Writer-Director John Landis is well known for his classic comedies like The Kentucky Fried Movie (1976), National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978) and The Blues Brothers (1980), but in 1981 he took a stab (pun intended) at something different: Horror. The result is one of the most clever black comedy-horror films […]
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“I didn’t mean to call you meatloaf Jack” John Landis’ brilliant 1981 black comedy-werewolf horror classic AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON will be getting a special 35th Anniversary BluRay release on September 27th from Universal Home Video. BUY FROM AMAZON Synopsis: Best friends David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne) […]
“Bluto’s right. Psychotic… but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons, but that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid […]
In 1980, a film came out that celebrated film in all it’s glory. Not so much in a serious way, but in a “your crazy ideas and dreams can come true” kind of way. Director John Landis had made several really great comedies in the 70s including Schlock, The Kentucky […]