werewolf of london is a 1935 horror film directed by stuart walker , starring henry hull as the titular werewolf , and produced by universal pictures .

jack pierce 's eerie werewolf make-up was simpler than his version six years later for lon chaney , jr. in the wolf man .

werewolf of london was the first hollywood mainstream werewolf movie .

the film 's supporting cast features warner oland and valerie hobson .

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werewolf of london <EOT> for my money , werewolf of london remains the best werewolf picture of all time .

an american werewolf in london remains the most modern take on grisly gothic horror and one of the best werewolf movies ever .

‘no fast moves’ … naughton in london zoo in american werewolf in london . photograph : universal / kobal / rex / shutterstock

a howling success … the original an american werewolf in london . photograph : kobal

werewolf of london is a horror film released in 1935 . produced by universal , it is the first werewolf film made in hollywood .

" whoever is bitten by a werewolf and lives becomes a werewolf himself . "

the werewolf attack scene at the beginning was filmed in a london park around buckingham palace .

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universal’s first full moon foray into the world of the luckless lycanthrope came with their werewolf of london , released on the 3rd of june , 1935 .

this cast list of who was in an american werewolf in london includes both lead and minor roles . ( 18 items )

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paddy ryan as the werewolf , who killed jack and infected david with the werewolf ' s curse .

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the budget of an american werewolf in london was reportedly $ 10 million . the us box office totaled $ 30 , 565 , 292 .

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potts , thomas . the wonderfull discoverie of witches in the county of lancaster . london , 1613 .

topsell , edward . the historie of foure - footed beastes . london , 1607 .

werewolf of london is very enjoyable , even fun in places , i enjoyed the pace of the film , and liked it a lot more than i thought .

no , there was one other werewolf movie prior to werewolf of london . the werewolf ( 1913 ) , an 18 minute short , was released in 1913 . unfortunately , it was destroyed in a fire in 1924 , and any copies are also presumed lost .

. the great jackson browne produced “werewolves of london” for zevon , who died in 2003 .

paul kember as sergeant mcmanus , the bumbling but more understanding sergent of the london police .

caius , johannes . of englishe dogges . trans . abraham fleming . london , 1576 .

the werewolf either as - paddy ryan ( first werewolf ) or david naughton ( david kessler ) has only 1 minute of screentime .

the reason why john landis chose london as the setting was because " london was horror central , of course , home of jack the ripper , jekyll and hyde , so i wanted all that victorian gothic , but i also wanted to show the real london of 1981 " .

jorden , edward . a briefe discourse of a disease called the suffocation of the mother . london , 1603 .

an american werewolf in london cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of an american werewolf in london actors includes any an american werewolf in london actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each an american werewolf in london actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of an american werewolf in london have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .

michael carter as gerald bringsley , one of david ' s undead victims of whom he killed in the london underground .

the lack of makeup on henry hull makes it quite unique in it’s own way , sure the wolf man is a much better film , but werewolf of london is a must for any fan of the werewolf genre of horror films . it is underrated too . check it out .

gifford , george . a dialogue concerning witches and witchcraftes . london , 1593 .

baring - gould , sabine . the book of were - wolves . london : smith , 1865 .

deacon , john , and john walker . dialogicall discourses of spirits and divels . london , 1601 .

' an american werewolf in london ' turns 35 this month — how john landis ' landmark movie transformed horror - comedy and still kept its bite .

in case you’ve never seen it , the original an american werewolf in london told the cautionary tale of two american tourists – played by david naughton and griffin dunne – who are attacked by a werewolf while backpacking across the north york moors .

( 5 ) i don’t think i ever knew about the hardcover omnibus of “the mummy” and “the werewolf of london” . i presume it preceded any of the uk paperback editions [ i am not convinced it was ’77

an american werewolf in london is a 1981 horror comedy film written and directed by john landis , and starring david naughton , jenny agutter , and griffin dunne .

i am happy to confirm that you are correct in your attribution of the werewolf of london to me , walter harris . i am also the carl dreadstone who wrote ‘the creature from the black lagoon’ .

goulart , simon . admirable and memorable histories of our time . trans . edward grimeston . london , 1607 .

heywood , thomas , and richard brome . the late lancashire witches . london , 1634 . reprinted as the witches of lancashire . globe quartos . ed . gabriel egan . london : hern , 2002 .

elizabeth bradley as woman at zoo , a person who is seen at the london zoo .

bayfield , robert . a treatise de morborum capitis essentiis & prognosticis . london , 1663 .

hollywood has got its claws into john landis ' s 1981 horror - comedy cult classic . why can ' t the weinsteins leave an american werewolf in london alone ?

despite the movie being about a man who becomes a werewolf , david doesn ' t become a werewolf until fifty - nine minutes into the movie .

a clever mixture of comedy and horror which succeeds in being both funny and scary , an american werewolf in london possesses an overriding eagerness to please that prevents it from becoming off - putting .

‘i wanted to make it painful to watch’ … david naughton , right , with griffin dunne , in an american werewolf in london , 1981 . photograph : allstar / polygram

this time around it’s the 1981 shocker an american werewolf in london which is being revamped for a 21st century audience – and it’ll be directed by max landis , son of the original’s director john .

werewolf make - up was designed by the legendary jack pierce , who later worked on that other well - known werewolf film , the wolf man 1941 .

often funny chiller about two american friends who become the victims of a werewolf while backpacking in england .

mornay , phillipe de . the true knowledge of a mans owne selfe . trans . anthony murray . london , 1602 .

ovid . the xv bookes of p . ouidius naso , entytuled metamorphosis . trans . arthur golding . london , 1567 .

two american college students on a walking tour of britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists .

[ 20 ] reported by the assizes clerk , thomas potts , the wonderfull discoverie of witches in the county of lancaster ( london , 1613 ) .

by carl r . green , william r . sanford , howard schroeder black cat black friday bride of frankenstein dracula’s daughter ghost of frankenstein house of fear house of seven gables invisible man , the mole people , the murders in the rue morgue , the phantom of the opera , the raven , the revenge of the creature , the tarantula werewolf of london

still regarded as among the best - if not the best - treatment of the lycanthropic legend on screen - an american werewolf in london arrives on dvd and blu - ray this week . we thought we ' d take a wander back to the barren moors and down the haunted streets of london to discover where this amazing horror came from .

with money and cast in place , landis set off for london . " i always loved those 1960s films and conceived werewolf with that spirit in mind . london was horror central , of course , home of jack the ripper , jekyll and hyde , so i wanted all that victorian gothic , but i also wanted to show the real london of 1981 . " there was also the matter of the eady levy , a tax - break agreement that saw a lot of american companies making big films with largely british casts and crews in the 60s and 70s . “when i was shooting werewolf , warren beatty was shooting

anonymous , a true discourse declaring the damnable life and death of one stubbe peeter . trans . george bores . london , 1590 .

webster , john . the duchess of malfi . the revels plays . ed . john russell brown . london : methuen , 1964 .

the wolfman 1941 - the legacy collection werewolf of london 1935 frankenstein meets the wolf man 1943 she - wolf of london 1946 region 2 import : urltoken henry hull , warner oland , lon chaney jr . , claude rains , bela lugosi , ilona massey , stuart walker , george waggner , roy william neill , jean yarbrough : dvd & blu - ray

gerald of wales , topographia hibernica . 1187 . reprinted in the historical works of giraldus cambrensis . trans . thomas forester . ed . thomas wright . london : bell , 1913 . geralds werewolf tale is reported in otten , 57 - 61 .

john landis’s an american werewolf in london is 35 years old this week , and its showcase werewolf transformation scene is still regarded by werewolf fans as the best ever shown on film . leave it to the invaluable and tireless minds of monster legacy to write a 4 , 000 - word essay on the concept , design , planning and execution of that transformation scene , and then support that essay with an enormous photo gallery .

after filming was completed the whole crew danced in a circle around david naughton who was still in his werewolf makeup on the floor singing " i ' m a werewolf , you ' re a werewolf , wouldn ' t you like to be a werewolf too " as a throwback to his days as a pitchman for the dr . pepper commercials .

david naughton : ‘i was running round naked in the london zoo wolf cage . thankfully , they had been fed’

salisbury , joyce e . the beast within : animals in the middle ages . london : routledge , 1994 .

john landis has been a horror movie luminary ever since he directed an american werewolf in london in 1981 . in the decades since then , he ' s seen monsters evolve from elaborate works of costume and make - up magic to elaborate works of cgi .

hirsch , brett d . " an italian werewolf in london : lycanthropy and the duchess of malfi . " early modern literary studies 11 . 2 ( september , 2005 ) 2 . 1 - 43 < url : urltoken > .

the final look of the werewolf was based on make - up creator rick baker ' s white german shepherd bosko .

be rational , sure . . . i ' m a fucking werewolf for christs sake !

