What really makes this scene is the acting. You REALLY feel that he's in extreme pain because of this transformation.
@amandaeklund81362 жыл бұрын
Why does it hurt so much? I can almost feel it :-( 😱😱
@maggotwclf2 жыл бұрын
@@amandaeklund8136 tbh if your bones and flesh were morphing and snapping into different places along with your teeth suddenly growing out to fangs it'd hurt like hell
@davidbutler16222 жыл бұрын
Yeah he experienced every bone in his body breaking even his face
@marlorice68812 жыл бұрын
Yes he did! You imagine the pain.he felt
@georgefindlay19822 жыл бұрын
I felt it then and i felt it now 😂😂
@jermainehaslam56343 жыл бұрын
I like the little details before David's transformation, like the dog barking and the cat hissing showing that the animal can sense the evil beast within David that's going to surface once the full moon appears and it also gives the audience clarity that Jack was right about the werewolf curse!
@rosewetzel82843 жыл бұрын
So that means that David transformed into a demon and became completely evil?
@ricocox25912 жыл бұрын
I didn't even notice that until now. Thank you
@amandahugenkiz28862 жыл бұрын
Animals can sense those emotions
@jonlacey3162 жыл бұрын
The song bad moon rising too
@ahmetabramov69862 жыл бұрын
I'm
@kirk82752 жыл бұрын
David was such a likeable character. The director did a great job in making us believe in him, and the fact that he never would've hurt a soul if it weren't for the terrible curse that he did nothing to deserve. Brilliant film.
@desmondedwards82342 жыл бұрын
I heard that being a werewolf makes you angry easily so if David would have lived longer than he will probably start having anger issues.
@kanekiwhite7827 Жыл бұрын
@@desmondedwards8234 Depends on how powerful the curse is. Different variants and all.
@josephcasanova1975 Жыл бұрын
I can't help but wonder either. In underworld the lycans can change at will as they get older. They also become aware as they get older. In other words they can control what they do as werewolves. I wonder if the werewolves in An American Werewolf In London become aware. They seemed to be aware in the sequel An American Werewolf In Paris
@ramps2402 Жыл бұрын
@@josephcasanova1975 American werewolf in Paris was awful though mate.
@josephcasanova1975 Жыл бұрын
@@ramps2402 agreed
@mikebasil48322 жыл бұрын
To this day, this is the cinema's most powerful metamorphosis sequence. David Naughton deserves great praise. Especially for his delivery of: "I didn't mean to call you 'meatloaf', Jack!"
@SerginhoPMoura2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, why did he say that in that moment specifically?
@posniknelb61142 жыл бұрын
He was apologizing for not believing Jack, when he told him, he will change and kill people. David said to him, I'm not listening or being threatened by a walking meatloaf. It was an apology.
@mauricebrocklehurst23582 жыл бұрын
Yeah that bit always cracks me up
@mauricebrocklehurst23582 жыл бұрын
@@SerginhoPMoura it's simple he said it because he's in so much pain and he's calling out for help trying to get jack to help him hoping Jack will turn up and help just imagine if you're in that kind of pain you would be begging for someone to help 🙏 if you listen closely you can' hear him say please help me jack.
@joannestewart56652 жыл бұрын
The absolute best! Hands down. Even with all the newer technology today, nothing comes close.
@wybub2 жыл бұрын
Something I've always found unsettling is how *sudden* the transformation just hits. It's literally a split second change from perfectly calm, no pain at all to the most head splitting, horrible sensations David can feel as his body literally changes on probably a DNA Level, his flesh and bones reform into new shapes, etc. It just made it all the more horrifying when he's relaxed, calm and suddenly the pain just slams into him. It's truly horrifying.
@ToastyBunsMcGee Жыл бұрын
This and his acting is fantastic. I believe he’s in experiencing the most agonizing pain he’s ever felt. The horror of having no control over it too.
@pugtie4695 Жыл бұрын
It's not just a curse for the people he kills but also the person who changes into the wolf.
@terryreknaw6152 Жыл бұрын
This happens to me every Friday.
@mmccormick2770 Жыл бұрын
Why would a kid say the word no like that?
