Day 19, Aoooowwwwoooh Werewolves of London

Director John Landis was traveling through Eastern Europe when the idea that would become An American Werewolf in Londoncame to him. As the story goes he saw a group of what looked to be gypsies practicing a ritual over the grave of one of their family. They told him it was to prevent the dead from returning to the world of the living. His 20th century method of thinking saw these rituals are leftovers of a forgotten time, and a movie was born.

What if a 20th century American was bitten by a werewolf while crossing the Scottish Highlands? Would that man believe what had happened? Or would his logical modern mind deny the foolish myths of the past. It’s safe to assume that he denied the truth or else there would not have been a movie featuring Rick Baker on the make up effects. The movie was filmed on location in London, and features much local color making it an excellent time capsule of both cinematic horror history and British history.