horror itself, whatever that is. From that vague description, The Royal Hotel fits right in.

In World Wrestling Entertainment, the period from July 22, 2008, to March 22, 2014, remains known as the "PG era," owing to how Vince McMahon adjusted the content to achieve a TV-pg rating after the TV-14 fare in the so-called "Attitude" and "Relentless Aggression" eras of the 1990s and early-to-mid 2000s. (via Sportscaster)

WWE had caught up with Hollywood, where a similar wave of chlorine had washed over mainstream cinema and sanitized dozens of projects including "Live Free or Die Hard," "Terminator Salvation," "Hancock," and "Fired Up." These films and many more were stripped of violence, swearing, and sexuality in order for the MPA to grant the studios a PG-13 rating and access to the lucrative teen demographic. Such money-mindedness proved bad enough for the action and comedy genres, but it was arguably even worse for horror filmmakers, who risked self-censorship unless they worked within the thriving "torture porn" fare of "Saw" and "Hostel.

On November 22nd, Dark Horse Comics will release Lunar Lodge #1, the first issue in a new series "full of horror, drama, comedy, love, action, romance, and mystery".... and, of course, a werewolf! This is the comic book debut of writer Tyler Marceca, who is joined by artist Mirko Colak, along with Brian Valenza as the colorist with Frank Cvetkovic lettering. Ahead of the issue's release next week, we have an exclusive preview, along with a Q&a where Tyler Marceca talks about the origins of the series, working with Mirko Colak, and more!

What was your inspiration for Lunar Lodge and how did you get together with Mirko Colak to bring this story to life?

Tyler Marceca: Though I've wanted to write a werewolf story for a while now, I was reluctant to commit pen to paper on one (or fingers to wireless keyboard) because for so long, I was...

Writer/director John Landis always intended to use Sam Cooke’s version of the song “Blue Moon” over the famous transformation scene in his 1981 classic An American Werewolf in London (watch it Here), and he let the film’s composer Elmer Bernstein know that up front. He chose “Blue Moon” because he wanted the scene to come off as being sad and painful rather than scary – but while putting together the score for the film, Bernstein decided to go ahead and compose some of his own music for the transformation scene. Just in case. Landis ended up rejecting Bernstein’s transformation music and stuck with “Blue Moon”… but now filmmaker Paul Davis, who generously shared 35 minutes of rare outtake footage from The Exorcist on Halloween this year, has put Bernstein’s rejected music over the transformation scene and uploaded it to YouTube. You can check it out in the embed...

An American Werewolf in London's legendary werewolf effects by Rick Baker have made it a horror classic and continue to inspire creative people today. Baker's practical effects in the film are considered the crowning achievement of his career and have shaped the history of the horror genre. Baker's work extended beyond the werewolf genre, with his talents being sought after for other classic films and prestigious productions.

Stunning An American Werewolf in London cosplay pays homage to the horror classic’s legendary werewolf transformation effects. The werewolf movie was considered the stuff of old Hollywood when, in 1981, John Landis helped spur a revival of the genre with his London-set horror-comedy starring David Naughton as a man who is bitten by a wolf, and transforms into a beast with the coming of the full moon. Along with a witty script, the hit film featured groundbreaking and highly-influential pre-cgi transformation effects from the iconic Rick Baker.

A new month is here and Plex is back with the latest additions to its library of over 50,000 free-to-stream titles! From the Oscar-winning bio-drama “Spotlight” to the hit Danish crime thriller “Pusher” franchise, there is plenty to keep you entertained as October turns to November.

Check out The Streamable’s top picks for what’s new this month on Plex!

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The 1981 hit John Landis comedy stars David Naughton and Griffin Dunne as a pair of American backpackers who are attacked by a werewolf while travelling in Yorkshire, turning one of them into a werewolf with the next full moon. Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine, Don McKillip, Frank Oz, Sydney Bromley, and more American and British greats make up the rest of the ensemble.