1946 – where wolf ? jean yarbrough ' s she - wolf of london isn ' t a werewolf film at all , but a murder mystery . although lost in space ' s june lockhart believes she ' s been afflicted with lycanthropy .

bynum , caroline walker . metamorphosis , or gerald and the werewolf .  speculum 73 . 4

perhaps the greatest , groundbreaking , special effects in movie history not using cgi . taken from american werewolf in london 1981 ( directed by john landis ) . oscar winning effects work done by rick baker and his team .

the movie – which is particularly well remembered for its scene involving a werewolf running riot through the london underground – was a box office hit , as well as winning rick baker an oscar for its make - up .

) and recently the series “teen wolf ” on mtv . being the creator of karloff ' s " frankenstein monster " & " the mummy " , jack pierce ' s pride was injured . the makeup artist did not want any photos taken of him making up henry as the " werewolf of london " .

an american werewolf in london is a 1981 british - american horror comedy film written and directed by john landis , and starring david naughton , jenny agutter , and griffin dunne . the film ' s plot concerns two young american men , david kessler ( played by naughton ) and jack goodman ( played by dunne ) , attacked by a werewolf on a backpacking holiday in england . with jack killed , david is taken to a london hospital , where his disturbing apparitions of his deceased friend informs him that he is a werewolf and will transform at the next full moon .

an intermittently captivating snapshot of the road not taken towards a more scientific and urbane werewolf genre than the one we ultimately got .

the hospital to which david is brought after being attacked by the werewolf was a disused hospital , princess beatrice hospital , in london ( room 21 , floor 4 ) . the building is now used as a homeless clinic .

though worthy of it ' s status as a bona fide horror classic , werewolf of london is far too genteel to be overtly frightening . stuart walker is no james whale , henry hull is no boris karloff and warner oland is no bela lugosi . still , it ' s a landmark film that , for it ' s time , revolutionized special effects and elevated the werewolf to screen infamy .

david naughton and griffin dunne wondered why john landis never used warren zevon ' s " werewolves of london " song , and they still don ' t know .

the location shooting of the front of alex ' s flat and surrounds was filmed on or around lupus street in pimlico , london ( in latin , lupus literally means " wolf " ) .

the werewolf howl that was used for the film , was a combination of a wolf and an elephant . producer george folsey , jr . claimed , in the beware the moon : remembering ' an american werewolf in london ' ( 2009 ) documentary , that the howl had been played backwards . john landis also stated in the documentary that the howl was a combination of seven or eight different animals .

john landis initially wanted to keep the werewolf ' s screentime to a minimum , having it only appear in a couple of scenes , just enough to give an impression of something huge and ferocious . the long shot of the werewolf cornering gerald bringsley on the underground escalator was an example of this . landis ' decision to show the werewolf , as much as it was shown , was based on the fact that landis loved rick baker ' s design of the monster .

carol reed’s adaptation of lionel bart’s dickens musical is a great london film – despite not actually featuring an inch of london . john box’s shepperton studios sets , from the sweeping crescent that is the backdrop to “who will buy ? ” to the labyrinthine alleys through which pickpockets scurry like rats in a maze , are persuasive and evocative .

in 1981 , john landis took advantage of his newfound clout after directing the hit comedies animal house ( 1978 ) and the blues brothers ( 1980 ) by directing a weird comedic horror script he had been trying to make for over a decade . an american werewolf in london starred david naughton as david kessler , a young american human who becomes a werewolf while backpacking in england .

a source of movie trivia would be to find out who actually played the first werewolf that you see in werewolf of london — that being the one early in the film that attacks henry hull . it is supposed to be warner oland’s character , but it certainly is not warner oland in the makeup . no one seems to know ; i’ve asked cortland hull and he seemed surprised when i asked the question as he had never thought about it . so who really was the first werewolf seen in a universal picture ?

the juice of a rare tibetan flower is the only thing that keeps dr . glendon from turning into a werewolf during a full moon .

dr . yogami : the werewolf is neither man nor wolf , but a satanic creature with the worst qualities of both . see more »

geoffrey burridge as harry berman , judith ' s fiance who becomes one of david ' s victims on his first night in werewolf form .

meanwhile , the werewolf continues to hunt for prey . he finds a trio of winos named alf , ted and joseph near the river and slaughters them . he then goes off to a tube station where he stalks a passenger named gerald bringsley . mr bringsley hears the snarls of the werewolf and tries to escape , but werewolf david pounces upon him on an escalator and kills him .

werewolf of london was based on a story idea by associate producer robert harris and adapted for the movie by screenwriter john colton . the movie has been twice novelized , once as a 1977 paperback novel by carl dreadstone and again in 1985 as part of crestwood house ' s movie monsters series by carl green .

much of the british cast , including john woodvine , playing the role of dr . hirsch , were appearing in the royal shakespeare company ' s london stage production of " nicholas nickleby " , simultaneously to this film ' s production .

" even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright . " come join larry talbot ( lon chaney , jr . ) on a series of misadventures in wales and across europe . . . . on april 27 , 2004 , universal released the wolf man on dvd as part of the universal legacy collection . this two disc edition included four films : werewolf of london , the wolf man , frankenstein meets the wolf man , and she - wolf of london . the dvd collection also included the following bonus features : documentary hosted by van helsing director stephen sommers , monster by moonlight documentary hosted by john landis , the wolf man commentary from film historian tom weaver and theatrical trailers for werewolf of london , frankenstein meets the wolf man , and she - wolf of london . get it now but be sure to have some extra silver bullets or a silver cane handy !

_ _ _ _ _ . the white devil . the revels plays . ed . john russell brown . london : methuen , 1960 .

jenny agutter as nurse alex price , the pretty nurse of whom david falls in love with . she was skeptical of david ' s werewolf activities but she soon believed him .

landis came to an american werewolf in london riding the crest of a wave of popularity . his two previous movies , animal house and the blues brothers , had proven to be huge box office successes . an american werewolf in london would make it a trifecta . afterwards , the director ' s career began a slow downward slide , beginning with the on - set disaster associated with his segment of the twilight zone ( in which actor vic morrow was killed ) . landis rebounded briefly with trading places , but , by the advent of the ' 90s , he was mostly regarded as a has - been and proof of how easily even a proven filmmaker can fall out of favor in a fickle industry .

[ 9 ] imported or translated literature relating continental accounts of werewolves included : a true discourse declaring the damnable life and death of one stubbe peeter trans . george bores ( london , 1590 ) ; richard verstegan , a restitution of decayed intelligence ( antwerp , 1605 ) 236 - 7 ; and simon goulart , admirable and memorable histories of our time trans . edward grimeston ( london , 1607 ) 386 - 92 .

john woodvine as dr . j . s . hirsch , the doctor of st martin ' s hospital who becomes skeptical of david ' s werewolf activities but he believed him after he learned of the piccadilly rampage .

classic " werewolf of london " . boris karloff was intended for the part , but karloff was scheduled to shoot " the bride of frankenstein " , at the same time . so , hull was re - united at universal with director , stuart walker , and makeup wizard , jack pierce , from " great expectations " .

of the three aforementioned early - ' 80s werewolf movies , the transformation sequences in an american werewolf in london are the most effective , beating out those in the howling by a snout ( wolfen isn ' t even in the running ) . there are a lot of similarities , which should come as no surprise , since both were supervised by makeup man extraordinary rick baker ( who was also responsible for changing jack nicholson from man to beast in wolf ) . baker , working with " old - fashioned " tools like prosthetics and makeup , creates a series of memorable and lasting images . baker won an oscar for his work in an american werewolf in london , in which he improved upon some minor deficiencies evident in the howling .

