An American Werewolf in London
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1981 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | John Landis |
| Cast | David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine |
| Genre | Horror comedy |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | An American Werewolf in London | – |
| Español | Un hombre lobo americano en Londres | Un hombre lobo americano en Londres |
| Français | Le Loup-garou de Londres | Le Loup-garou de Londres |
| Deutsch | American Werewolf | American Werewolf |
| Português | Um Lobisomem Americano em Londres | Um Lobisomem Americano em Londres |
| Italiano | Un lupo mannaro americano a Londra | Un lupo mannaro americano a Londra |
| Русский | Американский оборотень в Лондоне | Amerikanskiy 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 | – |
| 한국어 | 런던의 늑대인간 | London-ui neukdaeingan |
| ไทย | คนหอนคืนโหด | Khon hon khuen hot |
| Tiếng Việt | Người sói Mỹ ở London | Nguoi soi My o London |
| Bahasa Indonesia | An American Werewolf in London | An 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