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An American Werewolf in London introduces its own unique werewolf mythology, including a death curse, the quest to vanquish a bloodline, and the possibility of being stuck in werewolf limbo. If a human survives a werewolf attack in the movie, they will transform into a werewolf themselves at the first sign of a full moon. The only way for the lost souls in limbo to be free is for them to end the werewolf's bloodline, which requires killing the werewolf or themselves. Only then can their souls be at peace.

John Landis’ An American Werewolf in London is one of the greatest – and funniest – werewolf movies ever made, with its own werewolf lore involving a death curse and a broken bloodline. An American Werewolf in London stars David Naughton and Griffin Dunne as David and Jack, respectively, two American backpackers who encounter a bloodthirsty werewolf in the English countryside. Although Jack is killed,...

"An American Werewolf in London" achieved success by blending horror and comedy, making it a standout in the genre. The film's makeup and special effects, particularly the iconic werewolf transformation scene, revolutionized the horror genre. While some cast members have retired from Hollywood, Griffin Dunne and Jenny Agutter continue to thrive in their acting careers.

Since its release in 1981, An American Werewolf in London has become a classic in the horror genre, and for good reason, but now that more than thirty years have passed, some viewers may be wondering, what happened to the cast of this iconic film? An American Werewolf in London tells the story of best friends David and Jack who go on a backpacking trip in England that goes horribly wrong when the men are attacked by a wolf. Jack is killed, but David only sustains a few injuries that quickly snowball into something more sinister,...

Waking Nightmare explores the theme of a young woman's terrifying sleepwalking experience, raising questions about control, independence, and the consequences of one's actions. Diane Franklin discusses her role as Jordan's mother and the complex mother-daughter relationship in the film, highlighting the chemistry with Shelley Regner and the relatable aspects of the story. Franklin also touches on her love for horror as a genre, praising its emotional depth, tension, and the freedom it offers to explore a wide range of characters and scenarios. She hints at upcoming projects in different genres and her desire to surprise her audience.

A perfect reflection of its title, Waking Nightmare tells the story of a young woman whose worst nightmare comes to life following the death of her friend. Jordan's grief manifests itself in the form of sleepwalking, causing her to turn to Ambien in the hopes that it will end her manic episodes. However,...

Waking Nightmare is a new indie-horror film available to stream on VOD that follows a young woman struggling with the loss of her friend. Steve Craig, co-director of the film, discusses the challenges and experimental opportunities of directing his first feature. The film explores a mother-daughter relationship within a toxic environment, blending different styles of comedy, drama, and slasher elements.

Currently available to stream on VOD, Waking Nightmare is a new indie-horror from Terror Films that follows a young woman who is struggling to cope with the loss of her friend. Jordan is prescribed Ambien to put an end to her sleepwalking, but she soon begins suffering from memory loss. After her mother finds her clothes covered in blood, Jordan begins to fear that her worst nightmare is coming to life.

Steve Craig serves as a co-director for the film alongside screenplay writer Brian Farmer. In addition to a number of acting credits,...

Pitch Perfect’s Shelley Regner, The Last American Virgin’s Diane Franklin, An American Werewolf In London’s David Naughton, and The Lost Boys’ Jamison Newlander star in Waking Nightmare, a spine-chilling rollercoaster of fear out now on VOD from Terror Films.

Synopsis:

Jordan suffered manic episodes after the loss of her friend. Her mother has a family doctor prescribe her Ambien to help with her sleepwalking. As time goes on, Jordan has issues remembering what happened.

Yan Birch (The People Under The Stairs), Stephen Wu (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), and Every Heart (Return to Me) co-star.

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Stars: Shelley Regner, Diane Franklin, Jamison Newlander, Kelly Leon Guerrero, David Naughton, Brian Tyler Cohen, Ryan Bonnick, Yan Birch, Helene Udy | Written by Brian Farmer | Directed by Brian Farmer, Steve Craig

Waking Nightmare begins appropriately enough with Jordan waking up screaming from a nightmare. This has been a regular occurrence since her best friend Jamie killed herself. It’s gotten bad enough that she’s moved back home with her parents Danielle and Jeff.