[ 10 ] the roulet case is reported in sabine baring - gould , the book of were - wolves ( london : smith , 1865 ) 69 - 84 . the judgment of the appeal appears at 84 .

still my favorite werewolf movie . really wish the movie didn’t end so abruptly . would have loved to see an entire final act of the monster .

the following morning , david wakes up in the wolves ' den at the london zoo . he is naked and has no memory of what has transpired . he climbs out of the cage and begins wandering the streets of london in search of clothing . he steals a collection of balloons from a small child to cover up his private areas and later comes upon a woman ' s coat . he gets back alex ' s flat and is overjoyed to see her .

this is called the wolf man legacy collection however werewolves legacy collection probably would have been a more fitting title because only 2 of the 4 movies included feature the wolf man , the others are unrelated to the lon chaney jr series though are about werewolves . overall a decent set but one of the weaker legacy collections , she wolf of london doesn ' t even have a werewolf in it . werewolf of london is the original wolf man but the lon chaney jr remake is a lot better . frankenstein meets the wolfman is okay but there ' s not much battle time which was a bit disappointing but it ' s definitely better than freddy vs jason . xd

when english botanist dr . glendon travels to tibet in search of the mysterious marifasa plant , he encounters a strange wolf - like beast that bites him before he can escape with the plant . traveling back to london , glendon discovers that he is transformed into a werewolf when the moon is full .

the werewolf howl used in this film is a combination of henry hull ' s own voice and a recording of an actual timber - wolf . the result is generally thought to have a far more realistic result than in any subsequent werewolf films , including the wolf man ( 1941 ) . see more »

1982 – awil ftw rick baker is awarded , by presenters kim hunter and vincent price , an oscar by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences for his work in an american werewolf in london . the " outstanding achievement in makeup " is established and becomes a fixture of the awards . ( watch baker receive his award here )

the simplicity of this assessment is the strength of american werewolf in london , because the picture is most decidedly an earnest depiction of the foreboding superstitions from a world gone by , but with the kind of self - assured skepticism of the baby boomer generation facing it down . cinematic language had not quite become so intertextual that there was a need to be deconstructionist or “meta” about these intentions , albeit david and jack repeatedly mention the wolf man .

. . . a 1935 thriller that ' s one of the most well - crafted and polished suspense movies of the era . the plot blends new components of the werewolf ' legend ' with some science - fictional elements .

i have been a fan of these movies all of my life . can not get enough of them .

two american friends david & jack and taking a walking holiday through northern england and are attacked by a werewolf . jack is ripped to shreds and david survives but is badly scarred . david wakes up a week later in a hospital in london and is upset to hear of his friends passing . he begins to have nightmares and visions of running wild through the woods . he becomes very close to one of the nurses , alex , and when discharged he stays with her in her flat in london . he begins to get a visit from his dead friend jack who warns him that he will become a werewolf at the next full moon and must take his own life . thinking he ' s crazy he ignores all of jacks warnings . sure enough he transforms when the moon is full and goes on a murderous rampage through london .

[ 12 ] robert burton , anatomy of melancholy ( london , 1621 ) , part 1 , sec 1 , mem 1 , sub 4 , 12 - 13 ( emphasis original ) .

while on a botanical expedition in tibet dr . wilfred glendon is attacked in the dark by a strange animal . returning to london , he finds himself turning nightly into a werewolf and terrorizing the city , with the only hope for curing his affliction a rare asian flower .

" but , remember this , dr . glendon . the werewolf instinctively seeks to kill the thing it loves best . "

2009 – american werewolf redux dimension films reveals their intentions of remaking an an american werewolf in london with daybreakers producers sean and bryan furst . universal releases a blu - ray presentation of the original landis film with the feature - length documentary beware the moon . meanwhile , the werewolves of michael dougherty ' s trick ' r treat push anna paquin through a saucy right of passage on halloween night . the howling reborn is announced at the american film market . and , eben mcgarr reaches back to the past for house of the wolf man co - starring ron chaney . ( watch the house of the wolfman trailer , watch the ladies of trick ' r treat transform )

jackson called landis and told him he was a big fan of an american werewolf in london and of baker ' s work particularly . in 1983 , landis directed michael jackson ' s " thriller " music video , with baker again in charge of the make - up effects . landis said his only " marching orders " from jackson were , " i want to turn into a monster . "

1988 – patrick macnee loses his head the co - star of the howling ( in which he plays a werewolf ) not only spends his time in waxwork rolling about in a wheelchair , but his noggin ' is violently torn off by a lycanthrope . ( watch the full werewolf sequence )

boguet , henri . discours des sorciers . lyon , 1590 . reprinted as an examen of witches . trans . e . allen ashwin . ed . montague summers . london : rodker , 1929 .

rick baker and john landis had several disagreements over what the design of the werewolf should be . baker wanted it to be a two - legged werewolf saying he thought of werewolves as being bipedal . landis wanted a " four - legged hound from hell " , the werewolves in the howling ( 1981 ) were depicted as bipedal .

rick baker performed the action of the werewolf biting off inspector villier ' s head , in the movie , when the werewolf bites off the inspector ' s head , in the left edge of the screen , you can briefly and barely make out rick bakers bearded face , as he operates the wolf to bite off his head .

gunby , david c .  the duchess of malfi : a theological approach .  john webster . ed . brian morris . mermaid critical commentaries . london : benn , 1970 . 179 - 204 .

while on a botanical expedition in tibet dr . wilfred glendon is attacked in the dark by a strange animal . returning to london , he finds himself turning nightly into a werewolf and terrorizing the city , with the only hope for curing his affliction a rare asian flower . written by jeremy lunt

a werewolf movie turned into a comedy . it ' s a very original idea that cinema had never been seen before . werewolf in london couldn ' t have done it better . it had the feeling of a classic black and white horror movie and the make up is absolutely outstanding . as it ' s among the best ever crafted . not so much a scary film by modern standards but with a mix of black humour , light hearted comedy and likable characters it deserves its ultimate cult status .

one of two werewolf films to win the academy award for best make - up . rick baker won both times , the second being for the wolfman ( 2010 ) .

but perhaps most importantly , an american werewolf in london should be treasured for its batty blend of styles . as well as the mix of gore and humour , it fuses landis ' s candy - headed , all - american approach with a character list and backdrop that are gloriously , preposterously british . suddenly , it ' s possible for viewers on this side of the pond to understand how the yanks see us .

roger ebert ' s review was less favourable ; he stated that " an american werewolf in london seems curiously unfinished , as if director john landis spent all his energy on spectacular set pieces and then didn ' t want to bother with things like transitions , character development , or an ending . "

landis says : " that was my contribution to the werewolf lore . one of the points i make in the book is that these things aren ' t real . when i made this film i remember some guy came up to me and said that at the end of the movie the werewolf is killed with bullets and you can ' t kill a werewolf with bullets . he went on and on about the fact that you can only kill a werewolf with silver bullets , which struck me as so funny . because , it ' s like , ' really ? how many werewolves do you know ? '

milton , john . lycidas .  poems of mr . john milton . london , 1645 . reprinted in the riverside milton . ed . roy flannagan . boston : houghton , 1998 . 100 - 7 .

kratz , dennis . fictus lupus : the werewolf in christian thought .  classical folia 30 ( 1976 ) : 57 - 80 .

normally when a studio announces a remake or reboot , our gut reaction is to groan and bellow , “why ? ! ” into the abyss of the internet . but for a change of pace , hollywood has come up with a rehashing that actually sounds interesting for once . universal has announced a remake of the classic horror comedy film an american werewolf in london to be written and directed by max landis , son of the original’s writer / director , john landis .

rémy , nicholas . demonolatria . lyon , 1595 . reprinted as demonolatry . trans . e . allen ashwin . ed . montague summers . london : rodker , 1930 .

there is a pub in the west village of manhattan that at first glance is just another one of the many dive bars nyu students frequent . but this one is particularly tailored for the film school set with its low lighting , its faux - fire , and , of course , a giant life - sized werewolf devouring a peasant girl in the back . like its namesake from an american werewolf in london , the slaughtered lamb is a pub touched by the occult and supernatural—it is also proof that over 35 years later horror fans can ' t shake the mark of beast left by john landis’ lycanthrope classic .

1957 – dig it daddy - o popular teen fodder for the hipsters , drag racers and rebels without a cause arrives in the hit i was a teenage werewolf . highway to heaven ' s michael landon stars as a representation of angst - ridden youth experimented on to the point where he becomes a werewolf thanks to phillip scheer ' s make - up . i was a teenage werewolf will later go on to be a popular tune by the cramps .

