An American Werewolf in London (1981 John Landis & scr)

David Naughton and Griffin Dunne are the unfortunate tourists, John Woodvine the doctor. Jenny Agutter is absolutely note perfect in every scene.

Some effective dream sequences and black humour (confrontation in sleazy cinema which is playing 'See You Next Wednesday'). What was once deemed so clever in Rick Baker's transformation scene now seems really dated - horror moments are better when you can't see the thing e.g. in Val Lewton-ish Underground scene.

The music's by Elmer Bernstein and it's photographed by Robert Paynter.

Interestingly, Landis came up with the idea in Yugoslavia in 1969 whilst working on Kelly's Heroes (he's an uncredited production assistant).