A visit from her best friend Zoey seems to cheer her up, but that night her nightmares turn into sleepwalking, and while doing that she pulls a knife on her mother. This gets her an appointment with Dr. Doolin who gives her a prescription for Ambien.

The Ambien doesn’t make her start posting racist comments on Twitter, but it doesn’t stop her sleepwalking either. In fact, she ends up walking out of the house...

Clint Howard – son of Rance, brother of Ron, uncle of Bryce, etc. – has been acting since he was a child, and over the decades has racked up over 250 credits, from Star Trek and The Andy Griffith Show to The Wraith, Carnosaur, Ticks, Little Nicky, Apollo 13, a couple Silent Night, Deadly Night sequels, Rob Zombie’s Halloween, 3 from Hell, and Solo: A Star Wars Story. You’ve almost certainly seen him around. His most recent credit was in the Nicolas Cage film The Old Way… and one of his most popular roles came in the 1995 horror comedy Ice Cream Man (watch it Here). Ice Cream Man has developed a strong cult following in the years since its release, and Howard is aiming to bring the audience more killer ice cream man action. He took to Instagram to reveal that he recently got some collaborators together for a reading of the Ice Cream Man sequel script!

Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.”

Last editorial, I pondered if the best films in the Amityville Horror franchise are the paired entries. As we cross off the seventh entry, that suspicion holds true. Amityville: A New Generation has decent ambition for a franchise creeping towards double digits; it simply needed a few tweaks in its execution. At the end of the day, the film feels aggressively early 90s direct-to-video horror, slightly better than something like a mid-range Candyman or Hellraiser.

The 1993 film is set in an apartment complex whose residents are an artist collective. The film uses the same formula as The Amityville Curse for its characters (a combination of lovers and friends), as well as It’s About Time and 3-D (a new haunted object). In this case,...

Chances are if you rushed out to see “M3GAN” you were intoxicated by its mixture of horror and comedy and probably want more like it.

“M3GAN” is the story of a disaffected roboticist (played by Allison Williams) who supplies her recently orphaned niece (Violet McGraw) with a robotic companion instead of actually, you know, putting in the work to make sure the grieving process isn’t so chaotic. The results are a killer robot/killer doll movie that puts as much emphasis on laughs as it does on thrills.

And if “M3GAN” really revved your motor and you want more from this particular sub-genre, well, we’ve got you covered. Here are 15 other great horror comedy movies to watch after you’ve unplugged from “M3GAN:”

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“Evil Dead II” is arguably the “Citizen Kane” of horror comedies. Half sequel, half remake, “Evil Dead II” took...

If you pay close attention to the background of John Landis' innovative 1981 horror-comedy "An American Werewolf in London," you will notice there are numerous Disney-related items placed throughout the character Alex's (Jenny Agutter) apartment. Indeed, she has Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and Donald Duck figurines in her living room, along with a poster of Mickey Mouse adorning her hallway.

Landis carefully and deliberately moves the camera to include these Disney figures in the film's shots, often placing them alongside the main characters in such a way that it draws attention away from the latter. There's even a scene where leads David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne) walk through Alex's hallway and Jack stops to smell a flower, only for the camera to suddenly shift so as to bring Alex's Mickey Mouse picture into the frame. When David looks at Alex's television, there is likewise a Minnie Mouse statue coyly smiling on top of it.

The Academy Award for Best Makeup (which added Hairstyling in 1993) has only been around, in earnest, since 1981. That year, macabre special effects genius Rick Baker won for transforming David Naughton into a grotesquely hirsute lycanthrope for “American Werewolf in London.” In that same decade, Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis won for turning Jeff Goldblum into the sticky, disgusting Brundlefly for David Cronenberg’s “The Fly.”

