An American Werewolf in London

Corrected entry: How does Alex suddenly know that the werewolf cornered by the police was David? For all everyone else knew, it was just a giant, bloodthirsty mad dog. Not to mention, throughout the movie until that point, she didn't even believe in David's ramblings about being a werewolf.

Joey221995

Correction: That's kind of the point. She finally believes him and puts 2 and 2 together.

Corrected entry: When David turns into a werewolf for the first time and starts killing people, his fangs and mouth are covered in blood. When he wakes up in the zoo, he doesn't have any blood on his lips or hands or any part of his body, and he certainly should have tasted blood in his mouth.

Joey221995

Correction: David has turned back to human form, so his body has gone through a major transformation. There is no reason for there to be any blood left on his teeth or a bad taste in his mouth just like there is no trace of him being a werewolf. After all he is left dazed and confused by the experience.

Corrected entry: There is no explanation why David transferred to a hospital in London even though the attack took place in Yorkshire.

Correction: Granted there is no explanation in the movie but it's not a mistake. People get transferred between hospitals all the time. It's to be expected that a hospital in London has better facilities and as an American citizen (in a coma), the embassy may have requested that he be transferred to a location near them.

tw_stuart

Correction: The people in East Proctor purposely moved David far away from their village after his attack because they knew he would become a werewolf. They just managed to kill off the first one and so didn't want another.

Jen Hen

Corrected entry: In the bar, Jack refers to the pentagram on the wall as a pen-ta-gon.

Correction: Character mistake - Jack mixes up the two words, or he is simply unfamiliar enough with geometry that he only remembers the word "pentagon" for a shape with five corners.

Twotall

Correction: He is saying "Pentangle." Which is a pentagram.

Continuity mistake: The level of liquid in the doctor's beer mug changes noticeably between shots; the mug fills itself up again just before he leaves the pub. (00:47:10)

Jean G

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Alex: David, please be rational. Let's go and see Dr. Hirsch.
David: Yeah, be rational. Sure. I'm a fucking werewolf, for Christ's sake.

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Trivia: Makeup artist Rick Baker wanted the werewolf to be bipedal. Director John Landis refused, insisting it had to be a four-legged hound from hell.

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Question: What did Dr. Hirsch mean when he said to Alex how he witnessed "some form of mass neurosis in East Proctor"?

Joey221995

Answer: He was referring to the local residents that lived in the area who, unknown to the doctor, knew about and were terrorized by the werewolf that roamed the countryside during a full moon. The doctor thought they suffered from some type of mass mental illness.

raywest

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