The makeup on Griffin Dunn was so convincing that it upset his mother knowing how he would look when he died.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

I believe it! That would be very upsetting!

@hv3926

2 жыл бұрын

Griffin Dunn was hilarious in this movie.

4:50 ...That is Frank Oz. The voice of Fozzy Bear, Miss Piggy, and Yoda (to name a few). He has also directed and cameo in many films and TV shows.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes that makes sense! Thanks for watching!

@mikesilva3868

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen due to the blood boiling away in his face like pudding in a copper... OH THE HUMANITY.mst3k joke 😂

@thegorn68

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen LOL! When you said, "He sounds like Kermit The Frog." I was thinking, "Wow! So close."

@AubreySciFi

3 жыл бұрын

Yes when she said "He sounds like Kermit." I was thinking, "No, but you're very close." Frank Oz is an original founding member of Jim Henson's Muppet performers going back to the 60's. He's worked on all the Muppet movies, the Muppet show, Star Wars as Yoda, and he's directed some films, and done small acting roles in others like this and "Trading Places" to name two famous 80's films.

@pmsfar-outgrooviness8025

2 жыл бұрын

He was Bert, Grover, and the Cookie Monster on Sesame Street

Still the greatest werewolf transformation ever. You can feel David's pain in every bone cracking second .

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! It felt so real! Thanks for watching!

@leonardsmalls6350

3 жыл бұрын

Came here to say this.... all the advancements in special effects.... none has done it better.

@rhaenyralikesyoutube6289

3 жыл бұрын

You're so right. If lycanthropy was a real thing, I imagine the transformation would be either exactly like this, or very similar: being a werewolf would NOT be fun.

@atti97

3 жыл бұрын

Winning the Academy Awards for the effects.

@robertmcghintheorca49

3 жыл бұрын

It's also a brilliant touch, no pun intended that they not only had David look straight into the camera, but reach out to the viewers for help.

Love this film! This was the first "R-rated" film I was allowed to see, secretly, when my mother and I went to visit a buddy of hers. He invited me to look at his video collection, to look at something while they visited and I saw the title, and said how much I love werewolf movies, but had never seen this one...He was unsympathetic to my parents' restrictions, bless his heart!

It won the Oscar for Best Makeup in 1982, as it was the first film to win the new category.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

I believe it! So well done!

@romero329

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen You know the makeup is good when the Oscars has to create a new award just to honor your film!

@jesselester9722

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen here's some suggestions Child's Play (1988) Child's Play 2 (1989) Child's Play 3 (1990) Bride Of Chucky(1994) Seed Of Chucky (1995) Phantasm (1979) Night Of The Living Dead(1968) The Howling (1981) The Lost Boys (1987) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Interview With The Vampire (1994) From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) John Carpenter's Vampires (1998) The Omen(1976) Damien The Omen 2(1978) The Final Conflict (1981) Friday The 13th Part 3(1983) Friday The 13th Part 4 The Final Chapter (1984) Poltergeist (1982) A Nightmare On Elm Street 2 Freddy's Revenge (1985) A Nightmare On Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors (1986) Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) The Last House On The Left (1972) Christine (1983) Pet Semetary (1989) Candyman (1992)

"See you next Wednesday" is in almost every John Landis movie. Look for it in Trading Places, Blues Brothers, Coming to America, MJ's Thriller video, but not Animal House. He took the line from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

@ajivins1

2 жыл бұрын

See you next tuesday is an insulting acronym!

@jxchamb

2 жыл бұрын

@@ajivins1 So is See U Next Thanksgiving.

There is a movie called an American werewolf in Paris which is supposed to be a spiritual sequel. It uses CGI and it's God awful terrible. It's one of the best examples of how CGI is no match to practical effects.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Dang that sounds pretty terrible :/ I don’t want to ruin my memory of this amazing movie. Thanks for watching!

@anitafowler524

Жыл бұрын

Really!! You have never seen this Iconic Movie!! Ok. Watch The Howling. It was one of the first movies made where you see the people change to werewolves. My ever ever favorite . The Howling,

@bungle3912

Жыл бұрын

The sequel is garbage

@grendeltech

2 ай бұрын

The one thing I did like about the sequel is that it introduced a cure. It gave a sort of hope for the victim who got the curse, and it was appropriately gruesome.