Save for a handful of gruesome gothics like “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” and “Pan’s Labyrinth” — both prioritizing practical effects over digital — winners in this category can be awards bait (“Bombshell”), fantasy franchise entries, or the rare original auteur vision (“The Grand Budapest Hotel”). And there have been major short shrifts, such as John Carpenter’s “The Thing” not landing a nomination in 1982 for its human-alien chimeras courtesy of Rob Bottin.

In short, the Academy tends to shy away from hardcore genre movies that test audience’s limits,...

A new episode of the Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? video series has just been released, and in this one we’re digging into the making of one of the most popular werewolf movies ever, the 1981 classic An American Werewolf in London (watch it Here). To hear all about this movie, which won an Oscar for the werewolf transformation effects provided by Rick Baker, check out the video embedded above!

Written and directed by John Landis, An American Werewolf in London has the following synopsis:

David and Jack, two American college students, are backpacking through Britain when a large wolf attacks them. David survives with a bite, but Jack is brutally killed. As David heals in the hospital, he’s plagued by violent nightmares of his mutilated friend, who warns David that he is becoming a werewolf. When David discovers the horrible truth, he contemplates committing suicide before the...

Zach Cregger’s Barbarian is one of the surprise horror hits of the year. Combining wicked twists, an unorthodox structure, and a dash of good humor, Barbarian became a word-of-mouth hit that’s now finding an even wider audience thanks to streaming on HBO Max. Fun, but still unsettling at times, Barbarian strikes a campy horror tone that’s both refreshingly irreverent and also cinematically satisfying.

With Spooky Season heading to a close, and Halloween right around the corner, you might be looking for more films that scratch this camp horror itch. If you’re looking for self-serious horror films, this isn’t the list for you. But if you’re looking for something that inspires laughter while you’re watching through the cracks in your fingers, something decidedly Barbarian-esque, check out these creepy classics below.

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

In her review of John Landis’ An American Werewolf in London,...

John Landis' 1981 classic "An American Werewolf in London" is one of the most revered horror-comedies ever, standing on the shoulders of the goofy "Abbott and Costello Meet..." film series and leaning into the natural absurdities of one of the horror genre's most overt manifestations of man's duality. Casting the lead roles of doomed Americans David Kessler and Jack Goodman was of paramount importance; the movie was conceived as homage to "The Wolf Man," after all. The suits at Universal initially wanted SNL alum and "Blues Brothers" stars Dan Akroyd and John Belushi to lead, but Landis went with unknowns David Naughton and Griffin Dunne instead.

An ordinary casting process might include screen tests and further evaluations of the actor, but the way Naughton told it to journalist Sandy Auden, one meeting with the "Animal House" director was all it took to land the role of the doomed backpacker. He describes...

Keep your warm-colored lights and green pine trees. For some of us, October is the most wonderful time of the year. You can smell it as autumnal leaves drifting across the grass; you can hear it as children laugh in their most beloved Halloween costumes; and you can see it with the cornucopia of horror movies to watch.

Aye, horror flicks are the most important part of the season to some. For 31 days, you don’t need an excuse to indulge in the wicked and the weird, and to hopefully scare yourself silly. But in an age of streaming, and when countless mounds of content is being thrown at you, how do you decide what to watch? Well, at least when it comes to Amazon Prime Video, we have a few ideas…

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

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Telluride Horror Show today announced the full program for its 13th film festival, scheduled for October 14-16, 2022, in the funky and unique mining-turned-ski town of Telluride, Colorado.

“This year’s program features a robust international lineup with the latest and best horror films from 15 countries around the world, with numerous directors and cast and crew members in person. Attendees will have a chance to meet Hollywood legend Clint Howard at Friday’s Ice Scream Social, where he’ll be scooping ice cream before the festival’s retro program of Ice Cream Man with Q&a presented by Vinegar Syndrome. Pass holders will also be able to test their horror movie knowledge on Sunday during Fright or Wrong’s Horror Trivia, where players are encouraged to arrive dressed as their favorite horror villain.