@christyjackson4835 Жыл бұрын
It's Hollywood ok? Lol
@niconice21713 жыл бұрын
40 years later and still the BEST Werewolf Transformation scene ever! Happy 40th Anniversary to my all time favorite horror movie!
@insanelook2 жыл бұрын
Check "the howling", it predates it.
@ASparkleross2 жыл бұрын
I think the transformations in The Wolfman from 2010 were well done too. But it's crazy they were able to do so much then without the technology available now.
@niconice21712 жыл бұрын
@@insanelook By a month 🤣 and it's still not on the level of this one
@insanelook2 жыл бұрын
@@niconice2171 "the howling" was way scarier than "an american....", and the sfx astonishing for it's time, just saying.
@gu25742 жыл бұрын
@@insanelook The howling transformation was also very impressive and would say it's 2nd best, but I still think this transformation is still #1.
@MicahDarkFantasy3 жыл бұрын
This is the perfect example of what a painful transformation is.
@adman13812 жыл бұрын
Makes sense. Landis once said in an interview that if you body changes from a 2 legged man into a 4 legged beast, then it’s going to really hurt.
@posniknelb61142 жыл бұрын
This is a perfect imaging of transformation. This is my favourite horror film of all. The humour also makes everything feel more real. Beats any CGI rubbish
@ryanc56812 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that too. I felt the pain lol
@ryanc56812 жыл бұрын
He asking for help cuz so painful but if help came they would probably make it worse the him down and do experiments on him so I would just lock the doors and take it for what it is no stopping it anyhow
@georgebush88242 жыл бұрын
Super saiyan 3 transformation lol
@dearlydeparted5729 Жыл бұрын
The sounds of his bones changing shape make it great as well and the fact that his voice becomes more of a howl as the transformation goes on
@konstantinoskaragiannis15963 жыл бұрын
"An American Werewolf In London"(1981) is the best Werewolf horror movie of all time! This transformation is the most inspiring, well made, and scary ever made!
@PauloPereira-jj4jv2 жыл бұрын
The Howling is even more scary. Because you have no empathy with the characters.
@alexm46102 жыл бұрын
@@PauloPereira-jj4jv eh personally I feel American werewolf was wayyyy better than the Howling but to each their own lol
@eiseneuter20342 жыл бұрын
Maybe the best Horrorfilm of all time.
@boogieboy1974 Жыл бұрын
@@alexm4610 agree with you totally, this film had everything special effects, cast, story and a banging soundtrack
@michaelhart6318 Жыл бұрын
Those who enjoyed "The Howling" would like to give you a piece of their mind.
@lukez97212 жыл бұрын
I like the foreshadowing with the dog and cat being scared of him. Almost like they could sense that there was a monster inside him waiting to be awakened
@karineaudet62702 жыл бұрын
Yes the beast
@devinmceachern3 жыл бұрын
Happy 40th anniversary to the cast and crew of _An American Werewolf in London._ Special thanks to the legendary Rick Baker for the special makeup effects.
@pieluvr73623 жыл бұрын
And youtube still doesn't have it in free movies
@williamsmith44143 жыл бұрын
I agree w/ u, and there should b an anniversary for 2 alien movies
@carlmorrow16002 жыл бұрын
@@pieluvr7362 it’s free on peacock
@robertmasina46102 жыл бұрын
I don't know if this movie won any awards but it deserved an Oscar in the special effects category.
@devinmceachern2 жыл бұрын
@@robertmasina4610 It did won the Oscar for Best Makeup.
@WammoJammo53 жыл бұрын
Honestly, THE GREATEST TRANSFORMATION IN THE HISTORY OF FILM. THANK YOU RICK BAKER AND LONG LIVE THE FOUR LEGGED HOUND FROM HELL.
@sharrigarvin33483 жыл бұрын
The Howling.
@PauloPereira-jj4jv2 жыл бұрын
The Howling reaches the same level.
@obsoleteelite82582 жыл бұрын
The Howling for sure.
@RevoltOfAges2 жыл бұрын
The Fly (1986) would like a word with you
@snakeeater67382 жыл бұрын
@@RevoltOfAges That happened gradually. Not like this.