[ 8 ] another example is john cotta , the triall of witchcraft ( london , 1616 ) , which discusses the seeming transmutations by the divell of the substances of men into cattes , and the like only as part of a much larger effort to establish that the devil cannot act contrary to nature , and therefore cannot make a true transmutation of the substance of any one creature into another ( ch vi , 34 ) .

both david naughton and griffin dunne recall audiences being confused by the post - attack scene where david looks to the right and sees the naked dead man with bullet wounds . he ' s the werewolf , obviously , but the paucity of werewolf films leading up to 1981 apparently left people clueless as to how they operate .

feral . mangy . hungry and cursed . no wonder why the werewolf is such a irritable beast . he ( or she ) has had a hell of an on - screen romp full of ups and downs over the last century . more often than not , we can cite the successful werewolf films by heart ; the go - to titles being , arguably ,

compared to george waggner’s eventual masterpiece , the dramatically superior the wolf man ( 1941 ) , werewolf of london does not stand up very well at all . but in the forgiving stable of the true horror movie aficionado , there is usually room for all , and surely it is better to regard the film now for all it did give us , rather than simply criticise it for what it was not .

jack and david continue walking , but fail to heed the englishman ' s advice . as it grows dark and rainy , they lose sight of the road and find themselves in the middle of the fog - shrouded moors . an unseen presence begins growling at them and they try to find their way back towards the bar . david stumbles and falls , but when jack goes to help him up , a werewolf springs out of the fog and attacks him , completely eviscerating the boy . the werewolf attacks david and scratches him across the face . several loud gunshots are fired and the werewolf falls over dead . before losing consciousness , david turns and sees the werewolf in his true , human form .

most of the free cinema shorts were breezy portraits of working - class london : lindsay anderson’s every day except christmas took a tour of covent garden market , tony richardson’s momma don’t allow dropped in on a wood green jazz evening and karel reisz’s we are the lambeth boys mingled at a youth club in oval .

although the 1980s were not kind to most traditional monsters - vampires , mummies , gargoyles , and the like - the first two years of the decade offered three prominent werewolf movies . the first to reach the screen was joe dante ' s the howling , which entered theaters in late 1980 . that was followed by wolfen , an unremarkable tale starring albert finney . finally , late in the summer of 1981 came john landis ' an american werewolf in london , which has , in many ways , set the standard for the modern werewolf movie . in the 20 years since its first release , it has not been surpassed ( not even by the mike nichols / jack nicholson collaboration , wolf ) .

at one point david screams , " i ' m a fuckin ' werewolf , for god ' s sake ! " for television , david naughton screamed , " i ' m a famous werewolf , for god ' s sake ! " the latter phrase was looped in post - production .

this has long been one of my favorite werewolf movies . it’s extremely witty , surprisingly well acted ( apart from a strangely passionless sex scene ) , and tautly directed . it also features one of the earliest on - screen transformation scenes in werewolf movie history that was not accomplished solely by stopping the camera and having the makeup crew rush in to glue hair and a latex nose onto the actor’s face . ( this may actually be the earliest - - it depends on whether an american werewolf in london came out earlier in 1981 than the howling , or vice versa . either way , this movie’s transformation scene scores extra points for happening in a much better - lit room than the howling ’s . )

[ 2 ] that is , the only genuine werewolf character , since a staged werewolf ( in the sense that both the audience and the players onstage are aware that it is merely a theatrical device ) appears as part of the masque of melancholy in john fords the lovers melancholy ( london , 1629 ) , 66 . similarly , shakespeare portrays characters with wolfish desires ( mv . 4 . 128 - 38 ) or wolvish visage [ s ]  ( lr . 1 . 4 . 263 ) , but these figurative descriptions are not developed to suggest lycanthropy .

2007 – meanwhile , at death camp 13 rob zombie ' s werewolf women of the s . s . faux trailer for grindhouse tells of a nazi camp where fiendish experiments are being performed to create an army of werewolf soldiers . the usual assortment of zombie performers star including wife sheri moon , udo kier , tom towles , bill moseley and a cameo by nicolas cage . wayne toth provides the machine gun - firing werewolves their make - up . ( watch the trailer )

gary oldman returned to the deptford of his youth for his directorial debut about a family scarred by violence and addiction . the images of a south - east london housing estate , all mist - shrouded concrete and cadaverous greens and greys , bear comparison with krzysztof kieslowski’s masterful dekalog .

two american students in england encounter strange happenings in a northern town , one of them is killed but returns to warn his friend that unless he commits suicide he will turn into a homicidal werewolf .

this is the ultimate collection of classic werewolf films ! ! lon cheney jr . , is great as the werewolf . we also get the treat of seeing bela lugos in a small but good role . there is also an audio commentary . several other good wolf man films are included , and also a she - wolf film . the case is nice , and the films are all nice and clear

the rifles that the police shoot and kill the werewolf with at the end was the l1a1 self - loading rifle with 7 . 62×51mm full metal jacket .

over the years , there have been so many bad werewolf movies that one is almost tempted to disbelief one ' s eyes when the rare good one comes along . for atmosphere and effect , an american werewolf in london doesn ' t match the classic the wolf man , but it ' s the earlier film ' s equal in many other areas . over the past two decades , an american werewolf in london has become a cult classic and developed a reputation as a superior horror comedy . in that respect , it may be a little overrated - it ' s a good movie , but not a great one . in particular , the abrupt , anticlimactic ending is a letdown , and there are occasional scenes ( such as dr . hirsch ' s visit to the slaughtered lamb ) that don ' t work . but , considering its often campy competition , it ' s hard to argue that , if your in the mood for lycanthropy , london is the place to go . ( avoid paris , however . the sequel is a horrible bust . )

campbell : the universal monster movie novels were commissioned by piers dudgeon of star books in london . the original idea was that i should write all six , but two werewolf novels would have been one too many , and since i can’t swim , i wouldn’t have been much use to the creature from the black lagoon . at the time i didn’t know to suggest david schow . we therefore needed a house name , and i originally suggested carl thunstone , but manly wade wellman felt people might think it was hiding him . dreadstone was the compromise . for the record - and no matter how many times i say this , i seem to need to repeat myself - i did not write the mummy , the werewolf of london or the creature from the black lagoon , and even piers can’t recall who did .

not very . werewolves have been part of folklore for centuries , but much of what we think of as " traditional werewolf lore " is an invention of hollywood . this movie invented the idea that lycanthropy could be passed via a bite or scratch , and that one changed involuntarily into a wolf / man hybrid upon the full moon . in real folklore , one became a werewolf by being cursed or making a pact with the devil , one changed into a wolf , and could change at any time .

it ' s a transformation the director has witnessed first - hand . when he was in the process of writing his seminal monster movie an american werewolf in london in 1970 , he asked computer - generated graphics pioneer john whitney if it would be possible for his werewolf ' s transformation to be done with cg . the answer was , " potentially . " by the time he began making the movie in 1981 , whitney had passed away , so landis asked john whitney jr . if it could be done . the answer was , " soon , soon . "

exclusive : an american werewolf in london is officially getting a remake with the walking dead ‘s david alpert and robert kirkman producing through their skybound entertainment for universal pictures . the remake of filmmaker john landis ’ classic 1981 comedic horror film will be written by his son max landis , who also is attached to direct . the news comes after the elder landis and filmmaker anthony waller ( an american werewolf in paris ) sealed a deal with the studio on the rights . the younger landis’ deal is being negotiated . skybound has a first - look production deal with universal .

if , then , the only intrinsic difference between man and beast is our capacity for reason , is our humanity forfeit upon our loss of that capacity ? it is on this basis alone that animals , unlike man , are not capable of sin . the werewolf therefore threatens the identity of being human and the precarious boundary between man and beast , as well as undermining the theological framework of sin and salvation ; since the werewolf , as an animal ( or non - human ) , is excluded from divine judgment and the possibility of salvation that stems forthwith .

griffin dunne as jack goodman , david ' s good friend who gets killed by a werewolf and becomes one of the undead and tries to help david to kill himself in order to prevent him from killing innocent people and making them one of the undead .

the picture was released during an early - mid 1980s cycle of werewolf movies . these included wolfen ( 1981 ) , the howling ( 1981 ) , teen wolf ( 1985 ) , howling ii : . . . your sister is a werewolf ( 1985 ) , full moon high ( 1981 ) , teen wolf too ( 1987 ) , the company of wolves ( 1984 ) , and howling iii ( 1987 ) .