"He sounds like Kermit the frog." Because that's Frank Oz the voice of Kermit, Grover, Miss Piggy, Yoda and co-creator of the muppets :D

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Haha Yep that makes sense! Thanks for watching!

@rnw2739

3 жыл бұрын

He didn't voice Kermit, that was Jim Henson.

@gerbear3227

3 жыл бұрын

Frank Oz didnt voice Kermit but yes YODA, Miss Piggy and many others.......he actally cameos in a few films in the 80s - one in particular one of my favourite comedies "Trading Places" he was the cop interogating Lewis played by Dan Akroyd - hillarious film - think ill go watch it now :)

@victorsixtythree

3 жыл бұрын

Frank Oz also had a cameo role in The Blues Brothers, another John Landis film.

@tomklenskjr.2491

3 жыл бұрын

Frank Oz also directed the great ‘80s musical remake of The Little Shop of Horrors.. another good one, to watch Jen!

"The Howling" is the other iconic werewolf movie of the 80's.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

I'll add it to the watchlist! Thanks for the suggestion!

@bs2361

3 жыл бұрын

The only movie to this day that has messed with me especially if I'm in a wooded area by myself

@TheRequiemOfficialReal

3 жыл бұрын

Rick Baker was supposed to do the Howling but he bailed on it for this. One of Rick's artist's Rob Bottin to helm the Howling makeup concept design because Rick was working in this movie.

@lynygal84

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen Oye, I just recommended that lol.

@galdramann2478

3 жыл бұрын

I love the "Ginger Snaps" trilogy.

This is a bar of werewolf transformations in a movie and behind the scenes ingenuity that will never be reached. It's phenomenal. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😇

Saw this at 16 in the theater with friends. The audience didn't know what to think except that they liked it. It's still one of my favorite films. A funny scene for me is when Jack says 'Hi David' with the Mickey Mouse and then David says 'Put that down!'. For some reason David getting angry at that is really funny to me.

This movie inspired Michael Jackson to ask John Landis to direct the video for Thriller.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

I can definitely see that! Thanks for watching!

@kylereese4822

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen The Dark Crystal is a must watch too :):)

@gerbear3227

3 жыл бұрын

yes Michael Jackson was a BIG fan of the film

This movie scared the piss out of me as a kid. Still love it!

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

It scared me as a mostly adult person! Thanks for watching!

@vincentlyon7448

2 жыл бұрын

Only mostly 😂

@bb21again.67

2 жыл бұрын

I remember when I saw this at the movies and was struck how shiny the blood was in the moonlight in the first attack.

It was cool how you mentioned that the movie focused more on david's humanity more than the monster side of him, I think that helps to make you feel sympathy for him when he eventually has to meet his fate at the end and david cronenberg's the fly did that well with focusing on brundle's human side before he started mutating into the brundlefly and great reaction on the movie!

Before this movie, the lead actor was famous for singing the Dr. Pepper song. Oh... And the man thrown through the glass near the end was the director John Landis, in his on screen cameo.

This is one of my favorite movies to see reaction videos for, thanks so much for doing this! There's not many of them out there! I really enjoyed watching this with you! I'm like you, I'm not inclined towards horror movies, but I love great ones like this. This movie has comedy, just enough tragedy and drama, it has enough jumps and scares and thrills, even better it's surreal and trippy, beautifully photographed with a great soundtrack....and then (as you say) the makeup and the effects are beyond great. If I took my date to see this on a Saturday night in 1981, I think I would have come out of that theater and said: "Now that's a movie!" :D You know what's another great one-of-a-kind horror movie with a similar approach, as far as combining humor, great cinematography etc: "Creepshow" (1982). Stephen King wrote the script (and even acts in i!), it's a great movie, so much fun, five stories in one movie....and there are hardly any reaction videos for it! If you're looking for a great horror movie, but one that transcends the genre (like American Werewolf does), try that one. And also, even better, and completely different: the 1978 version of "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers". Highly recommended. Again: transcends the genre into one of the greatest remakes of all time, and even one of the great movies of the 70s (which is saying something!)....., a horror movie for those who love horror.....and those who don't! Great practical effects in both. "Rosemary's Baby", that's a cinematic masterpiece, not many reaction videos for that, even though it's a total classic. Just a few suggestions for your list, or your polls, I hope you don't mind! Now if you'll excuse me I want to check out your channel and see what other movies you reacted to!!!