“Several other free events will be open to the public throughout the weekend including the 2022 Horror Summit, as...

41 years after its release in theaters, John Landis' "An American Werewolf in London" seems nearly as modern today as it did in 1981. That's partly because the script wasn't even a product of its own time — Landis came up with the idea in the late '60s, while working on "Kelly's Heroes" as a Pa in Yugoslavia. After witnessing a "gypsy funeral," the 18-year-old Landis was taken with the clash between his so-called civilized background and the fervent belief in superstition and the supernatural he witnessed at the funeral.

As the young Landis began his directing career in earnest during the '70s, he kept trying to get "American Werewolf" made, to no avail. Not only was this due to his relative inexperience early in his career, but people who read the "Werewolf" script were confused by its blend of humor and horror.

To be sure, that blend may have been...

Fall is here, and there is a bevy of excellent newly added movies streaming on Amazon Prime Video to get you in the mood for the season change. Whether it’s a horror classic, Oscar-winning thriller or genuinely great animated film, there’s a little something for everyone in our curated list of some of the best new movies streaming on Amazon Prime Video this month. So if you’re having trouble picking a movie to watch, you can’t go wrong with something on our list.

These are some of the best new movies streaming on Amazon Prime Video in September 2022.

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Rebecca Balding, the energetic actress who appeared opposite Billy Crystal on Soap and portrayed Alyssa Milano’s newspaper boss on Charmed, has died. She was 73.

Balding died Monday in Park City after a battle with ovarian cancer, her husband of 41 years, writer-director-producer James L. Conway, announced.

Balding also starred in the horror films The Silent Scream (1979) and the Conway-directed The Boogens (1981). They first met during her audition.

Conway was a producer on The WB’s Charmed when his wife portrayed Elise Rothman, editor-in-chief of The Bay Mirror, where Milano’s Phoebe Halliwell worked as an advice columnist. She appeared on 22 episodes during the last five seasons (2002-06) of the supernatural series.

On the ABC sitcom Soap, Balding recurred as attorney Carol David, who seduces Crystal’s openly gay Jodie Dallas and becomes pregnant. When he decides to “do the right thing” and marry her,...

Hello, dear readers! As time marches on, that means we have another bunch of horror and sci-fi home media releases making their debut on Tuesday, and there are some genuinely fun movies, both new and old, featured in this week’s offerings. For all you lycanthropes out there, you’ll definitely want to pick up Arrow Video’s brand-new Limited Edition 4K release of An American Werewolf in London, or if you’re more in the mood for a classic chiller, then you should check out Scream Factory’s Blu-ray for Nightmare. In terms of more recent horror titles, both The Boy Behind the Door and John and the Hole are headed home on multiple formats, and for those of you looking for something a bit more sci-fi, Project Gemini from Well Go USA should do the trick.

Other releases for March 15th include Southland Tales: Standard Special Edition,...

The smash hit monster-gore popcorn flick comes to 4K Ultra HD two years and four months after a deluxe Blu-ray, so we do a pointed comparison for purchase-crazy fans that want official sanction for their madness. Happily, you don’t need to be full-moon looney to go for the 4K: David Naughton and Griffin Dunne’s descent into a lycanthropic nightmare is as wrenching as ever.

An American Werewolf in London 4K

4K Ultra-hd

Arrow Video

1981 / B&w / 1:85 widescreen / 97 min. / Street Date March 15, 2022 / Available from / 59.95

Starring: David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine, Brian Glover, Frank Oz, Sydney Bromley.

Cinematography: Robert Paynter

Art Director: Leslie Dilley

Film Editor: Malcolm Campbell

Original Music: Elmer Bernstein

Special Makeup Effects Designer and Creator: Rick Baker

Produced by George Folsey Jr., Peter Guber, John Peters

Written and Directed by John Landis

The street date for a 4K disc of a certain high-profile...

” A naked American man stole my balloons.”

