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An American Werewolf in London (1981): Scores Across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB

An American Werewolf in London is a 1981 comedy, horror film directed by John Landis. It scores 7.5 on IMDb, 80% on Rotten Tomatoes, 55 on Metacritic, 7.4 on TMDB. Audiences and critics disagree: scaled to 100, IMDb users give it 75 while Metacritic critics give it 55, a gap of 20 points in favor of audiences. Ranked by confidence-weighted IMDb score, it is number 4 of 58 films from 1981 in our catalog and number 60 of 1,143 horror films.

Billed cast: David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine, Don McKillop, Brian Glover.

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