An American Werewolf In London Deleted Scenes

What was deleted was a . The script originally called for Jack to appear in three states: "The Fresh Corpse" (at the moors), "The Rotten" (in the porno theater), and "The Skeleton" (in the final act). The final act version—a fully talking skeleton—was filmed.

Test audiences despised it. They felt it invalidated David’s tragic sacrifice (he begs the police to kill him). Landis also admitted that while the "monster baby" trope works for The Wolf Man sequels, it was too cynical for a film that was, at its heart, a black romantic comedy. The freeze-frame was a last-minute decision in the editing bay. The "Surreal Soho" Montage The film is famous for its depiction of London’s seedy Soho district. But a deleted musical montage, set to The Marcels’ version of "Blue Moon," was shot to bridge David’s descent from "tourist" to "wolf." an american werewolf in london deleted scenes

Until Universal decides to release a 4K box set with these fragments (don’t hold your breath), the deleted scenes of An American Werewolf in London remain exactly where they belong: howling in the dark, just outside the frame, waiting for the next full moon to rise. Did we miss a scene? Some fans swear there is alternate footage of David shooting himself with a silver bullet. That, however, is a myth from the novelization. Stay off the moors. What was deleted was a

After waking naked in the wolf cage at the zoo, David doesn't simply return to Nurse Price’s apartment. Instead, he wanders into the London Underground. Here, he encounters a group of commuters who look exactly like his dead friend Jack. But not the decaying, rotting Jack of the final film—a pristine, smiling Jack. The script describes a sequence where David boards a train car filled with "Jack clones," all whispering, "Beware the moon." Test audiences despised it