An American Werewolf In London (1982) will be available in 4K Ultra HD March 15th from Arrow Video

One of the greatest directors of the 1980s, John Landis, expertly combines macabre horror with dark humour in the lycanthropic classic, An American Werewolf in London.

American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. David awakes in a London hospital to find his friend dead and his life in disarray. Retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, he soon experiences disturbing changes to his mind and body, undergoing a full-moon transformation that will unleash terror on the streets of the capital…

An American Werewolf in London had audiences howling with laughter and recoiling in terror upon its cinema release. Landis’ film has gone on to become one of the most important horror films of its decade,...

Gold Derby odds-makers are betting on Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” to clean up in the below-the-line categories – as of this writing it’s projected for six wins! – but one category where it might have some stiff competition is Best Makeup and Hairstyling. As I noted in my previous piece about the category, transforming actors for biopics has often led to Oscar gold, and yet there’s also plenty of historical precedent for the academy to pick a fantasy or science-fiction epic like “Dune,” which features exemplary work by Donald Mowat and his team of artists and stylists.

This year the Makeup category turns 40 years old, with hairstylists added as award recipients in 1993, and then hairstyling was added to the name of the category in 2012. But the very first competitive winner in the category, after a couple honorary awards (for 1964’s “7 Faces of Dr. Lao” and 1968’s “Planet of the Apes...

Horror fans are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the genre favorite An American Werewolf in London. Written and directed by John Landis, the movie premiered on the big screen on Aug. 21, 1981, to great success at the box office. It was also a hit with critics and won the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film that year. Over the past four decades, the cult classic is still highly revered and widely considered to be one of the greatest werewolf movies ever made.

The synopsis for the movie reads: "David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne), two American college students, are backpacking through Britain when a large wolf attacks them. David survives with a bite, but Jack is brutally killed. As David heals in the hospital, he's plagued by violent nightmares of his mutilated friend, who warns David that he is becoming a werewolf. When David discovers the horrible truth, he contemplates...

As we wrap up the month of March, we have one final round of horror and sci-fi home media releases on tap before we start looking towards April and beyond, and I hope you have your wallets ready, because this week’s slate of titles is a budget killer, no doubt. Arrow Video is celebrating the 40th anniversary of An American Werewolf in London this year with a brand new limited edition Steelbook, and Warner Archives is showing some love to a few older titles this Tuesday as well: Isle of the Dead and The Bermuda Depths.

Vinegar Syndrome is keeping busy with a handful of new releases this week, too, including The Fear, Nightmare Weekend, Graduation Day, and Hitcher in the Dark. Severin Films is also celebrating a pair of films from Álex de la Iglesia with their Special Edition Blus for The Day of the Beast and Perdita Durango,...

Arrow Video will continue to bring an eclectic range of films to Blu-ray in 2021, with their March releases including a double feature Blu-ray of The Invisible Man Appears / The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly, Patrick Picard's The Bloodhound (a new take on Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher"), and a limited edition steelbook of An American Werewolf in London.

The Invisible Man Appears / The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly Blu-ray: "Finally released outside Japan for the very first time, these unique riffs on H.G. Wells’ classic character (though undoubtedly also indebted to Universal’s iconic film series) are two of the earliest examples of tokusatsu (special effects) cinema from Daiei Studios, later the home of Gamera.

In The Invisible Man Appears, written and directed by Nobuo Adachi in 1949, a scientist successfully creates an invisibility serum, only to be kidnapped by a...

Hello, readers! In anticipation of the launch of Daily Dead’s 8th annual Holiday Gift Guide later this month, we’re going to spend the next few weeks celebrating a series of independent artists who specialize in creating horror-themed merchandise. Be sure to check back every day throughout the month of November to learn more about all of these indie artisans, and hopefully these profiles will help inspire your holiday shopping lists this year. Cheers!

