An American Werewolf In London Deleted Scenes Official

The skeleton makeup limited Dunne’s jaw movement so severely that his dialogue was unintelligible. ADR (automated dialogue replacement) couldn't save it because the lip movements didn't match the words. Landis scrapped the final act appearance, leaving Jack to fade away after the porn theater. The skeleton footage remains a Holy Grail for collectors, though Baker once joked in an interview: "It looked like a Muppet. We were right to burn it."

In an interview with "The A.V. Club," Landis explained, "I think we had a better film, to be honest with you, before we cut it down. But, you know, you have to make a film that the studio will let you make, and you have to make a film that will get a certain rating."

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Scenes were filmed showing the police investigating the carnage left by the werewolf. A specific sequence involved David being taken to the police station for questioning regarding the murders. While there, he begins to hallucinate the ghosts of his victims—just as he does in the hospital. This subplot would have raised the stakes, showing David trying to navigate human law while being hunted by a supernatural curse. Landis ultimately decided that seeing David handcuffed and interrogated slowed down the frantic energy of the third act.

One of the most famous entirely excised subplots from the film involves a bumbling London police officer and a high-class call girl. Set during David’s second night as a werewolf—the night he wreaks havoc across London—this sequence was designed to inject more of Landis’s trademark slapstick comedy into the narrative.

The most famous "lost" scene involved the werewolf attacking three homeless men in a junkyard. It was cut because test audiences found it too distracting and intense; no audio or video is known to survive. The skeleton makeup limited Dunne’s jaw movement so

However, Oz originally filmed a second, entirely different cameo. He played a man staying in the hospital bed next to David. In this cut scene, Oz's character interacts with David during his recovery, delivering a heavy dose of dry, British humor. Landis ultimately cut the scene because he felt it slowed down the pacing of the hospital segment and distracted from David’s growing psychological torment. Extended Dialogue and Character Beats

Rick Baker won the inaugural Academy Award for Best Makeup for his revolutionary, painful-looking werewolf transformation. The sequence is already long and grueling, but Baker actually shot even more practical effects.

Mastering errors and local censorship have led to several different versions appearing on home media over the years: The skeleton footage remains a Holy Grail for

An extended moment where Jack (in his decaying undead form) eats a piece of toast, which then falls out of a hole in his torn throat. This was cut to help the film secure an "R" rating in the U.S.

This scene was actually included in the original theatrical release but was famously missing from certain Region 2 Special Edition DVDs due to a mastering error. It is restored on most modern Blu-ray releases. Other Notable Edits

The behind John Landis's recurring Easter egg movie See You Next Wednesday .

While John Landis’s 1981 masterpiece An American Werewolf in London

Here is the comprehensive breakdown of the deleted, extended, and lost scenes from An American Werewolf in London . The Restored and Known Deleted Scenes