They actually did shut down Picidilly circus. Landis had previously done The Blues Brothers which had elaborately orchestrated car stunts so they were able to knock out that whole car crash scene in like an hour. He was good at that.. but that hubris led to a tragedy where an actor and 2 child actors died on The Twilight Zone Movie. Safety First, kids.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Oh no! Yeah I imagine it would it a lot harder to shut it down today, thanks for watching!

You chanting "one of us, one of us" made it scarier. 😅 Thanks.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Haha I do what I can! Thanks for watching!

@mikesilva3868

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen 🤗this a great film saw it on TNT network I was 14 in 1998

@carlswanson808

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen I'm not surprised to hear a Freaks quote from someone with Braudy and Cohen on her bookshelf.

Literally my favorite movie of all time. Along with The Thing and The Fly, this is part of the practical horror effects trifecta.

Legendary classic! The iconic and STILL best werewolf transformation ever put on screen, was done by the legendary Rick Baker. He's the guy who did the aliens in Star Wars and the ones in the Men in Black films. He used makeup on the actor David Naughton, and animatronic puppets. This sequence took a full week to film! This was very complicated to achieve 40 years ago, without any aid from digital effects, so everything was achieved practically on set. Rick Baker subsequently won an Oscar for best makeup effects. One last thing, they did film the real Piccadilly Circus, for 2 nights between 1 and 4am.

Still 40 years on and that transformation still stands the test of time, could be from a modern day movie

A lot of people are always left wondering what's going on with the Nazi Werewolves dream. It's just John Landis being over the top and crazy.

One of the best werewolf films ever made, true comedy horror classic. Btw, John Landis is thr guy who directed *Animal house* and *the Blues brothers* 😎

Jack is played by actor Griffin Dunne, whose sister was Dominique Dunne, the actress who played Dana Freeling in Poltergeist and was tragically killed by her ex-boyfriend, who strangled her to death in 1982 at the age of 22.

@jean-paulaudette9246

3 жыл бұрын

@@ollietsb1704 I LOVE "After Hours" It's one on my favorite fish-out-of-water films!

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

That's terrible! I've heard about the little girl from Poltergeist passing away at a young age. So sad :(

@44excalibur

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen Yeah, it was terribly tragic that both Dominique and Heather died so young.

@44excalibur

3 жыл бұрын

@@ollietsb1704 I know about After Hours. Martin Scorsese directed that.

@wmtodd8249

2 жыл бұрын

@@ollietsb1704 that cast in After Hours, zoinks! Teri Garr had to be my favorite of all of them. Perfect 80's dark comedy.

The man with the impressive mustache in "See You Next Wednesday" was David Prowse - the man inside Darth Vader's costume in "Star Wars".

The song when David and Alex are "smooching" is "Moondance," by Van Morrison, released in 1970. Everybody sang along with it when it was released. It was just right for a randy 19-year-old (me).

6:08, this was on Bravos 100 Scariest Movie Moments. This and the werewolf transformation.

This and the first Howling was the best werewolf film in Hollywood, but the American Werewolf in London is my personal favorite for me.

2:12 guy on the far left of screen was the legendary rik mayall. RIP rik

Thanks for watching another classic Jen. John Landis wrote the initial screenplay while he was working as a PA on the film Kelly's Heroes in Yugoslavia. Apparently it took Rick Baker and his team a good 6 months of prep to achieve all the necessary shots required for the famous transformation scene. Wish I could have seen it at theaters when it first came out. I heard that audiences cheered during that scene.

13:35 "Oooh, poor Mickey. You've seen too much!" 😆😆😆

Don't bother with the sequel, just enjoy this masterpiece.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Good to know! Thanks for watching!

@brandonleague3641

2 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen Or do The Howling (1981). It's great too.

@ajivins1

2 жыл бұрын

Dog Soldiers was a good one!