@robertcosta69672 жыл бұрын
Saw this in '81 when it came out. Couldn't believe the transformation sequence. Great makeup and stop action. It still holds up to this day. Also great : the Slaughted Lamb scene, English pub with stereotype locals, but hilarious. Also the comic relief of Griffin Dunne. And the complete hotness of Jenny Agutter. A classic horror movie on every level....
@Marvin-dg8vj2 жыл бұрын
I have always had my doubts about the North of England and since then I have avoided places marked with pentangles called the slaughtered anything...especially at night .I stick to the path as well
@jbvader7213 жыл бұрын
40 years later and Rick Baker's makeup effects still hold up. No werewolf transformation that has come since this film has ever topped it. Nor will it ever.
@jimmyo11232 жыл бұрын
Fosho
@lukez97212 жыл бұрын
The transformation scene in the howling was also pretty good
@79byob Жыл бұрын
Michael jackson thriller werecat transformation comes prity close
@areyouavinalaff Жыл бұрын
6:06 it's a shame the budget would only stretch to one fake hand.
@juliaschmidt6511 Жыл бұрын
@@lukez9721 Yes it was
@donreid6399 Жыл бұрын
Rick Baker was a genius with this full-lit transformation. No hiding it in the shadows. He was told by John Landis that he wanted the transformation to occur in a fully-lit apartment, and Baker - despite his worries - stepped up and made it happen. Truly amazing!
@some_guy27732 жыл бұрын
Even the most advanced CGI isn't a patch on these old special effects. Greatest transformation scene ever made, this Werewolf has been burned into my imagination my entire life.
@johncodee91752 жыл бұрын
The so-called sequel to this 'An American Werewolf in Paris' was one such example of CGI gone terribly wrong! The effects in AWIL are amazing to this day!
@admiralackbar93072 жыл бұрын
That's because even the most advanced CG animation looks crap.
@ChocolateMilk..2 жыл бұрын
@@admiralackbar9307 Never been a single good example of CGI. Glad I stopped watching movies many years ago. Now it's only CGI, super heroes and female heroes. What utter crap and indoctrination younger generations have to go through!
@MaoBZW Жыл бұрын
what makes it complete and perfect is the HOWL of the creature at the end. THIS is one iconic sound i´ll recognize every time anywhere.
@doctorsocrates4413 Жыл бұрын
The finest werewolf transformation ever filmed and the genius rick baker did it with all the lights on..
@deborahracks58476 күн бұрын
YESSSS INDEED ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@Ellio18623 жыл бұрын
Anyone back in the eighties will remember how terrifying it was………… that British TV only had 3 channels to pick from.
@lucylouise49222 жыл бұрын
And it was a better selection of viewing
@georgecoventry84412 жыл бұрын
A far better situation than the present reality.
@leslauner50622 жыл бұрын
American tv was the same. Cable came later.
@GrosvnerMcaffrey5 ай бұрын
Nowadays it's 300 but only 3 have something interesting.
@mud39862 жыл бұрын
David literally turning into a horrific werewolf monster. 7:18 “Mickey Mouse”
@karineaudet62702 жыл бұрын
Ironic huh
@Muskiehuskie87212 жыл бұрын
My favorite part of the whole transformation it's when David looks directing at camera with his arm up directing up Indicating we the audience know that he needs help. 7:03
@karineaudet62702 жыл бұрын
Maybe
@BeastSonic41472 жыл бұрын
Not a bad way to think of it. But I always saw it as David looking at his hand because it was still changing.
@Chuck_EL Жыл бұрын
@@BeastSonic4147 its a homage to the 1930s slapstick comedies where the comedic foil looks into the camera while they are falling or get hurt same as the looney toons cartoons the director said he grew up on and idolized
@Andrea-dp5hs Жыл бұрын
Quisiera saber cómo salió del edificio sin hacer desastre😂😱
@forrestgumball5 ай бұрын
Most brainlet comment i have ever read
@cheowesley8602 жыл бұрын
This has got to be the greatest werewolf transformation put on screen. This one and the one in The Howling are two of my favorites. Both of these are why I love practical effects more than CGI.
