@@RebelDaGeneral What's a sentence, if not a biological manifestation of our thoughts through grammar sounds that were laid upon society long before our existence here as individuals?
Thats funny because in an interview John Landis said that was his favorite shot too. 'Best thing ive ever filmed in my career' or something like that. I saw this movie when I was a kid and even young me knew that was a beautiful fucking shot lol. I always remember this scene as the right way to do tension building and camera angles in film. Just perfect.
sergeantbigmac I remember the first time I ever saw the film when I was a kid that scene freaked me out like no other. I don't know if it was the full-on shot, the slow methodical way it was creeping, or the whole combination--but whatever it was it worked.
Of Legend I Am Born Exactly! And theres something almost Stanley Kubrick like about it, Machine vs Animal. I think its how the shot is framed by the escalator and the perfect slow reveal.
When I hear a deep, ominous, rumbling growl echoing towards me, it always makes me think how it's not in the least bit amusing. In fact, I'd probably report it.
You can believe it. Back then a lot of Underground stations even in central London were very quiet late at night, because most people had already gone home from work, and left the pubs (which closed at 11pm) Unlike now of course with all night pubs, clubs and what not, and generally more people living in London, we don't get to see it nice and peaceful like this anymore.
gulleyjimson In 1980/81 there were less people living in London from abroad. Less immigrants & Eastern Europe was off-limits to Britain. Nowadays more of them live over here.
A friend of mine went to London and I showed him this scene shortly before his trip and when he was there he texted me saying, "Why did you show me that crap? I am at the underground tunnel right now and that scene has just came to my mind. Thank God there are a lot of people around".
+Robert Hickson yeah the way they shot it was more for psychological reasons, so the audience can make up their own minds what he's seeing, and somehow that's even more frightening.
Robert Hickson They did the same thing with the first attack in the beginning of the film, just the howl and growls and the actors response to it to create the atmosphere, then they showed us the whole thing for the end scenes becasue they had to, for those scenes to work. This is one of the best ways to do horror, make it psychological, allow the audience the chance to imagine for themselves...one reason why the 1960's the Haunting is my favorite horror movie of all time.
0:32 in a place that empty, I’d get the hell out of there cause I’ve been to my campus at night with complete empties and it just reminded me of this scene all alone
this is one of my worst nightmares. I first saw this movie back in the 80's when this kind of realism was rare and this movie even today is the most realistic werewolf movie I've ever seen.genius.this scene and the transformation scene still give me chills.
Imagine watching this in the cinemas, the movie just being released, your heart pounding in the dark, really wanting to see what the werewolf looks like! New movies and their CGI can't come close to that!
Good call on this scene. Of all the scenes in the movie, this one really stuck with me as how it would feel to have a werewolf stalking you in a modern metro world. Lots of people around ... until you really need them to be.
Always loved this scene....it was shot in such a great way that it gives the viewer a great sense of paranoia. The whole movie itself is a classic and scenes like this solidify the fact that it's one of the best movies, of any genre, ever created.
What a great shot when it follows him through the hall and the camera takes the escalator opposite him to follow him up in one unbroken take. Really builds the tension after they gave you the knowledge that the wolf is in there with him, and his constant nervous glances in every direction keep you guessing.
About to ruin it for you, at 1:59 you can see the puppeteers feet as he walks the werewolf puppet closer. Look off to the left side by the werewolf's back feet.
This is one of the most terrifying scenes in the movie! The subway being empty and the wolf howling adds to the tension I also love the pov shot from the wolf chasing him!
i woulda gone so fast i woulda travelled back in time LOL To quote "Rimmer" from The British Hit Comedy "Red Dwarf"...Follow the Rimmer Shaped Blurr!!!
As a Londoner and somebody who first saw this movie in 1990 as a kid, whenever I have visited this tube station since then I always think of this scene
14 years ago, where i live there were many trees and unused lands, that night i was revising for exams and i heard a growl i will never forget and i was utterly terrified. Since that day, i become both fascinated and tettified of werewolves.
Even if he would of ran the first he heard it growl, it would of caught up and killed him anyways. You can’t outrun a 4 legged creature easily. Especially if it’s a hunting kind.
@Beverly Huttinger Actually, during 1981, these places could be empty, there were a lot more cerfews, plus there was a lot less people in London 39 years ago, it just wasnt as active back then. Unbelievable now, but totally believable back then.