at st . martin ' s , doctor hirsch hears the news reports and tells alex about the " wild animal " sighting . they both fear that david might be involved and hurriedly leave the hospital . when they arrive , they see that armed police men have barricaded off an alleyway in the hopes of trapping the werewolf . alex breaks through the barricade and runs down the alley . she sees the werewolf and knows that it is david . tearfully , she mouths the words " i love you " . the werewolf appears to understand the sentiment and looms forward , at which point , the police officers gun him down . the werewolf , now dead , turns back into david kessler .

an american werewolf in london is a priceless curio that came about through a series of unlikely events . can you imagine the remake ? how do you top the scene at the slaughtered lamb without the legend that was brian glover ? could any modern - day actor equal the demure loveliness of the young jenny agutter as naughton ' s luckless nurse lover ? and is any director going to get the sort of free rein that allowed landis , off the back of the hugely successful blues brothers and animal house , to bring such a strange concoction to the boil ?

the british botanist wilfred glendon goes in an expedition to tibet to search the rare phosphorescent wolf - flower that is located in a cursed place . while collecting the flower , glendon is bitten by a strange creature . he returns to london and makes research with the flower . during an exposition , the mysterious dr . yogami tells him that there are two werewolves in london and the flower is an antidote to the lycanthropy that avoids the transformation into werewolf . further the creature would seek out his love to kill . glendon discovers that he has contracted the disease and when he seeks his flowers in the full moon , he finds that someone has stolen them from his laboratory . now glendon wants to protect his beloved wife lisa from himself , but he begins a murder wave in london .

helping david through this crisis is a nurse named alex price . alex develops a personal interest in david and spends a lot of time with him on his road to recovery . the next morning , david is visited by the ghost of jack goodman . jack ' s face is completely mauled , and he confirms that what attacked them was a werewolf . david , of course , doesn ' t believe that he is actually seeing jack and thinks he is having another nightmare . jack tells him that he is forced to wander limbo as one of the undead until the bloodline of the werewolf who killed him is destroyed . he warns david that he has become infected with the werewolf curse and unless he takes his own life , he will become a werewolf and killer others . david ' s anxiety and intensified and he calls for the nurse . when alex comes into the room , jack is gone .

the term lycanthropy carried multiple meanings in the early modern mind , due to the overlap of the subject into the discourses of theology , demonology , medicine , and folklore . on the one hand , lycanthropy referred to the reality of the werewolf , that is , the phenomenon of metamorphosis from human form to wolf . simultaneously , the term also referred to the delusion that one was capable of such transformations , whether this delusion was the result of madness , melancholy , hallucinogenic drugs , illness , or the diabolic exacerbation of any number of these causes . in our present time , these two diverging definitions are distinguished : the former , relegated entirely to the domain of fiction and folklore , as werewolf ; and the latter located within the discourses of medicine and psychology as lycanthropy . however , this distinction was foreign in the early modern period , since at this point in english linguistic history the words werewolf and lycanthrope seem to be interchangeable ( otten 8 ) . transformation , metempsychosis , and theology


anandhapurathu veedu is a 2010 indian tamil supernatural mystery film co written and directed by tamil television director naga , who has directed serials like marmadesam , vidathu karuppu and chidambara rahasiyam .

this film , naga 's feature film debut , stars nandha and chaya singh in lead roles along with child artist aryan , making his debut .

written by naga , sharath haridasan and indra soundar rajan and produced by director s. shankar 's s pictures , anandhapurathu veedu was released on 9 july 2010 .

the film was commercial success at the box office .

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anandhapurathu veedu <EOT> recently came across songs from this movie called ananthapurathu veedu ( or anandhapurathu veedu ) starring nandha ( of punnagai poo and mounam paesiyatha fame ) and chaya singh ( who doesn ' t know manmadha raasa ! ) and produced by director shankar . . .

he shot to fame with tv series like marmadesam and chidambara ragasiyam which acted like cornerstone of sorts for thrillers . he also directed " anandhapurathu veedu " which deals a lot with supernatural entities .

a word of caution to those going to watch anandhapurathu veedu , made by director naga , who is known to make some of the best horror tamil serials on television . there is nothing horrifying about the paranormal activity in this particular house .

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the super natural beings in the films is said be good creatures and the team says the audience will want to have similar creatures in their homes when they leave the theatres . such is the impact ` ananthapurathu veedu ' will leave behind .

ananthapurathu veedu is the next venture by director shankar ' s s pictures . the film is directed by naga who is popular for his television drams with super natural themes like marmadesam and chidambara ragasiyam . shooting for the film started in november 2008 .

naga , the director of television serials like marmadesam , vidadhu karuppu , chidambara ragasiyam , begins his silver screen directorial debut with ananthapurathu veedu under the prestigious s pictures of director shankar . in kollywood , s pictures have become synonymous with quality productions and this has naturally upped the expectations quotient along with

deccan chronicle gave 2 . 5 stars and wrote , " it may not scare you to death , but has interesting elements in it to keep you entertained . it is a different conceptualization of ghost and can be watched once for its novel experience " . [ 14 ] the times of india gave the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote , " the film , the second half to be specific , suffers from the same problem as naga ' s anandhapurathu veedu . once we realize the attitude of the ghost towards the protagonist , it takes away quite a bit of the tension . we know he will remain unharmed and so , there is nothing to dread anymore , and horror films need an element of fear to keep the viewer on the edge of the seat . but , the climax compensates for this . . . " [ 15 ]

of the two , only madharasapattinam has made it to the us ( that itself might be an indication of s . pictures’ diminished stature since before rettachuzhi , all the company’s films were released here ) . while that means i might have to watch ananthapurathu veedu on the small screen , i’m still looking forward to both films equally and hoping they both become big hits . the big winner in that case will be tamil cinema .

nandha’s subtle performance as the villain in eeram has no doubt put him in the spotlight . though the actor was seen in a couple of films earlier , it can be said that he was noticed for his exemplary performance in eeram . the actor , incidentally , is the hero of ananthapurathu veedu , which is again produced by director shankar’s s pictures . the movie is directed by naga , the noted television serial director . with his foot strongly set in kollywood , nanda is eagerly awaiting the release of av . according to our sources , the film’s shooting has been wrapped up and nanda has also completed dubbing for his role . will av rub on the eeram magic on nanda yet again ?

is that it just does not live up to the promise . it has been promoted as a ? supernatural thriller ? by its makers and ends up as a tame family run of the mill movie .

the audiences going by the promos and pre release interviews go to the theatres expecting to get a few frights , but end up being taken for a long boring ride .

, who died in a car accident . ananth has come from chennai with his parents bala ( nanda ) and revathy ( chaya singh ) to their family ancestral home , uninhabited for years and maintained by the maid ( kalaivani ) .

strange things start happening in the house as the ? friendly ghost couple ? makes tasty lunch , make the bed , wash clothes and teaches ananth how to write in tamil . suddenly after a song , we find a mysterious guy following the couple and it turns out that bala and his partner jeeva ( television actor jeeva ) had borrowed money from a loan shark in mumbai , as their leather business went bust . the moneylender and his goons will not allow them to leave the house , without settling their dues . revathy wants to vacate the house initially but soon realizes that the ghosts are friendly and they can help her !

but after initially being wired up , you begin to feel bored and as the film slowly winds down to its finale , there is a sense of d ? j ? vu . and what was that drama in the name of claustrophobia that revathy goes through ? lead actors except for the moppet aryan can hardly emote , and can ? t carry the film forward . arun mani ? s camera is nothing much to talk about while ramesh krishna ? s music will put you to sleep .

the film at 2 hours and 30 minutes is too long for a supposed to be horror thriller , and needs urgent trimming , especially in the first half . it looks like naga had made it a like a mega serial without the essential dread and fear that one would associate with a supernatural thriller .