@posniknelb61142 жыл бұрын
I agree, but An American Werewolf in London is on a different level to the Howling, which is still good I might add.
@jorgegaytan30122 жыл бұрын
@@posniknelb6114 exactly
@thewkovacs3162 жыл бұрын
yup. this is true movie magic compare this to the wolfman remake and it isnt even close they need to only use cgi when absolutely needed and not simply to save money
@delaney6689 Жыл бұрын
The Howling - transformation is also very good. This one is the best, still after 41 years. CGI just can't quite match this...
@bry2k2 жыл бұрын
The editing in this scene is so incredibly brilliant. Seen it a hundred times and my jaw still drops like the first time I ever saw it.
@venomousfringe3 жыл бұрын
40 years of terror 40 years of comedy 40 years of being an endless classic
@pieluvr73623 жыл бұрын
1 year behind Jason but both are great classics
@notgood30212 жыл бұрын
40 years of hotness… 😍
@prijimonpodimon75182 жыл бұрын
, ⁿ9
@loriem10313 жыл бұрын
I remember going to theater to see this and laughing and having the crap scared out of me....and I believe Rick Baker received an Academy Award for these special effects/makeup....also think about this movie every time I hear "Bad Moon" by CCR🖤
@olepetter72923 жыл бұрын
Shit your old, no offense
@jbvader7213 жыл бұрын
It was the first year the Academy acknowledged Best Makeup. It was occasionally given as a "Special Achievement Award" before it was an actual category in the Awards ceremony. In 1980, when Christopher Tucker's makeup for "The Elephant Man" went completely unacknowledged by the Academy, people were very upset. The Academy almost immediately the next year started the Best Makeup and Hairstyling Category and "American Werewolf" was the first winner. Now, if only the Academy started giving out statues for Stuntwork. That also has gone on completely unacknowledged for far too long.
@thescreamss2 жыл бұрын
I thought it was great camp horror fun
@Acord7182 жыл бұрын
Thriller too
@danielanderson8322 Жыл бұрын
So Rick Baker didn't receive that Oscar 28 years later for The Wolfman (2010)? It was for this werewolf film?
@brentonpope77743 ай бұрын
The shot of the Mickey Mouse figurine looking on was such a brilliant inclusion. This iconic figure of fun and laughter in the middle of absolute terror. The scene is incredible and I can't see it ever being surpassed. They'll probably do some stupid remake one day but cgi just couldn't replicate this. It was the incredible motion capture that made it so believable and the fact that David didn't turn into some ridiculous cliche 'Wolfman' but actually into a Werewolf. To pull off that complex transformation so convincingly back in the eighties is mind blowing.
@thomas_walker10 ай бұрын
there's a reason many people consider this the greatest werewolf transformation in movie history. dude's just chillin when his body turns into sudden agony, screaming as his entire body is broken and warped into that of a beast, all the while blue moon soundtracks the background. a perfect scene
@anibaldk2 жыл бұрын
This was incredibly well done, considering the time when it was filmed. Way more believable than modern CGI.
@TheDemonicChaotic8 ай бұрын
5:20 me when im relaxing and all of a sudden thousands of emberassing memories flash before my eyes
@darkshaman96 ай бұрын
Do You like transform intro a Werewolf?
@TheDemonicChaotic6 ай бұрын
@darkshaman9 what the f- no. I was referring to the part where he said "JESUS CHRIST!!!"
@darkshaman96 ай бұрын
@@TheDemonicChaotic Yes, but it is very strange that you said it in this transformation video, that's why I asked you if you would like that to happen to you.
@TheDemonicChaotic6 ай бұрын
@@darkshaman9 if i would like it?! hell nah! keep your kentucky fried fetishes away from me!
@Ivosferatus2 ай бұрын
You feel that too?
@MxMstr712 жыл бұрын
No matter how many times I've seen it, that is the most painful looking transformation I've ever seen! Nothing since, in my opinion, has come close to it, nor surpassed it.
@Nhamp20002 жыл бұрын
Saw it when I was 13. Totally agree.