@@chaosdweller If this movie was made in 2024, the "american werewolf" would be very much likely overweight ... or even obese. 😅 So your chances for survival would be higher, if you are some jock.
when he says "good lord!" at 1:13 the poster that says a non stop orgy, see you next Wednesday is the film that's showing when David and this unfortunate chap meet again.
A film or play called See You Next Wednesday recurs in all Landis films. See the poster behind Jamie Lee Curtis in her room in Trading Places for example.
It's kind of scary to think that what killed him wasn't just the wolf, it was the fact that he stood there waiting to see if the beast was following him, the chances of him escaping were slim to none, but maybe if he had gotten up after he had fallen down the escalator and kept running to the exit, he might had survived, but the power of fear was stronger
Then again he could have just left quickly after hearing some ominous roar. I def. would NOT stay there and talk to the source of the creepy noise. Screw the subway. Better to be save than sorry.
This used to give me nightmares. This scene was like jaws on land. Being stalked and then finally being killed at the monster's convenience. It made you feel helpless. Absolutely terrifying
2:00 to me this is truly one of the greatest shots (and overall scenes) in horror history. I don’t understand why no one seems capable of achieving this today.
this captures the feeling of powerlessness, even though something scary is far away, you still feel like you can't seem to do anything about it. the far away shot of something scary and then you are paralyzed by what you have seen. i've had that feeling many times, especially in a city like i live in. i hate to use the word liminal space, but i feel like it's true
Years later, rewatching this movie and loving it, I do wonder why this guy didn’t just get up and run. He had so much distance on the wolf he could’ve saved himself 😂
I love the way the director leaves it to your imagination as to what the subway guy is seeing, which makes it so much scarier. They did something like this in the 1957 low budget horror film "I was A Teenage Werewolf" with Michael Landon. But somehow this is much much scarier than the 1957 film.
Lo genial de esta película y esta escena en particular es que por mas de 2 minutos se puede sentir el miedo de estar perseguido por un monstruo real sin necesidad de sustos con sonidos estridentes de la banda sonora, ni cambios bruscos de tomas; cuando en realidad, finalmente solo lo viste en pantalla 4 segundos, en plano lejano y sin música de fondo alguna, y ni cuenta te diste... eso es un buen director.
There were moments of brilliant filmmaking in this movie. Not just the special effects, which of course were at the top of their game. But the way certain scenes like this were filmed. The tension building, reveal and camera angles. That shot at 1:55 is perfection. Almost Kubrick like. Never wouldve expected this from a comedy director lol. I saw this movie when I was a kid and this scene stuck, even young me recognized its brilliance. I often think back to this scene when I watch other horror movies like 'thats how you do it right' lol.
Love this shot. You know that the escalator is going up, but the way they filmed it, made it seem like he was falling down, kind of as a sign where this was going lol
dude the reason this movie has such a deep place in my heart is because i watched it when i was like about 13 or 14 with my mom years ago for the first time and yes the end was really unforgettable the way the wolf recognised that beautiful girl for an instant and then blam it attacked her and got shot. que music and credits haha a horror classic
The first I hear a noise and know it's not a dog I sure as hell wouldn't be yelling back "Is someone there?" I be out running to the streets and take the cab home I wouldn't be sticking around in a subway where I was the only person there. And isn't the London subway like New York or Chicago where there were people around?
My brother and I were exploring a WW1 abandoned train platform in Wiltshire, about two weeks ago, and we heard a single deeeeeep rumbling growl. I said ''Did you hear that?'' and then it came a second time... deep and sinister. No barking, and I couldn't see a dog. My brother ''thought'' he saw a huge dog, lying down. But we didn't stick around that area to look.Tiffany Days
At night, the Tube stations are quite empty.... especially in the 1970's early 1980's [I used to get the last tube home sometimes, through ''Jack the Ripper'' areas as a teenagerTiffany Days
Not always.....but then again, my experiences of London Tube very late at night was in the late 1970's early 1980's...it was quite possible to walk along the deserted tunnels and passageways and not see another person..not nice if one was alone.Latte Cat
***** Former trackbed of old army railway-near Grafton. There is a pic of it on my profile page, taken by my brother- but we went back last year to take more pics, and the dog growl was heard- we couldn't SEE any dog, but the growl was deep and menacing-no barking. In my experience, a deep growl with no warning barks means business. so we walked away sharpish.