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15 years after an accident in which bala ' s parents both died , bala returns with wife , revathi , and son , anand , to his hometown . they decide to stay a couple of nights in the massive house that he grew up in . as he spends a few days in the house and recalls his memories , anand - who has a disability to speak - sees movement around the house . but he cannot tell anyone what he witnesses . soon revathi who suffers from claustrophobia , sees that the house is haunted and so tells bala that they have to go back to chennai . anand enjoys being in the presence of the ghosts and doesn ' t find any problem . problems come up between the couple that they had never thought of when they had love marriage . soon revathi discovers that they did not come on holiday but in fact , came to escape some rowdies that bala owes money to . this is when bala ' s classmate and business partner , jeeva , arrives to stay with them . his company had borrowed 40 lakhs from a rowdy and over the months it had increased to 50 lakhs . . .

the story has good ghosts of dead parents helping the son & his family . film speaks about the benefits of elders in a family unit

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in fact , judging by the rather juvenile cgi that greet you in the very first minutes of the movie , you are likely to be disappointed by this s picture ' s production .

but it ' s not all that bad if you give the movie and director some time to find their feet . it happens once the cute little family from chennai camp in at their ancestral home , a beautiful residence straight out of pretty kerala .

bala ( nandha ) and revathy ( chaya singh , after a hiatus ) are a modern couple - - he ' s into leather exports ; she wears slacks and neat housecoats at home . they have an incredibly cute son , anand ( master aryan ) . the trio have packed up and left stifling chennai for a break , while mayilamma ( kalairani ) their helpful maid , prepares the house for their stay .

only she knows , however , that the house is haunted . soon , she ' s not the only one . anand sees and hears things too but he cannot speak as yet . to him , the house is a bizarre and endearing collection of marvels : drawers open by themselves , chairs rock , swings move the little boy takes it all in with a wide - eyed stare . to him , it ' s too good to be true ; he isn ' t old enough to distrust the happenings and is fascinated by the weird occurrences .

not so his parents . bala is harassed by an unknown biker , while revathy begins to suspect that all might not be well with the house . she also has a claustrophobic attack . family friend and bala ' s business partner jeeva arrives soon , and the seemingly idyllic situation starts deteriorating - - but not in a way you would expect .

nandha does very well as the worried husband and father . chaya singh disappoints despite having a solid role . something in her performance and dialogue - delivery doesn ' t quite make you sink into the story .

master aryan is a marvelous find . the kid looks like jayden smith from the pursuit of happyness , with his curly hair sticking out in a halo , and an adorable face that changes expressions in the blink of an eye . he barely has any dialogue but just watching him is pure joy . his antics with the friendly poltergeists evoke such warmth that he is really the star of the show .

the rest of the cast performs well , adding some colour to the plot .

arun mani palani ' s camerawork is quite good ; kishore ' s editing is slick and neat . ramesh krishna ' s music stays true to the genre but it does not sound creepy . it is not very brilliant as none of the numbers stay with you .

considering that this is the man who redefined horror in tamil television with marmadesam et al , this is rather dull fare . instead of scaring you , naga takes a warm - fuzzy route . there ' s nothing inherently wrong with it or the dialogues ( co - written with indira parthasarathy and sharath haridasan ) . you wish you ' d gotten a lot more thrills and chills .

the film is perfect for children with its mild twists , simple cgi ( that looks straight out of a serial ) and feel - good ending .

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the movie is set in nagercoil and revolves around an ancestral property , where a child comes across a couple of ghosts . though a super natural story director naga says the film doesn ' t fall in the category of horror films . he urges the film is on relationships and family bonding .

the film stars nandaa , chaya singh and master aryan in major characters . nandaa fresh out of the successful film ` eeram ' has done a great job again in this film . chaya singh will be seen in tamil after the ' vallamai tharayo ' .

director naga conducted an acting workshop for all the artistes before he commenced the shoot .

arun mani palani has shot the thrilling images of the film . ramesh krishna has scored the music and vairamuthu has penned the lyrics .

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the movie is a musical drama based on the life of a factory worker , selma , who is progressively growing blind due to a hereditary disease .

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" ularal " in thamizh means " to blabber " which i plan to do a lot here . . . and ' tv ' refers to me . . so this name . .

the music for this flick is composed by ramesh krishna ( google tells me that there is a kannada music director of the same name , but no further information is known ) and naga is the director . its anyone ' s guess that its supposed to be spooky thriller set in some haunted house ( though the title sounds like some mollywood flick ) .

but the unique aspect about this soundtrack is all the songs ( 3 full songs and 2 instrumental bits / themes ) are composed in a single raaga / raagam . quite an interesting approach considering the nature of the film !

raagam vasantha ! yes , this is the raaga that one will hear from start to finish in this soundtrack ( i am not calling this a ' music review ' for the simple reason that i am not familiar with the intricacies of the raagas or its ' janya ' etc . ) . one song in this raagam i loved in recent times is " kandaen kandaen kadhalai " from karu . pazhaniappan ' s " pirivom santhippom " . this scintillating melody was composed by vidyasagar .

two of my all - time favorite songs by maestro ilaiyaraaja , " maan kandaen " from " raaja rishi " and " nil nil nil badhil sol " from " paattu paada vaa " are other songs that i know in the same raagam . the latter , though it sounds very simple is quite a complex melody .

1 . " chithira vaanam ' s " pallavi sung by karthik sounds almost like an extension of the aforementioned vidyasagar melody , both in tempo and feel . incidentally " kandaen kandaen " was also sung by karthik alongwith swetha mohan ( daughter of singer sujatha ) . the rap bits by suchi ( mirchi suchi ) is where it takes a different color . good listen nevertheless !

2 . nee nee innoru thandhai : this song uses the voice / giggles of a child ( master aryan , who acts in the film as well ) quite nicely . swetha mohan gets to sing this alongside another star son vineeth sreenivasan . vairamuthu ' s lyrics are interesting . the celtic piece in the 2nd interlude seems to be included to add some variety and avoid monotony . works decently well .

3 . balram ( kaatrin mozhi . . ) gets to sing " thaaye " , a pathos song with nice arrangements . the flute bit alongwith the wailing violins in the second interlude are quite striking .

kudos to the director and music director for trying out something new here . i am not aware of any such previous attempts . maybe ramesh krishna should have tried some different voices . most of the voices ( karthik , swetha , balram . . ) featured are ones oft repeated by vidyasagar and if you are unaware of the credits , there is every chance you might mistake this soundtrack to be by the latter .

all said and done this album works well for me , just for the experimental aspect involved .

you can listen to " kandaen kandaen " from " pirivom santhippom " here .

interesting ! i am listening to these songs for the first time and based on my first hearing these are my observations : 1 . ' chiththira vaanam ' gives the flavour of vasanta in the prelude itself . however , the charanams and the interludes deviate a lot . that silly mirchy is of course a very big distraction . 2 . ' nee nee ' seems to have a somewhat different start but except for the pallavi - where the ' thanthai ' and ' pillai ' parts use alien swaras - some phrases in the first interlude , and a few phrases in the charanams - i do not find much of vasanta here . especially , the second interlude totally follows a different scale . 3 . ' thaye enge ' has left me confused . it sounds a lot like pantuvarali . but for that matter , even ' andhi mazhai pozhigirathu ' sounds both like pantuvarali and vasanta . in any case , a different attempt though i would ' nt say it is a great album . i would also recommend you to listen to ' manmadha ragangale ' ( bala nagamma ) where vasanta makes an appearance as part of the ragamalika . .

kiran says " ' ore kadal ' has all the songs tuned in shubhapantuvarali . and from what i read seems even the background score is in shubhapantuvarali " need to check this out . .

yeah . . wikipedia confirms the shubha pantuvaraali concept of ore kadal , which is according to me one of shyama prasad ' s best , with stellar performances from mammootty and meera jasmine . . music was by ouseppachan .

now that the raavanan fever has abated , its time to start welcoming other tamil movies . and tomorrow , we are welcoming two films , in two very different genres , that have some good things going for them and promise to be unique and interesting in their own ways .

the first and more high - profile of the two is madharasapattinam , a big - budget , period film about the romance between a poor dhobi / wrestler and a british woman in pre - independence madras . that is new ground for its director vijay , who has so far made the serious , star - driven drama kireedam and the lively , small - budget film poi solla porom . not only is the period setting new for him , madharasapattinam will also be his first original film after 2 remakes . but his choice does attest to his versatility and willingness to take risks and those are admirable attributes for any director . the film stars arya , who has earned a name as a dedicated actor after naan kadavul . he’s starred in some high - profile films with good directors ( bala , vishnu vardhan ) but hasn’t had a big hit in some time now . amy jackson plays the british woman . the film has a strong technical team . a period film demands a lot of the cinematographer and there’s no doubt that nirav shah is capable of that and g . v . prakash has done a good job evoking the mood of those times with his soundtrack .