@izzy3166 Жыл бұрын
Lol. I saw it when I was around 9. Scary as hell!
@17moonbeams2 жыл бұрын
I feel so sorry for both David and Jack. Two such sweet guys. They didn't deserve this curse. 😢❤🐺🐉🦅
@daughterofolaf8 ай бұрын
Agreed. They should have listened about the moors though. 😑
@whobru2 жыл бұрын
I love how he looks straight into the camera and reaches for the audience..works real well and a far departure from filming norms.
@BboyTurok1990 Жыл бұрын
It was like he was looking at us to run away or else you're done for.
@vesbarrow10 ай бұрын
It's like he's looking at the audience to help him.
@ChickenTablet5 ай бұрын
i always loved that scene. it was a fourth wall break that felt like it was telling the viewers to run for their lives, which im pretty sure david himself would actually do so, as he did tell someone to run away whilst he was transforming
@randomguyfan27 Жыл бұрын
Those screams and wailing in pain, then at the very end just 1 lone howl after he is fully transformed, a really gripping and unsettling scene
@marc87503 жыл бұрын
Top 3 favorite horror movies of all time. The transformation scarred me as a kid. As an adult, I get excited when someone says they haven’t seen this movie so I can show it to them
@radartechnicianbob82082 жыл бұрын
Having been totally blind since birth, I have to say this still scares the crap out of me anyway! The sound effects alone are enough to make one feel sick to the stomach, yet unable to stop the movie. Seems like most transformation scenes these days use stock sound effects. This one sounds like nothing I've heard before, and ya gotta give it to folks in the 80s. They always killed it in sound as well as visuals. My kingdom for a descriptive audio narration track that could be turned on or off though. I'd love to get a better look, so to speak.
@Thedesertguy75 Жыл бұрын
I think its clear that practical effects will always win over our senses in the end. I miss this era of life. Everything was just more human, more real. We're smartphone drones now....we avoid each other and walk around trusting nothing and no-one. This is a masterpiece for werewolf movies.
@katherinefox95175 ай бұрын
The greatest werewolf transformation scene ever. And Sam Cooke’s Blue Moon playing in the background makes it perfect.
@nickmorrell35592 жыл бұрын
How is it possible after all these years this is still the best werewolf transformation and the best werewolf film ever ????
@johnrojas9535 Жыл бұрын
A true masterpiece classic
@mosesdavis60073 ай бұрын
You can tell he couldn't relax or do anything knowing that once that moon rises, he will transform
@Vulpine407 Жыл бұрын
To this day, the facial transformation is incredible. If you're curious, Rick Baker made molds of David Naughton's face, cut them into sections, then put pneumatic actuators on sliding joints between them. He then stretched rubber latex skin re-creations over the molds to get that incredible face-changing sequence. IIRC, to get each "phase" of the transformation done, he created a total of eight or nine of the heads. The camera cutaways allowed the substitution of each head in sequence. But it was the movement underneath the latex skin that totally sold the transformation sequence to the audience.
@tustari Жыл бұрын
Filmmakers today are in general simply too lazy to go through such a process. And it’s not even about the money because they throw away loads of it for crappy, fake looking CGI. They lack the ingenuity and improvisational abilities of the filmmakers of old. You will never see special effects on the level of AAWIL or The Thing ever again
@Eidlones11 ай бұрын
@tustari I heard someone point out before, that before CG, you needed quality film makers to pull off special effects well. With CG tho, you don't need that. So the overall quality just drops, and people became reliant on CG. Watch some film reactors watch any movie from 90s or earlier, and you'll see how shocked they are at how amazing all these practical effects look. Quality film making and craft can't be substituted for CG, but it is.
@aaronbraithwaite79612 жыл бұрын
By far the greatest werewolf transformation scene ever
@kaklikful Жыл бұрын
For me the best thing about this sequence is not the transformation itself but david's routine through the day, waiting for the night without knowing if it would really happen
@jay55332 жыл бұрын
I really love the transformation, David Naughton deserves respect, I really love how realistic it is. The first part where he rips his shirt off and go nude because he feels hot is really good, and then hair started to grow on his body and the spine in his back is superb. The hair that running upto his butt us such a great detail.