Movies were just so full of emotions back then....you can feel the suspense! That shot down the escalator as it crawls towards him is pure gold....thats making great cinema!! Very rare today.
thanks so much for uploading, this scene scared the absolute shit out of me when i was a kid of 9 or 10. and that is one nasty fall he takes on the escalator TUBE NERDS TAKE NOTE: this is Tottenham Court Road Station in 1981 PRIOR to its complete redecoration in 1983, great rare footage of it here.
I too watched this FAR too young, think I was about 12ish, the walk home in the dark from my friends house where we watched it(On the auld VHS) was very scary indeed!
Karen D lol.. A friend and I watched it at aged 10 back in 1984, and later on she wanted me to walk her home. I compromised saying I'd only walk her halfway. Then I ran as fast as I could home, with the image of that beast just barely coming into frame, in my head.
:-) Terrified for ages afterwards, I remember not being able to enter a dark room without putting my arm around the corner to find the light switch to be sure the light was on before I entered. (I can only imagine the rationale of my little traumatised mind, maybe I thought the wolf was afraid of light, a fatal flaw in my plan was not thinking about the fact he would eat my hand off whilst scrabbling blindly for the light switch if he was lurking within a room waiting for me)
I love how this takes kind of a Jaws approach to this where you mostly get POV shots with only sometimes actually seeing the monster which I think is really cool
Brilliantly terrifying . So cleverly thought out . I love how it doesn't show too much of the lycan, just a glimpse and the rest is really feeling the fear that poor man would've felt .
Still one of the most iconic scenes in horror! And still the best werewolf movie EVER!! It's not even close "Howling" fans. Good movie, but this movie goes for the jugular and the funny bone like almost no flick before it, and very few since it's release!
With scenes like this, when rewatching them my brain always ponders about at what point was the character doomed. If the character was given the ability of hindsight, what was the point of no return? Obviously after his last line of, "I shall report this." He was doomed then. But do you think that it was the first word? Was the moment he said anything what sealed the deal? Or maybe stepping off the train in the first place. If he gained hindsight and immediately ran without saying anything, do you think he would have gotten away? It is terrifying to think about a position where you are helpless. To know the point in which your actions stop mattering. Where the option of escape closes forever.
One of the scariest scenes in any film ever. After seeing this, no subway station late at night has ever been the same for me. Sort of like what "Jaws" did for me about swimming in the ocean after dark!
I miss this style of monster movie...the kind where it's really suspenseful, and you never really get a full glimpse of the monster, only brief glimpses
This always gets me....if that wolf can make it up to the platform, up the stairs and escalator so damn quick how in the hell can he not catch the chap running? Or is he just teasing him? lol My fave horror film of all time.
The werewolf was basically taunting or teasing him. I think that was obvious. With reference to how clumsily the man tripped down, I have a feeling that the Werewolf was merely teasing its victim and getting some fun out of it. After all, no human, including Usain Bolt, can outrun a four-legged creature, especially one of that size in a race, let alone walking up an escalator.
@@masonwright7700 I dont think so. Four legged animals can run way faster than humans. Usain Bolts fastest speed was 100 meters in 9.52 seconds. An average dog can run way faster. You greatly underestimate how fast animals can run. For instance, a greyhound can run at a speed of 48kmph way faster than Usain Bolt.
@@aswinastro I can agree on that. When I run in an open space like a park, my dog always catches up to me in seconds, even if just noticed and I'm already far away.
"I can assure you that this is not in the least bit amusing. I shall report this."
What an extremely English choice of final sentences.
Well, technically his last words were "Good Lord"
@@joaomarcelo7171 but that’s not a sentence
@@RebelDaGeneral What's a sentence, if not a biological manifestation of our thoughts through grammar sounds that were laid upon society long before our existence here as individuals?
@@joaomarcelo7171 still very english enough
@@Smiley0.1 Delivered by a Scottish actor - Michael Carter.
To me, the glimpse of the werewolf from the top of the escalator as it slowly approaches him was always the scariest scene in the film.
It's a really effective shot, yeah. For a film filled with a lot of humor it is pretty scary.
Well it's a Black Comedy so it's supposed to be humorous yet serious.
Thats funny because in an interview John Landis said that was his favorite shot too. 'Best thing ive ever filmed in my career' or something like that.