neither mp nor av boast of a big star cast . that said , maybe you might get to see av next week . they are hoping that mp can rake its money this week and av maybe next week . we’ll just have to wait and see ! my expectations for both mp and av are both pretty low . i don’t see either earth - shaking us or the box office ! 😀

i have to admit , i agree with sandya on her comments . only hard core tamil movie fans tend to watch these low profile movies in the big screen , at least here in the us . rest of us commoners are content on watching them on the small screen

i read an article ( i think on sify ) that said that if av flops , shankar might close down s pictures . that will be a shame…he does encourage filmmakers with different ideas ( even if they don’t always make for entertaining viewing ) and i hope that , as you put it , “for the sake of thamizh cinema” that these kinds of movies do well…my mind goes back to kamal’s comment that “devar magan” was 10 years late , that if “raja paarvai” was accepted by the masses in 1981 his career wouldn’t have stagnated in the early – mid 80s…

balaji , based on reviews so far , it doesn’t look like av will make it next week . there are some rare instances that even bad films do make it to theaters based on the production company , director or even just one great song ; ) . . who knows what will happen in a week ? ! 😉

going by the reviews it looks like at least mp has some impact ( in the making , mostly ) but av seems to be not so good – which is a shame as i am a huge fan of naga’s vidathu karuppu ( marma desam ) and sidhambara ragasiyam .

i am actually looking for “kalavani” – to see it on big screen if somehow it gets released here – as i am hearing all good things about that film .

sandya , yeah av doesn’t seem to be getting the reviews or word - of - mouth that would’ve brought it to the us next week . very few movies have managed that ( i think ‘thamizh padam’ was the last one ) .

kk , i was hoping i was one of the hardcore fans but looks like i’ve to be satisfied with the small screen for both the movies .

ram , yeah i read that in a couple of places too . and like u , that was my biggest reason for hoping that av would be a big hit .

apala , haven’t seen those 2 serials but have heard lots of good things about them . so was looking fwd to av too . i’ll be absolutely thrilled if ‘kalavaani’ released here but i don’t think its gonna happen . yeah i read that news too . and audio release end of this month . the time is near

pisaasu ( english : devil ) is a 2014 tamil supernatural drama film written and directed by mysskin and produced by bala . the film stars newcomers naga and prayaga martin alongside radharavi , kalyani n and harish uthaman . the film released on 19 december 2014 to highly positive reviews . telugu dubbed version " pisachi " released on 27 february 2015 . the film was remade in kannada as rakshasi .

siddharth ( naga ) is an upcoming violinist in chennai who stumbles upon an accident where a teenage girl ( prayaga ) is lying in a pool of blood . he rushes her to the hospital with the help of an auto driver and a couple . however , he is too late and the girl passes away holding his hand . traumatized by the whole episode , siddharth comes home with one of her slippers . he then drives around the city aimlessly with his red car while helping homeless people , unable to come out of the depression due to the girl ' s death .

after the incident , strange things start happening at siddharth’s apartment . he begins to feel a supernatural presence at his house . the house is cleaned up even if he makes it messy and his bottle opener goes missing whenever he tries to drink beer . with the help of his best friends , he employs a psychic to exorcise the ghost but she turns out to be a fraud and is scared out of the apartment by a strange apparition . siddharth also comes to realize that his next door neighbour ' s autistic son plays with an imaginary friend . when siddharth ' s mother ( kalyani n ) comes to visit him , she is hit by a drunk neighbour ( harish uthaman ) who is abusing his wife ( kani kusruti ) . the neighbour is then attacked by a mysterious ghost . the following day , siddharth ' s mother meets with a freak accident in the bathroom and is saved by the ghost who alerts the neighbours . but siddharth mistakes that the ghost had attacked his mother and threatens the ghost that he would kill himself and come as ghost to take revenge on her . many rituals of various religions to drive the ghost away were performed by siddharth but everything is proven futile and the ghost continues to stay . also , a petty thief is also stabbed while trying to steal from siddharth ' s apartment .

siddharth is assured that the ghost of the girl whose life he tried to save is behind all these strange occurrences and goes in search of her family to see if they can help get rid of her . he finds that girl ' s name is bhavani and her father ( radha ravi ) runs a local ice factory . siddharth confronts the father and asks him to cremate his daughter to save him from her ghost . siddharth brings the father to his apartment to show him the ghost , when his mother calls from the hospital to tell him that it was actually the ghost who has saved her life . bhavani ' s father then tries to see if the ghost is actually trying to protect siddharth . when the ghost appears as expected , her father begs her to come home with him but she continues to remain at the apartment . siddharth understands that bhavani ' s spirit never meant him any harm .

realizing that the only way bhavani can rest in peace is by bringing her killer to face justice , siddharth and his friends attempt to solve the mystery of her death themselves . they track down the auto driver that helped siddharth save bhavani and he tells them that he saw a green car driving away after the accident . they then manage to track down the green car at a shady workshop . the driver turns out to be a young man who stole an orphaned child from the hospital since he and his wife cannot have children of their own . the driver ' s cousin who was in the car that day tells siddharth that she saw the actual car that hit bhavani that day and that it was not green but red . siddharth then goes back to the auto driver and asks him to differentiate between red apples and green ones , which he cannot since he is colour blind .

finally realizing that he is the killer , siddharth goes to tell bhavani ' s father the truth . the ghost tries to stop him but he still reveals the truth . overridden with guilt , siddharth tries to commit suicide . bhavani ' s spirit saves siddharth from committing suicide by cremating her own body that her father had preserved all this time in the ice , thus moving on to the next world . the girl ' s father comforts siddharth saying that he is a very kind hearted person and he would have never done that intentionally and that is why his daughter fell in love with him and stayed with him .

the team released a teaser trailer on 15 november 2014 , revealing that production had been finished in fifty two days and the project had entered the post - production stage . [ 9 ]

1 . 18 crore on its first day , which was the best opening for a mysskin film .

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kalloori ( english : college ) is a tamil language coming - of - age film by director balaji shakthivel . the movie was produced by s . shankar ' s banner s pictures and the story was based on the college campus featuring tamannaah and debutant , akhil . audio was released under shankar ' s own audio company s musics ; promote by softment . [ 1 ] music was scored by joshua sridhar and lyrics were written by na . muthukumar . the film was dubbed in telugu language as kalasala . [ 2 ] the film received positive reviews from the critics and the audience . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] the film was inspired on a real life of incident of three college girls of the tamil nadu agricultural university being burnt alive in the 2000 dharmapuri bus burning incident . [ 5 ]

in the classroom they see a beautiful girl shobhana ( played by tamannaah ) , who is strikingly different . she looks depressed and sad and aloof . the friends are puzzled by her in the beginning and later they learn she lost her mom recently in an accident . the group sympathizes for her and brings her into its fold . shobhana soon becomes a member of their group and ditches her plans to pursue her course in delhi . she simply does it to be with these friends during college .

muthu who initially had a crush on shobhana later abandons the feeling due to the respect of the friendship they have developed among their group . the movie goes on to narrate the college life with fun and colour . it shows the strength of the friendship and the backgrounds of the friends ; most of them are from poor families . muthu has an aim in his life . being an athlete , he wants to excel in sports and get a good job through sports quota to give his poor family a new lease of life .

shobhana , who is from a wealthy family background , feels sympathy for muthu after she sees the conditions he and his family lives in and is really moved by his perseverance and helps him achieve his goal by encouraging him in every chance . in fact as true friend many do the same and so does shobhana . she even advises him that there is more he has to and capable of achieving in life so he should take her encouragements as a way to improve his career and nothing else . but eventually her encouraging stance turns into some sort of special attachment with him . slowly love develops in the minds of both but they chose to put it on the back seat for the sake of the larger friendship they share with the group . in fact the poor lovers don ' t even share their feelings .