@tommy1gtr Жыл бұрын
7:00...the way he looks to the audience, pleading with them to help....
@Ivosferatus2 ай бұрын
That's some nice detail
@christianalexander5793 ай бұрын
No wonder it's a horror comedy it was so random how he just jumped out the chair and stared screaming 😂😂
@stephenmurphy22123 жыл бұрын
Can’t believe it’s been 40 years since this film came out. That’s 13 years before I was born.
@MrBlueBot53 жыл бұрын
Yep. 1981 A whole different time
@t-money3.3.33 жыл бұрын
Same here!!! Great film
@Voxemblem2 жыл бұрын
Jeez, 1994
@stephenmurphy22122 жыл бұрын
@@Voxemblem yes
@boysta20113 жыл бұрын
The screams are painful! really demonic and on point. loved it in a wierd way haha
@viktorsilva40173 жыл бұрын
That's gotta be the worst anxiety attack i've ever seen
@savvysearch8 ай бұрын
You can just feel his nerve endings being stretched, bones breaking, skull squeezing his brain and his organs rearranging. This is the most painful transformation in a werewolf movie.
@taajwarpope27083 жыл бұрын
One of the scariest masterpieces of all-time. I started to like werewolves more because they are refer as drug addicts or alcoholics that can't control their impulses.
@DuskChyld2 жыл бұрын
I always thought that werewolf transformations symbolized sexual arousal, your body heat increases and slowly instincts take over, you want to strip down your clothing and the beast within takes over.
@marlorice68812 жыл бұрын
I kind of imagined him transforming and can't remember anything like having a seizure.
@kegmonkey5648 Жыл бұрын
Werewolves are representation of the monster inside all of us. Normal people most of the time, but under the right conditions (a full moon), the monster on the inside comes out.
@videogameguy3722 Жыл бұрын
At 6:17 he screams "help meee, jackk" dammn
@Eddie_Munson_Fan_Edits_.11 ай бұрын
Yeah he's screaming for Jack to help him from the Transformation
@nicky29031977 Жыл бұрын
All the modern CGI cannot compete with the sheer brilliance and power of this transformation.
@davidlisowski52453 жыл бұрын
When the dog was barking at him, I was totally expecting the two girls to look like the twins from The Shining when the camera panned up.
@TreVader13782 жыл бұрын
And still the greatest werewolf movie ever, and let's face it, probably always will be.
@hoffjdod3276 Жыл бұрын
There’s a wolf man reboot on the way its gonna be the first big budget werewolf movie in a while, hopefully they don’t go down the CGI path and use modern practical effects for the transformation scene.
@desertfox738 Жыл бұрын
5:37 when you’ve been holding a shit all day
@blukmage19typeR4 ай бұрын
7:50 If you've played "Altered Beast", then you know where the howling came from, for the Wolfman.
@moose10231 Жыл бұрын
this movie wouldn't be half as spectacular as it is without david naughtons incredible performance
@itsjordan10422 жыл бұрын
7:23 When you realize he just opened his eyes to show off his yellow eyes only to close them back immediately lol
@djmexicanodetx21953 жыл бұрын
My favorite werewolf film. Classic transformation!
@charliekavanagh12173 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@jvsarcamo2 жыл бұрын
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@jvsarcamo2 жыл бұрын
My favorite werewolf film. Classic transformation!
@corrieleijdekkers39632 жыл бұрын
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@ThomasDrishАй бұрын
I was 11 years old when I watched this movie, and needless to say, have watched many horror movies after this, but this scene alone stands out. David was such a likable lead that I didn’t want to believe he was going to become a werewolf, and wanted to believe that Jack was just a figment of his imagination. When he finally transforms into the werewolf, not only were these scenes edited together flawlessly, but you could also see the fight that he was giving to not change over. It’s the only time ever in cinematic history where the viewer feels empathy for not only the victims, but for the antagonist as well. I just wanted to cry when he became the werewolf, because the film spent so much time giving David’s character emotional depth.