I saw this movie when I was a kid and even young me knew that was a beautiful fucking shot lol. I always remember this scene as the right way to do tension building and camera angles in film. Just perfect.
sergeantbigmac
I remember the first time I ever saw the film when I was a kid that scene freaked me out like no other. I don't know if it was the full-on shot, the slow methodical way it was creeping, or the whole combination--but whatever it was it worked.
Of Legend I Am Born Exactly! And theres something almost Stanley Kubrick like about it, Machine vs Animal. I think its how the shot is framed by the escalator and the perfect slow reveal.
We saw JUST enough of the creature to make this scene terrifying.
A Hitchcock trick. He invented it. :)
Not just that, it was enough of the creature to make a report, I shall report this inconvenience to the authorities at hand.
When I hear a deep, ominous, rumbling growl echoing towards me, it always makes me think how it's not in the least bit amusing. In fact, I'd probably report it.
good lord
Lol!.😆
Probably thought a animal had got trapped,STILL doesn’t explain his weird choice for last words.
The single most British response in existence.
Not me, I ' will be running!
I can accept the werewolf...but an empty Tottenham Court Road station, my imagination can't stretch that far.
+gulleyjimson might be very late hours,
+Mckenzie .Latham according to the clock in the last part of this clip, it's just after 1pm.
Brandon Junk
that might be one of those production errors, i doubt they had permission to actually change the clocks nor thought they needed to.
You can believe it. Back then a lot of Underground stations even in central London were very quiet late at night, because most people had already gone home from work, and left the pubs (which closed at 11pm)
Unlike now of course with all night pubs, clubs and what not, and generally more people living in London, we don't get to see it nice and peaceful like this anymore.
gulleyjimson In 1980/81 there were less people living in London from abroad. Less immigrants & Eastern Europe was off-limits to Britain. Nowadays more of them live over here.
A friend of mine went to London and I showed him this scene shortly before his trip and when he was there he texted me saying, "Why did you show me that crap? I am at the underground tunnel right now and that scene has just came to my mind. Thank God there are a lot of people around".
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Yes. Hope the *Woof-Woof* gets confused…
To me, this the most frightening scene of all. You can just sense the man's fear and helplessness.
+Robert Hickson yeah the way they shot it was more for psychological reasons, so the audience can make up their own minds what he's seeing, and somehow that's even more frightening.
Mckenzie .Latham
Well, I certainly felt it. There was no place to run and he died in fear.
Robert Hickson
They did the same thing with the first attack in the beginning of the film, just the howl and growls and the actors response to it to create the atmosphere, then they showed us the whole thing for the end scenes becasue they had to, for those scenes to work.
This is one of the best ways to do horror, make it psychological, allow the audience the chance to imagine for themselves...one reason why the 1960's the Haunting is my favorite horror movie of all time.
It also worked for Jaws at the very beginning. Who didn't feel terror for that poor girl. I will NEVER go swimming at any beach, swimming pools only.
He was alone and couldn't escape.
This scene was amazing! No cheap special effects, no suspenseful music, just silence. And it achieved the same goal of being scary and suspenseful.
0:32 in a place that empty, I’d get the hell out of there cause I’ve been to my campus at night with complete empties and it just reminded me of this scene all alone
@@Novasigmia That’s why I’ve always hated going to night classes.
this is one of my worst nightmares. I first saw this movie back in the 80's when this kind of realism was rare and this movie even today is the most realistic werewolf movie I've ever seen.genius.this scene and the transformation scene still give me chills.
Me too!
Me 2
Imagine watching this in the cinemas, the movie just being released, your heart pounding in the dark, really wanting to see what the werewolf looks like! New movies and their CGI can't come close to that!
Its not the cgi fault its the director's fault. CGI can do better than this if done right.
@@chickenpommes19 that would be bloody scary and priceless at the same time!
@@KingsWorld2015 exactly.
Good call on this scene. Of all the scenes in the movie, this one really stuck with me as how it would feel to have a werewolf stalking you in a modern metro world. Lots of people around ... until you really need them to be.
Amazing scene. I remember watching this movie when I was way too young and this bit terrified me.
Lol😂😂
My dad used to work on the underground he was actually there when they filmed this scene
That’s so cool.
Glad he wasn’t ‘a victim of the carnivorous lunar activities’
And he didn't think to step in and help the guy getting chased? Coward
Your Dad should have helped him or at least got his brolly back for him! It looked a damn good brolly that did!
