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An American Werewolf in London

An American Werewolf in London

■ Basic Data

ItemContent
Year1981
CountryUnited States
DirectorJohn Landis
CastDavid Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine
GenreHorror comedy

■ Title Language Table

LanguageTextRomanization
EnglishAn American Werewolf in London
EspañolUn hombre lobo americano en LondresUn hombre lobo americano en Londres
FrançaisLe Loup-garou de LondresLe Loup-garou de Londres
DeutschAmerican WerewolfAmerican Werewolf
PortuguêsUm Lobisomem Americano em LondresUm Lobisomem Americano em Londres
ItalianoUn lupo mannaro americano a LondraUn lupo mannaro americano a Londra
РусскийАмериканский оборотень в ЛондонеAmerikanskiy oboroten v Londone
中文(简体)美国狼人在伦敦
中文(繁體)美國狼人在倫敦
한국어런던의 늑대인간London-ui neukdaeingan
ไทยคนหอนคืนโหดKhon hon khuen hot
Tiếng ViệtNgười sói Mỹ ở LondonNguoi soi My o London
Bahasa IndonesiaAn American Werewolf in LondonAn American Werewolf in London
日本語狼男アメリカンOkamiotoko Amerikan

■ One-Line Definition

👉 A work that depicts a structure in which rational modern identity and cursed bodily transformation collide within survivor guilt.


■ Synopsis

An American traveler survives a werewolf attack in Britain, only to become the carrier of a curse that turns grief, desire, and the body against the self.


■ RECIPE Tags

#CursedTransformation #SurvivorGuilt #BodyAlienation #RationalDenial


■ Primary Axis

  • Entry: The modern self confronted by archaic curse
     Reason: Rational explanation fails before a bodily law older than the social world.
     Related Film: The Wolf Man
  • Middle: Transformation as loss of moral agency
     Reason: The body commits violence that the conscious self cannot govern or undo.
     Related Film: Ginger Snaps
  • Core: Survival becoming responsibility for uncontrollable harm
     Reason: Remaining alive means carrying a curse that destroys others and the self.
     Related Film: The Fly

■ Secondary Axes

  • The dead as witnesses of guilt: The victims return not as rescue but as moral pressure.
     Related Film: Jacob’s Ladder
  • Love facing monstrous embodiment: Intimacy collapses when the beloved body becomes a lethal other.
     Related Film: Cat People

■ Person

  • Director: John Landis
  • Cast: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine

■ Structural Tags

#CursedEmbodiment #AgencyCollapse #GuiltReturn


■ Attribute Tags

#UnitedStates #1981Film #WerewolfFilm

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