@huckxblueberryfan3 жыл бұрын
HALLOWEEN IS IN TWO MONTHS!🎃 I can’t wait to get scared!😱😂 P.S. HERE’S MICKEY MOUSE 6:34
@drewgreenstein48672 жыл бұрын
I will love this movie to the day I die. First saw it in a drive-in back in '82 on a double bill with Cat People. Just a SFX masterpiece from the early 80s! Love how the "feeling" just hits David without any warning at all. Just BOOM! He transforms then goes on his first killing spree in London. A genius and one of a kind werewolf movie we all know and love.
@volcano832 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this as a kid, that shot where it pans up to show the full moon and the music starts playing, I panicked, stopped the tape and went outside in the daylight to calm down and prepare myself
@jonathanacolon20122 жыл бұрын
The caption of this video should be "NYU student has a mental breakdown while studying for his midterm" lmao
@Howlingburd193 күн бұрын
Not enough credit is given to David Naughton who’s acting and sounds of agony truly made it seem like his character was in TOTAL pain throughout the transformation!
@77moessa3 жыл бұрын
Always wondered how did the werewolf get out of that building? Then go back to when David went outside for a sec and left both the main door and apartment door opened....! Its little thing's like these that keep you in suspense!
@Commander762 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the exact same thing...how'd he get out of that building? Surely he didn't leave the doors open all day? Even if he did...the other tenants would have closed them. They would hear him screaming. Somebody would see a 200lb monster in a area that populated.
@keithhylton46312 жыл бұрын
He left the doors open
@johnlaslett53392 жыл бұрын
But also when he was changing the lights were on then when the Dr calls Alex's flat, the lights are off 🤔
@johnlaslett53392 жыл бұрын
Either way......ITS A MOVIE 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@thomasmartin75242 жыл бұрын
he let the doors open.
@AndrewJamesWilliams2 жыл бұрын
Still the best werewolf transformation scene ever done, modern CGI based transformations really cannot compare to the old school special effects used here. What's always impressive is the contrast between the calm background music and the contrast between David's screams of absolute agony as he transforms into the werewolf plus you can hear his bones breaking and shifting as it happens. Finally at the end there is the wolf's unnatural howl which is meant to be a combination of a wolf howl and a human scream of pain.
@CarlosRomanZ2 жыл бұрын
The transformation trascends as the most important aspect of this scene. But there is more. This scene made the movie inmortal because it is a perfect horror scene. It builds the tension up gradually, starting with the dog, the cat and the window. It constructs David's boredom so that we get distracted, and then, all of the sudden, it explodes and it does not stop until it is so horrific that it is difficult to watch. Oh and dont forget Creedence to make it sarcastic and almost joyful!
@danielanderson8322 Жыл бұрын
7:05 This was David's last desperate attempt in asking the audience for help just before the Beast took over
@videogameguy3722 Жыл бұрын
He was trying to ask jack for help. Every time he says "help me" he's begging jack. But jack is nowhere to be found. He even says "help meee,jack at 6:17
@redmondpeters62212 жыл бұрын
One of the most dramatic werewolf transformations you're likely to see.
@mosthated.e.24222 жыл бұрын
I mean that’s how imagine a real werewolf transformation
@Doggeslife2 жыл бұрын
That was a mind-blowing scene in it's day, and still amazing to watch even today. We've all been spoiled by CGI morphing software.
@kevindenyer4284 ай бұрын
This is one movie that should never ever be remade, EVER!
@meatwad74 Жыл бұрын
Was at hospital today for small procedure. In the procedure room they had that first‘moon rising’ song playing in the background. When he’s mopping around the house. That triggered me, cause first, I couldn’t figure out where i heard it. But I knew subconsciously it was followed by a violent scene. Props to the director for putting ironically upbeat songs in inappropriate scenes.
@fernandomercado43883 жыл бұрын
Las señales pre-transformación; pesadillas, las reacciones del perro y el gato mostrando aversión, ansiedad.....LA MEJOR PELÍCULA SOBRE HOMBRES LOBO!!!!