Complete lies. This was filmed in an empty unused tube station with "Tottenham Court Road" labels. Your dad wouldn't have been there.
This is what horror films nowadays fail to do: build suspense without showing off the threat.
Pretty much
thats why i like IT 2017
You can see werewolf aproaches on the top of screen, before attacking
@@mrblack9583
Yea, a quick glance as a payoff for the end of the chase scene, well timed
@@ivsky4596 exactly, and this is one of the best scenes in the movie
Love the shot at 2:01. The way the werewolf just emerges into the scene, always gives me chills
Yeah! Awesome! But what if it was a rat of that size? even more terryfying.
Always loved this scene....it was shot in such a great way that it gives the viewer a great sense of paranoia. The whole movie itself is a classic and scenes like this solidify the fact that it's one of the best movies, of any genre, ever created.
That shot at 1:57 is so good, really creepy seeing that thing slowly prowl from the edge of the screen
What a great shot when it follows him through the hall and the camera takes the escalator opposite him to follow him up in one unbroken take. Really builds the tension after they gave you the knowledge that the wolf is in there with him, and his constant nervous glances in every direction keep you guessing.
Totally agree. Great scene and great movie.
No cgi..just so simple yet so effective. Truly horrifying scene...modern films just can't match this
With practical effects - no CGI in 1981!
i wouldn't call it simple lol
no CGI used !!! it was a model controlled by people ,why it is not fully seen
Watch Dog Soldiers
About to ruin it for you, at 1:59 you can see the puppeteers feet as he walks the werewolf puppet closer. Look off to the left side by the werewolf's back feet.
This is one of the most terrifying scenes in the movie! The subway being empty and the wolf howling adds to the tension I also love the pov shot from the wolf chasing him!
best werewolf movie yet by far my opinion
If this was me, and it was a real life situation, I would've made Usain Bolt look like a slowpoke!
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Werewolf’s can run 50 miles an hour
And then you'd die
Aaron Ramen Then I will run faster then that.
i woulda gone so fast i woulda travelled back in time LOL To quote "Rimmer" from The British Hit Comedy "Red Dwarf"...Follow the Rimmer Shaped Blurr!!!
With how hilarious this movie gets, it should not be possible for it to also be THIS scary.
Agree and also the ending is too tragic
Well acted scene poor man his legs buckle with fright and the nose bleed, it's terror, memorable scene
@@VrilWaffen No way, if you've ever been crippled with fear you'll know it's perfect acting.
So British! Sees a huge werewolf that is about to kill him and eat him...
*Good lord!*
David started to change easily.
His levels of Britishness were almost unreal
Good grief sir . Do i know your mother?
He should start yelling '"Bloody stairs! Bloody suitcase! Bloody, everything bloody!" when he tripped. It'd be even more British 🤢
As a Londoner and somebody who first saw this movie in 1990 as a kid, whenever I have visited this tube station since then I always think of this scene
for all you Star Wars fans out there...THIS IS THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED BIB FORTUNA IN RETURN OF THE JEDI!!!
Wow
day wana wago?
Uncle Bob WHAT??!!!
holy shitt!!
Damn
I can assure you this is not in the least bit amusing. I shall report this!
+Steve Garrod THE most british thing to say back then lol
idk why but it makes me laugh every time, it's just so opposite of the ferocious growl
wtf is up with you avatar?!
hes high as hell
+cmdrchris971 ainsley harriott?
I would have been running for my life on the first growl. Dogs don't growl like that; run man, run - but, he waited too long.
14 years ago, where i live there were many trees and unused lands, that night i was revising for exams and i heard a growl i will never forget and i was utterly terrified. Since that day, i become both fascinated and tettified of werewolves.
Probably thought a lion had escaped from Piccadilly Circus
Even if he would of ran the first he heard it growl, it would of caught up and killed him anyways. You can’t outrun a 4 legged creature easily. Especially if it’s a hunting kind.
@@germanramos9609 well, he also screamed. And the creature heard him. At least he could have escaped quietly.
DeepBlue agreed
I remembered when i first saw this as a kid. This scene made feel anxious as hell wondering if the guy was going to make it.
+haruhidude Same! I was just thinking how this one affected me a bunch as a kid when I first saw it.
Excellent scene. You only catch a glimpse of the werewolf, but it's just enough to show how damn BIG it is.
