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An American Werewolf in Paris

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This movie is one of the greatest werewolf tales of all time! An american teenager, visiting Paris, discovers a remarkable girl and falls in love. It turns out that she is actually only a girl by day and a bloodthirsty wolf by night, but only on nights with a full moon... The boy gets caught up with her werewolf friends and when he is bitten by his lover while trying to escape from her, he finds out that he has become a werewolf himself! Amazing special effects and an exciting plot make this one of the greatest werewolf movies of all time! An age old story set in the present, with all of the problems of a teenager combined! Brilliant!

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First off, if you expect to see anything about David Kessler and Jack Goodman (The main characters in "An American Werewolf in London") don't watch this. It has nothing to do with any of those characters. It is it's own movie and having said that, let me add it's pretty good too. Although the f/x in "London" were much better as was the story, this still holds it's own. It has lot's of genuine scares as well as laughs, the f/x were o.k. too (Although Rick Baker should have been called back in.) If you are looking for a movie that doesn't make fun of the whole genre like the "Howling" sequels did, you will like this one. I highly recommend it.

Being a big fan of the John Landis original I decided to give this movie a chance and sat down with some popcorn and soda and hit "play." Moments later I was shaking my head and pondering switching to one of my favorite television shows.
This movie is a pale imitation of the original `American Werewolf in London' and I imagine that the director of that 1981 classic John Landis was none to pleased to be associated with this production (in the credits it refers to using characters from the original).
Right from the get-go we can tell though that whereas the original had a wicked dry streak of humor to it (one of the tracks was `Blue Moon') this one is instead going to take a more slapstick approach.
As the movie begins we join three American friends who are on a round Europe trip taking a series of daredevil stunts. Being obviously hormone driven (they all eye-up a French girl on the train and discuss how European girls are more sophisticated), I would venture a guess they would feel quite at home in a Farrelly brothers production. Upon arrival in the French capital they sneak onto the Eiffel Tower at night and as one of them prepares to bungee jump off the top some quick thinking allows the hapless hero to save a girls life.
Left with only the girls shoe the three track down the girl down after which time they discover her deep secret.
This may be some people's idea of a great or fun movie. Personally though it was not mine and afterwards I did switch to watch Prue, Piper and Phoebe battle demons and warlocks.
One bright spot this movie does have is some pretty nifty werewolf effects

For those that waited all these years for a sequel to the classic American Werewolf in London, the wait is not over.

American adventurers looking for thrills across Europe decide to bungy jump from the Eiffel Tower. But there is a beautiful woman who is going to commit suicide by jumping. One of the boys jumps to her rescue. But her secret is she is a werewolf and accidentally infects him.

Well, it turns out that there is a pack of werewolves in Paris and they feed on Americans. (Let's talk obvious stereotyping.) While at times it is good (especially when Julie Delpy is on screen).

Don't waste your time watch the original!!!

Serge Basso stars in a weak sequel to "London".

Three Americans in Paris on a train ride, BS each other about getting sex points and doing some kind of sporting event where they never seem to reach. They sneak onto the Eiffel Tower to bungee jump. However a girl also is there and she tries to jump. Our hero saves her life and she tries to avoid him at every turn. That's because she's cursed with being a werewolf!

There's a bunch of slapstick comedy in this film and some rock tunes to liven a rather tired script. New things are introduced regarding the werewolf myth: Any kind of bullets kill them and not just silver ones. In fact this film could use a silver lining. Another thing is the "undead" which are really spirits killed by werewolves who are doomed to walk the earth until the werewolf who made them that way dies and eat their hearts.

But when one of our friends is killed and "doomed to walk the earth" he goes away when his werewolf is merely shot. Huh?

Hey, try not to think too hard.

"London" is a better film than this one. We have bad werewolves who wish to clean the Earth of crazies and druggies, so what better way than to eat them alive at raves. They lock up the doors and tear them apart.

Cute romance with the werewolf girl, some comedy with dog interaction and some fun with red meat and mixing hearts in a blender.

This movie will not steal your heart, sadly. Great special effects and big red claw marks, eyes and blood popping out, should satisfy some gore fiends, but that's about it.

Film for fans of werewolf movies and fans of An American Werewolf in London. Fair horror comedy.

John Landis did better:

American Werewolf in London Special Edition

I was eager to see this movie, having loved the original "American Werewolf" movie; but was sadly disappointed. I didn't care at all for the characters, the humor was missing completely and generally it stank up the screen. Mark me off if you don't agree - I know you rude lot will anyway - but that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Bear in mind, it would take nothing short of a miracle to surpass the originality and greatness of the original film that this movie is based on. But as an updated version in an entirely different city it does a pretty good job. The Werewolf effects were great, the death scenes very graphic and bloody. It was pretty obvious that the effects were CGI but being a horror movie my disbelief was already pretty much in the stratosphere. The beautiful French actress, Julie Delpy is great and Tom Everret Scott plays the lead very well. The only thing that gets me is that it took so damn long for a sequel to An American Werewolf in London and yet there have been several sequels to The Howling, which is just a terrible werewolf film. There needs to be more American Werewolf movies! If you're a Horror/gore fan this movie is right up your alley. Arguing corpses, neo-nazi Werewolves and a great sense of humor make this an enjoyable sequel to the original that's far better than the Howling (if you like The Howling, I'd suggest checking out Howling V: Rebirth, it's a pretty spooky movie with good werewolf effects). All in all if you loved the first movie you'll at least like the second, so check it out all you little lycanthropes!

Thank you for my dvd An American Werewolf in Paris. I've looked all over for this movie on dvd and could not find it.I have it on vhs but prefer dvd. Thank you very much for having what im looking for and the express shipping. I received the product within days of the order. Thanks again! Recommendations sent. Tom Everett Scott is Hott!!!

If you liked American Werewolf In London, you will like this film. It follows the same mythology where the attack survivor is a person by day and wolf by the full moon phases. While in human form, the person sees ghost of all their victims encouring them to end the line of the curse by killing them selves.

It has the same quirky humor with the twist of a female anti-hero. The film has some fantastic special effects for its time that predate ccg.

This is still a good film but the first is better. This had comedy mixed horror like the first but then this one will appeal more to the younger generation as American werewolf in London was very retro 80s. This film also has a happy ending, unlike the first.