Ten Things You Might Not Know About An American Werewolf In London

The werewolf transformation scene in An American Werewolf In London will no doubt go down as one of the greatest practical makeup effects in the history of moviemaking. With that in mind, here are ten things you might not know about An American Werewolf In London.

Director John Landis first wrote the film when he was a teenager, but Hollywood wanted nothing to do with the script for a decade. Landis directed mega hits Animal House and Blues Brothers before he got financing for An American Werewolf In London.

Unlike most films, the film was shot mostly in sequence.

Rick Baker received the first ever Academy Award for makeup (the category was created in 1981) for his work on the film.

Star David Naughton lost his job doing Dr. Pepper commercials after he appeared nude in An American Werewolf In London.

All the songs in the movie have the word Moon in their title.

The film was purposely shot in February and March in the Welsh town of Crickadarn because John Landis wanted bad weather for the scenes.

The famous werewolf transformation scene took six days to shoot, involving ten hours per day of makeup getting applied, five hours on set, and then another three hours to remove the makeup.

David Naughton was actually naked during the transformation and dream sequence. Landis had to be careful not to shoot any full frontal shots because the character in the film was Jewish but Naughton was never circumcised.

The fake porno movie “See You Next Wednesday” was written into the script after Landis went back to London in 1980 and noticed all the porno theaters at Piccadilly circus.

Michael Jackson was such a big fan of the film that he hired John Landis and Rick Baker to direct and do the zombie make up for his Thriller music video.

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