This scene is a master class in direction and horror
I remember watching this movie at 15 yo. This scene stuck with me the most. Absolutely loved it.
This is one of the best movie scenes ever!
@Beverly Huttinger Actually, during 1981, these places could be empty, there were a lot more cerfews, plus there was a lot less people in London 39 years ago, it just wasnt as active back then.
Unbelievable now, but totally believable back then.
everrrrrrrr, iconic, epic, legendary, humans, of all time...
rule # 1 Cardio, it doesn't only apply to zombies.
Canines thoracic cavities and small limbs are meant for running though, so unless your dealing with a out of shape wherwolf ? Idk?
Terror has a way of freezing you up.
@Philip Dennis yeah that must be it
@@chaosdweller
If this movie was made in 2024, the "american werewolf" would be very much likely overweight ... or even obese. 😅
So your chances for survival would be higher, if you are some jock.
The growling of the creature down that dark tunnel is so eerie.
when he says "good lord!" at 1:13 the poster that says a non stop orgy, see you next Wednesday is the film that's showing when David and this unfortunate chap meet again.
A film or play called See You Next Wednesday recurs in all Landis films. See the poster behind Jamie Lee Curtis in her room in Trading Places for example.
I don't think they do ever meet again..
The werewolf’s roar in this movie always terrified me as a kid.
It's kind of scary to think that what killed him wasn't just the wolf, it was the fact that he stood there waiting to see if the beast was following him, the chances of him escaping were slim to none, but maybe if he had gotten up after he had fallen down the escalator and kept running to the exit, he might had survived, but the power of fear was stronger
Then again he could have just left quickly after hearing some ominous roar.
I def. would NOT stay there and talk to the source of the creepy noise.
Screw the subway.
Better to be save than sorry.
This used to give me nightmares. This scene was like jaws on land. Being stalked and then finally being killed at the monster's convenience. It made you feel helpless. Absolutely terrifying
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You need to watch this from start to finish bro, it's a classic.
When I was younger. This was the only film that made my uncle chuck his beer into the air out of pure fright!
still the best werewolf movie
2:00 to me this is truly one of the greatest shots (and overall scenes) in horror history. I don’t understand why no one seems capable of achieving this today.
this captures the feeling of powerlessness, even though something scary is far away, you still feel like you can't seem to do anything about it. the far away shot of something scary and then you are paralyzed by what you have seen. i've had that feeling many times, especially in a city like i live in. i hate to use the word liminal space, but i feel like it's true
Years later, rewatching this movie and loving it, I do wonder why this guy didn’t just get up and run. He had so much distance on the wolf he could’ve saved himself 😂
I love the way the director leaves it to your imagination as to what the subway guy is seeing, which makes it so much scarier. They did something like this in the 1957 low budget horror film "I was A Teenage Werewolf" with Michael Landon. But somehow this is much much scarier than the 1957 film.
To this day still one of the best films I’ve ever seen,none of that CGI rubbish.Rick Baker was a true master of FX,the best werewolf ever
Simple and precise. Perfectly executed scenes and movie.
Yes and no music which would of spoil this part of the film. 🇬🇧
His reaction at 1:11 was the scariest part. You knew the sight he beheld was unholy.
The build up and suspense is what makes it terrifying
Lo genial de esta película y esta escena en particular es que por mas de 2 minutos se puede sentir el miedo de estar perseguido por un monstruo real sin necesidad de sustos con sonidos estridentes de la banda sonora, ni cambios bruscos de tomas; cuando en realidad, finalmente solo lo viste en pantalla 4 segundos, en plano lejano y sin música de fondo alguna, y ni cuenta te diste... eso es un buen director.
Best werewolf scene ever
Masterful filmmaking. Some of the shots are downright Kubrickian.
His cardio conditioning is terrible, and then he drops his umbrella with a pointy end and doesn't pick it up - literally his only weapon.
Good point!
He's probably a smoker or at least surrounded by them at work. it's hard to convey just how many people smoked back then, no exaggeration.
He was so scared he winded easily. That's what happens your heart rate is so high u can't breath e
@@stixkman2832 Exactly.
Doubt an umbrella would do much to deter a werewolf
There were moments of brilliant filmmaking in this movie. Not just the special effects, which of course were at the top of their game. But the way certain scenes like this were filmed. The tension building, reveal and camera angles. That shot at 1:55 is perfection. Almost Kubrick like. Never wouldve expected this from a comedy director lol.