@bradleyj.fortner2203 Жыл бұрын
This still holds up as one of the best transformation scenes ever. Some of the effects in "The Thing" can rival it and an argument could be made for "The Fly", But I still think this one's better.
@jstnsmutek7 сағат бұрын
Him begging and pleading really makes this scene powerful
@Lightsoul1987 Жыл бұрын
You know what the scariest thing about all this is. Not the transformation, not the werewolf but that the movie wants us to believe that one nurse alone can pay the rent for such an apartment in London.
@daughterofolaf8 ай бұрын
I don’t know that most people would know whether that is believable or not. Did nurses there make so very little at the time or is it that tiny apartments were insanely expensive back then?
@janethmuganyizi3155 Жыл бұрын
6:27 I didn't mean to call you a meatloaf, Jack.
@jmert_58593 жыл бұрын
Watched this when it first came out, I was 9. Still scared of the dark. Lol
@pieluvr73623 жыл бұрын
3 years older than me lol
@77moessa3 жыл бұрын
The best and blood curling of a howling..!
@joeclark16212 жыл бұрын
Without a doubt easily the best morph scene in cinema history and on top of that my personal favorite film of all time.
@sherman4195 Жыл бұрын
Best werewolf transformation ever filmed in my opinion!
@Vortigan07 Жыл бұрын
42 years old, and you'd *still* rate this over and above anything that modern CGI can do!! A truly phenomenal piece of work!
@bryantcampbell52442 жыл бұрын
That howl is so chilling! Never been duplicated.
@jameswarren4232 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this movie as a kid and I still love it to this day! One of the best werewolf transformations ever!👍🏼🤩❤️
@--U7mXZEpL2--3 ай бұрын
It's not like an old man's birth scene.
@michaelsevens2 жыл бұрын
That was done so well in the movie... it was and still is one of the best Werewolves and how David turned into the Werewolf scene was and is still one of the best scenes of someone turning into a Werewolf... My all time favorite "Werewolf" movie.... Loved the humor in it... I was 13 years old when it came out in the movies. I saw it in the movies....and loved it!!! Still do...
@happyfeet45062 жыл бұрын
This is the one and only werewolf movie. A, work of pure genius and the human to werewolf is the best there has ever been and the best there will ever be.
@codyerickson35502 жыл бұрын
Whenever someone tries to tell you that CGI is better than practical effects and makeup, show them this scene.
@ivanoliver95322 жыл бұрын
I understand from a friend of mine, who is a werewolf, that the first time is very very painful indeed.
@VerbaDeLycKRecords Жыл бұрын
man i remember going to see this at the theatre as a kid i was visually traumatized & i liked it man the effects was so cutting edge to be done in the 1980 - 81
@noodles169 Жыл бұрын
Greatest werewolf movie of all time. An absolute blast of a movie 👍
@jordanrobinson9022 жыл бұрын
Arguably one of the gnarliest transformations ever
@Howlingburd192 жыл бұрын
This movie is a masterpiece, best werewolf movie, hands down!
@karanvirkooner1993 Жыл бұрын
the Werewolf transformation scene from Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban cannot beat this and The Howling
@ReelGuyTv2 жыл бұрын
He was waiting for something to change all day and when it happened there was no confusion about what was going on.
@thomasnicastro67329 күн бұрын
Out of all the man-werewolf transformations, this one is by far the most painful, hard to watch, transformations ever. I mean, the makeup and the prosthetics created by Rick Baker and his team were incredible. But David’s transformation-like you see him in agonizing pain in transforming to a hideous beast werewolf is pretty gruesome and hard to watch out of the brilliance of the horror movie monsters we grew up with.
@gama3302 Жыл бұрын
A transformation that puts any CGI effect to shame!
@richardstorm46032 жыл бұрын
Of all the werewolf movies, there are no equals to this classic.
@johncodee91752 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@richardstorm4603 Жыл бұрын
They say that the 1981 classic The Howling is an equal.
@garrisonnichols8072 жыл бұрын
5:13 The Greatest special effects scene in Movie History. It will never be equaled or surpassed. Period!
@artemente2216 Жыл бұрын
One of the best creature effects of all time. Cool how you can see the wolf wanting to come out.