I first came across the artwork of Chantal Handley a few years ago on Twitter, and was immediately drawn into the intimacy of her work. Her portraits are absolutely stunning, and if you’re looking for some iconic horror art to fill your walls, or give as a gift this season, be sure to visit Chantal’s online store at: https://www.chantallaurahandley.com/collections/art-prints. Chantal also sells other merchandise, including face masks, with...

An unexpected current hit on Netflix is Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, a musical comedy about a pair of struggling Icelandic musicians determined to be the country’s pick for the titular pan-continental singing competition. One of its most memorable aspects was a cameo appearance from Demi Lovato, and even more surprising was what convinced her to take part.

In the film, Lovato plays Katiana Lindsdóttir, a talented and glamorous singer whose selection to represent the island nation is pretty much a given, only for her to perish along with all the other potential contestants when the boat on which they’re partying explodes, leaving the hapless Lars and Sigrit as the only ones left.

Later in the film, Katiana reappears as a ghost offering a doom-laden portent of danger, her skin charred to cinders and flames licking about her face. According to director David Dobkin, far...

In our 100th episode, Edgar Wright takes us on a musical journey through some of his favorite cinematic needle drops.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970)

Baby Driver (2017)

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Vanishing Point (1971)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Deja Vu (2006)

Man On Fire (2004)

The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

Alien (1979)

The Mexican (2001)

Gremlins (1984)

American Graffiti (1973)

Star Wars (1977)

Jaws (1975)

The Exorcist (1973)

Halloween (1978)

The Amityville Horror (1979)

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Deep Red (1976)

Suspiria (1977)

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)

An American Werewolf In London (1981)

The Long Goodbye (1973)

The Evil Dead (1983)

Face/Off (1997)

The Wizard Of Oz (1939)

Mandy (2018)

The Hallow (2015)

The Nun (2018)

Mulholland Drive (2001)

Christine (1983)

Blue Collar (1978)

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Mauvais Sang (1986)

Frances Ha (2012)

The Lovers On The Bridge (1991)

Holy Motors (2012)

Annette (Tbd)

Goodfellas (1990)

Mean Streets (1973)

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)

Raging Bull (1980)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Mad Max (1979)

Babe (1995)

Happy Feet (2006)

Dr. Strangelove...

I hope you have your wallets ready, horror fans, because this week’s home media releases are ready to break your bank accounts. There are a lot of cool titles hitting Blu on Tuesday, but without a doubt, Criterion’s new Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films set looks to be the best of the bunch, as it has everything a kaiju fan could want and more. Arrow Video has assembled a comprehensive Special Edition release for An American Werewolf in London, and for those of you who love Chuck Russell’s remake of The Blob, you’ll definitely want to pick up Scream Factory’s new Collector’s Edition Blu.

Two Evil Eyes, the Poe adaptation from George A. Romero and Dario Argento, is getting a Limited Edition Blu this week, and there a ton of cult titles also receiving some well-deserved HD overhauls as well: Paganini Horror, Werewolf in a Girls’ Dormitory,...

An old-fashioned monster movie gore-fest that hasn’t dimmed in popularity, John Landis’s slightly twisted telling of a hiking mishap pulled nervous laughter from audiences pre-primed to expect ground-breakingly shocking special effects. Rick Baker delivers the shape-shifting fireworks in a two-minute sequence that goes way beyond easy laughs. The story is thin but the execution slick in a Landis film fashioned from his own screenplay, written at age 19.

An American Werewolf in London

Blu-ray

Arrow Video

1981 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 97 min. / Street Date October 29, 2019 / 49.95

Starring: David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine, Brian Glover, Frank Oz, Sydney Bromley.

Cinematography: Robert Paynter

Film Editor: Malcolm Campbell

Original Music: Elmer Bernstein

Art Direction: Leslie Dilley

Special Makeup Effects Designer and Creator: Rick Baker

Produced by George Folsey Jr., Peter Guber, John Peters

Written and Directed by John Landis

John Landis didn’t overtax Hollywood connections to get into moviemaking. A fast-talking...