I saw this movie when I was a kid and this scene stuck, even young me recognized its brilliance. I often think back to this scene when I watch other horror movies like 'thats how you do it right' lol.
Incredible scene, the tension is unbearable.
Love this shot. You know that the escalator is going up, but the way they filmed it, made it seem like he was falling down, kind of as a sign where this was going lol
Yes exactly. It gives the impression he's travelling downwards. Very clever.
Happy birthday An American werewolf in London you're 35 now.
1981?
37 years old now from 1981 - 2018
@Dorothy Crawley Ahh the VHS times...
this scene is gold
I remember seeing this movie in the theaters when it came out scared the nuts outta me, still can't find them to this day
dude the reason this movie has such a deep place in my heart is because i watched it when i was like about 13 or 14 with my mom years ago for the first time and yes the end was really unforgettable the way the wolf recognised that beautiful girl for an instant and then blam it attacked her and got shot. que music and credits haha a horror classic
The first I hear a noise and know it's not a dog I sure as hell wouldn't be yelling back "Is someone there?" I be out running to the streets and take the cab home I wouldn't be sticking around in a subway where I was the only person there. And isn't the London subway like New York or Chicago where there were people around?
My brother and I were exploring a WW1 abandoned train platform in Wiltshire, about two weeks ago, and we heard a single deeeeeep rumbling growl. I said ''Did you hear that?'' and then it came a second time... deep and sinister. No barking, and I couldn't see a dog. My brother ''thought'' he saw a huge dog, lying down. But we didn't stick around that area to look.Tiffany Days
At night, the Tube stations are quite empty.... especially in the 1970's early 1980's [I used to get the last tube home sometimes, through ''Jack the Ripper'' areas as a teenagerTiffany Days
Not always.....but then again, my experiences of London Tube very late at night was in the late 1970's early 1980's...it was quite possible to walk along the deserted tunnels and passageways and not see another person..not nice if one was alone.Latte Cat
+Tiffany Days Yes,we know.
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Former trackbed of old army railway-near Grafton. There is a pic of it on my profile page, taken by my brother- but we went back last year to take more pics, and the dog growl was heard- we couldn't SEE any dog, but the growl was deep and menacing-no barking.
In my experience, a deep growl with no warning barks means business. so we walked away sharpish.
This is why being alone at a quiet underground train station freaks me out. 😂😂
Amazing scene, you can feel the terror of the victim.
Movies were just so full of emotions back then....you can feel the suspense! That shot down the escalator as it crawls towards him is pure gold....thats making great cinema!! Very rare today.
thanks so much for uploading, this scene scared the absolute shit out of me when i was a kid of 9 or 10. and that is one nasty fall he takes on the escalator
TUBE NERDS TAKE NOTE: this is Tottenham Court Road Station in 1981 PRIOR to its complete redecoration in 1983, great rare footage of it here.
I too watched this FAR too young, think I was about 12ish, the walk home in the dark from my friends house where we watched it(On the auld VHS) was very scary indeed!
Karen D
lol.. A friend and I watched it at aged 10 back in 1984, and later on she wanted me to walk her home. I compromised saying I'd only walk her halfway. Then I ran as fast as I could home, with the image of that beast just barely coming into frame, in my head.
:-) Terrified for ages afterwards, I remember not being able to enter a dark room without putting my arm around the corner to find the light switch to be sure the light was on before I entered. (I can only imagine the rationale of my little traumatised mind, maybe I thought the wolf was afraid of light, a fatal flaw in my plan was not thinking about the fact he would eat my hand off whilst scrabbling blindly for the light switch if he was lurking within a room waiting for me)
Tottenham court road, now on part 3.
it's being renovated again Dave? cool
One of the best movies with practical effects ever made
That movie scared the crap out of me back in the day. Same for Silver Bullet!
I love how this takes kind of a Jaws approach to this where you mostly get POV shots with only sometimes actually seeing the monster which I think is really cool
Important to retain your umbrella and briefcase whilst escaping a werewolf
Best Werewolf movie in history
"I can assure you that this is not in the least bit amusing." Most British reaction ever lol
This is a Beautiful and Classic Movie
One things for sure - I'm never taking the London subway system ever again
Jared S. You mean the “Underground”
@@teegunnerlondon1635 Otherwise known as the tube!
Yep there out of the lab and there all over Europe!