the last scene flashes back to the beginning of the movie where a group of people are clearing the weeds . it has been eight years since the incident and every year the group of friends come to pay respects to their lost friends and muthu still keeps the handkerchief of shobhana ' s in the remembrance of their love . [ 6 ]

behind woods stated that the movie works but its lack of action and dance numbers might affect its prospects at the box office . [ 9 ] indiaglitz said out that the climax scene was credibly portrayed but didn ' t fit well into the script . [ 10 ]

after the film was released , sakthivel changed the climax because of the negative reaction to a scene in the film which was reminiscent of a real life incident where girls were burned on a bus . [ 11 ]

behindwoods stated that joshua sridhar ' s style evoked the period of the film and said that na . muthukumar ' s lyrics evoked a nostalgic feeling . [ 12 ]

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enthiran ( tamil : எந்திரன் , entiraṉ ? ) is a 2010 tamil science fiction film co - written and directed by s . shankar . the film features rajinikanth in dual roles , as a professor and an android robot . aishwarya rai and danny denzongpa play other lead roles while santhanam , karunas , kalabhavan mani , devadarshini , and cochin haneefa play supporting roles . [ 3 ] the film ' s story revolves around a scientist ' s struggle to control his creation , an android robot whose programme was upgraded to give it the ability to comprehend and generate human emotions . the plan backfires as the robot falls in love with the scientist ' s fiancée and is further manipulated to bring destruction to the world when it lands in the hands of a rival scientist .

dr . vaseegaran ( rajinikanth ) , a professor specialized in robotics , creates a sophisticated android robot in his own likeness after a decade of intensive original research . his mother ( revathi sankaran ) suggests naming it chitti babu .

at the international robotic conference in india , vaseegaran introduces chitti ( also played by rajinikanth ) to the delegates . later it is revealed that vaseegaran ' s mentor , dr . bohra ( danny denzongpa ) was pre - occupied in a botched research project to create a similar superintelligent android robot .

chitti endears himself to vaseegaran ' s girlfriend , sana ( aishwarya rai ) and helps her cheat in her medical school exams . they are caught , but sana , fearing rustication , lies to the investitors that she does not know chitti . chitti learns that humans may choose to lie for self - preservation . chitti ' s superhuman talents soon gain him a large number of fans , especially in the women ' s hostel housing sana .

vaseegaran prepares chitti for a panel evaluation by the artificial intelligence research and development institute ( aird ) , which is headed by dr . bohra . the panel enquires whether chitti ' s build conforms to the three laws of robotics of isaac asimov . vaseegaran replies in the negative . during evaluation , chitti almost stabs vaseegaran at bohra ' s command . bohra convinces the evaluation committee that chitti could not be relied upon in the battlefield because he could be easily manipulated to turn against his owners . later , chitti tries to rescue a bathing girl from a building fire emergency . chitti carries her nude into the public and media focus . as she tries to run away from the tv cameras , she is fatally hit and run over by a truck .

vaseegaran decides to modify chitti ' s neural schema and embeds a positronic brain to allow him to understand human behaviour and emotions . later chitti successfully applies his text book knowledge of symphysiotomy to handle the complicated labour of latha ( devadarshini ) , sana ' s friend . the procedure is covered live by the media . dr . bohra arrives to congratulate dr . vaseegaran on the achievement . he also lets chitti pass the aird ' s evaluation . but problems have only begun for vaseegaran . chitti begins to see sana as its romantic interest and makes advances . this triggers a confrontation between vaseegaran and chitti at sana ' s birthday party . sana tries to explain to chitti that she can love him only as a friend and asks him to forget her . bohra tries to take advantage of the situation and tells chitti that vaseegaran is using him only for his personal benefits , and that he does not value chitti ' s feelings . bohra ' s words do have their effect on chitti , who deliberately fails in an evaluation conducted by the indian army . vaseegaran chops chitti into pieces and throws it away in a landfill site .

bohra , who had already struck up a deal with a german underground terrorist group through an indian agent named shah ( sabu cyril ) to sell them superintelligent robots , had failed to meet the deadline and is given an ultimatum by the group ' s leader . he retrieves chitti ' s parts from the junkyard and fixes it up . he gives chitti a new appearance , and embeds a " red chip " inside chitti , thereby converting him into a ruthless terminator . chitti gatecrashes vaseegaran and sana ' s wedding , kidnaps her , imprisons her in aird and threatens her with rape and creation of a cyborg by artificial insemination .

vaseegaran establishes remote communication with chitti via holographic projection and instructs chitti to return to his lab . chitti refuses to oblige and disconnects the transmission . calling himself " version 2 . 0 " now , chitti begins to create replicas . dr . bohra is killed by chitti . soon chitti ' s army of robots cause mayhem in the city , and take over aird . vaseegaran undertakes the responsibility to stop chitti . disguised as one of the robots , he successfully infiltrates the aird headquarters . vaseegaran instructs the police to cut the power supply in the entire city , and sana distracts chitti from the problem by pretending that she had finally fallen in love with him . when chitti and his army are about to run out of power , they find an alternate solution : they seize vehicles on the road and use their batteries to recharge themselves .

chitti finds vaseegaran , but as chitti is about to kill him , the police force strikes aird . the robots assemble themselves into a sphere , snake , tower , and drill bit formations to defend themselves . one of the robots is immobilized by a grenade explosion , and is taken into custody by vaseegaran . he uploads a computer worm into chitti ' s network which temporarily brings down the robot army . chitti identifies the source of the worm and sends a " self - destruct " command to the robot . the robots assemble in the shape of a giant and chase vaseegaran ' s armoured bus . vaseegaran uses the data he had backed up from the destroyed robot to de - magnetise the robot army , collapsing the giant formation . chitti is pulled into the bus by a huge magnetic wall , allowing vaseegaran access to chitti ' s internal control panel , through which he instructs all the other robots to self - destruct . he then removes the red chip thus calming down chitti .

in a court hearing , the jury rules capital punishment for vaseegaran , citing the large number of casualties and damages to public property caused by the robot army . chitti , explaining to the court that the law allows it to be treated as material evidence , if not as a witness , explains that it was dr . bohra who caused chitti ' s deviant behaviour . he shows the court , using his eyes as 3d projectors , the video footage of dr . bohra installing the red chip inside him . the court decides to drop all charges against vaseegaran , while concluding that chitti should be dismantled in order to avoid further mishaps of the same kind in future . back at the lab , in the presence of bureaucrats and police officials , an emotional vaseegaran tells chitti to dismantle itself . while taking off its parts one by one , chitti apologizes to sana and vaseegaran for the problems it caused . a smiling chitti then dismantles himself , with vaseegaran , sana , and all others around him , crying .

twenty years later , in 2030 , students in a science museum are escorted by a guide towards a showcase that has chitti ' s body parts arranged . the guide tells the students that chitti was the most advanced humanoid robot created , but it was dismantled due to " certain reasons " . a curious student ( shriya sharma ) asks why , to which chitti ' s head responds , " i started to think " , implying that chitti had not dismantled himself completely , and that he has been alive for 20 years .

after completing nayak : the real hero in 2001 , shankar announced a project with kamal haasan and preity zinta titled robo , [ 11 ] to be produced by the now - defunct production company media dreams . [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] despite announcing the project , due to a lack of backing , the project was canceled and shankar began work on boys . in 2005 , shankar made another project , anniyan , which was mistaken to be the renamed title for robot . [ 15 ]

in early 2007 , shankar stated that his next project would be produced by his production house , s pictures . [ 16 ] several websites claimed that he was set to take his maiden telugu language film with chiranjeevi , [ 17 ] while others claimed that it was set to be with mahesh babu . [ 18 ] tabloid gossip columns reported that ajith kumar was considered for the film . [ 18 ] finally , in july 2007 , shahrukh khan was signed on to be the male lead of robot as well as the producer of the film . [ 19 ] however , in october 2007 , shahrukh khan and shankar officially called off the project due to creative differences . [ 20 ]

after further media speculation about aamir khan and hrithik roshan being roped in , official reports surfaced in early january 2008 , that rajinikanth was finalized for the project . [ 21 ] later in january 2008 , ayngaran international and eros entertainment agreed to become the producers of robot . the film was unable to keep the name robot in tamil nadu due to the english title . the government there exempts entertainment tax to films with tamil titles . [ 22 ] it was confirmed in september 2008 that the film has been renamed as enthiran . [ 23 ] the film ' s storyboarding and scripting was going on as told by shankar in two interviews . it was subsequently announced that all those who have been committed for robot should sign an agreement accepting that they will not commit themselves to any other project for the next two years of its production , with an exemption to the female lead , aishwarya rai . [ 24 ]