The unseen threat...scariest thing of all..this film is pure genius.
If I hear anything growl like that in a dark tunnel the last thing I'm gonna do is ask "Hello is someone there?"
Lol I would get my legs in gear if I heard the first growl!
Great actor. Love the acting when he first hears the werewolf.
Man: I can assure you this is not the least bit amusing, I shall report this!
Werewolf: *I ShAlL rEpOrT tHiS*
Brilliantly terrifying . So cleverly thought out . I love how it doesn't show too much of the lycan, just a glimpse and the rest is really feeling the fear that poor man would've felt .
I remember seeing this when it came out on HBO in 1981-82.
I was 8 years old. It was scary as hell. I don’t know what my parents were thinking 🤷🏻♂️🤓
Still one of the most iconic scenes in horror! And still the best werewolf movie EVER!! It's not even close "Howling" fans. Good movie, but this movie goes for the jugular and the funny bone like almost no flick before it, and very few since it's release!
00:30 - Staring into that dark trail = I'm getting the f**k out of here!!!!
Ricardo Frias Imagine the Jaws theme playing in this scene shown in the Werewolf's POV that would be so cool.
I love the fact that he keeps a tight hold of his brolly and suitcase whilst running terrified for his life.
I have used the subway in London a lot of times but I would never expect to see a wall ad like that: 1:13.
He’s rattled from the get go, so spooky the thought of its snarling head emerging from that pitch black tunnel
Is it just me, or when the werewolf growls when you see it from the escalator, does it almost sound like it's saying"you're dead"?
It does! I always thought it sounded like “Good Lord”, like it was mocking him by saying his line back to him.
Oscar winning movie for best makeup, no less. It's a true movie classic, IMO.
With scenes like this, when rewatching them my brain always ponders about at what point was the character doomed. If the character was given the ability of hindsight, what was the point of no return? Obviously after his last line of, "I shall report this." He was doomed then. But do you think that it was the first word? Was the moment he said anything what sealed the deal? Or maybe stepping off the train in the first place. If he gained hindsight and immediately ran without saying anything, do you think he would have gotten away? It is terrifying to think about a position where you are helpless. To know the point in which your actions stop mattering. Where the option of escape closes forever.
If he had run when he heard the first growl i think he would have been able to get away or at least get into the streets where he could find "help"
One of my all time favourite scenes, spooks me out whenever I get on a tube
Now that...is how you build suspense
One of the scariest scenes in any film ever. After seeing this, no subway station late at night has ever been the same for me. Sort of like what "Jaws" did for me about swimming in the ocean after dark!
I miss this style of monster movie...the kind where it's really suspenseful, and you never really get a full glimpse of the monster, only brief glimpses
I love werewolves movies this is my number #1
Miss the chocolate machines on the underground,used to have the big cadbury ones all over in the 1990s.
Why were they removed?
Chuck Lee werewolf contamination.
Well into the early 00's. I remember buying Dream and Boost for 50p on my way to work back in the day. I miss those machines.
In the 70's we used to buy Toffets for 5p I think?
The number of times I've checked behind me going up Underground escalators....
So simple. No cgi..no music...yet truly horrifying. Modern movies just can't match this..
Favorite scene in the movie!
This always gets me....if that wolf can make it up to the platform, up the stairs and escalator so damn quick how in the hell can he not catch the chap running? Or is he just teasing him? lol
My fave horror film of all time.
The werewolf was basically taunting or teasing him. I think that was obvious. With reference to how clumsily the man tripped down, I have a feeling that the Werewolf was merely teasing its victim and getting some fun out of it. After all, no human, including Usain Bolt, can outrun a four-legged creature, especially one of that size in a race, let alone walking up an escalator.
@@aswinastro usain bolt can
@@masonwright7700 I dont think so. Four legged animals can run way faster than humans. Usain Bolts fastest speed was 100 meters in 9.52 seconds. An average dog can run way faster. You greatly underestimate how fast animals can run. For instance, a greyhound can run at a speed of 48kmph way faster than Usain Bolt.
@@aswinastro I can agree on that. When I run in an open space like a park, my dog always catches up to me in seconds, even if just noticed and I'm already far away.
Best movie ever made no cgi was included i still have the cassette version of these movie lol back in 2003 when my parents had purchased it
0:48 this moment is quite scary, because pretty all of us would start doing the same in such situation