@vincentlyon7448

2 жыл бұрын

Is that the one with John Pertwie’s son? If so surprisingly good for such a low budget

Great movie! Cool that it was all practical effects.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

So well done! Thanks for watching!

@mikesilva3868

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen 🙃

I love this absolutely insane movie.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! Thanks for watching!

"Hey, yeah. Bark at the Moon!" -Ozzy Osbourne

The best werewolf movies take the time to establish the character before he becomes a wolf. The original Wolf Man from the 1941, Curse of the Werewolf with Oliver Reed, and Wolf with Jack Nicholson all created great sympathy for the man before becoming the wolf.

@jean-paulaudette9246

3 жыл бұрын

"Cursed" Wes Craven

@rhaenyralikesyoutube6289

3 жыл бұрын

Wolf was an awesome werewolf movie.

Lol I love how abrupt the ending is

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s a real gut punch! Thanks for watching!

My friend's and I were all in love with Jenny Agutter (Alex) from when we saw her in Logan's Run at the theater, I was 11.

The Make up in this movie much like the make up in teen wolf the original movie was applied slowly frame by frame and then sped up also they also used stop motion for the werewolf and puppets. I love behinds the scenes information like that it’s the only reason I can watch horror movies without being completely freaked out.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Ohhh that’s cool! I love practical effects, thanks for watching!

@mikesilva3868

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen you want a really good movie watch where have all the people gone on KZread its from the 70s 🎰

To this day, given Wolf-David briefly calming down, right before "going for Alex" (for want of a better way of putting it), it is my firm belief that David’s consciousness heard Alex say she loved him, but he knew that if they were together she would be in too much danger! Their love made him lunge at her, knowing he'd be immediately shot & killed; it was suicide-by-cop, to protect the woman he loved!

One of my all-time favorite films!!!! Also I really enjoy your quirky mannerisms, ("cheese and rice" love that phrase!!) makes the video fun and friendly ^_^ Love the teeshirt lol. Much respect. Oh by the way that bald mustache doctor with the funny voice -- that's Frank Oz. Worked with Jim Henson on The Muppet Show and Sesame Street, and did the voices of Fozzie Bear, Cookie Monster, Grover and Miss Piggy -- not to mention does the voice of Yoda !

Tv movie. 1973. Horror. Darren McGavin. The Night Stalker.

@mikesilva3868

3 жыл бұрын

Good movie wesley 📼

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

I'll add it to the watch list! Thanks for the suggestion!

@Trump20244thewin

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!. Great movie. loved the series as well.

Great reaction. The Howling is another 1981 werewolf movie that's worth watching, with a completely different vibe. Rob Bottin, who did the effects in John Carpenter's The Thing did the werewolf effects, and they are excellent, especially considering it had about 1/4 of the budget.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed the video! I’ll add it to the watchlist and you can check out my reaction video to The Thing on my channel if you want! Another amazing film 👍👍

It was funny when she said Frank Oz sounded like Kermit the Frog 🐸 lol 😂

Practical effects by the legendary Rick Baker, ladies and gentlemen. I LOVE how the werewolf treads on all fours.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

2 жыл бұрын

He’s clearly very talented! That transformation scene was iconic! So well done, thanks for watching!

Werewolf guy: "I started to read than I woke up naked at the zoo" Lady: You're the man I've always dreamt of, where have you been my whole life.

@MrLorenzovanmatterho

3 жыл бұрын

Worked for Willow!

@adamclifton29

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrLorenzovanmatterho spoilers, ass

I'm glad you picked this movie. I have always thought of it as "classy" and consistently well done. It is underrated or perhaps just underappreciated. Good on ya!

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed the video! Yeah I really enjoyed it and I’m glad I finally watched this classic!

@heavyvacation9826

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen keep up finding classic movies to watch!

Another werewolf movie from the same time period with great effects would be The Howling (1981). The third werewolf movie that came out then was The Wolfen (1981). Yes 1981 was the year of werewolf movies just like the early 2000's was an era of werewolf films.

The Nazi werewolves and mutants scene definitely took the theater audience by surprise when I saw this.

That transformation scene was intense and it was on 100 scariest movie moments on Bravo.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

I can see why! It was intense!

@coreyhendricks9490

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen Literally

I have watched a good half dozen reactions to this film. Congratulations on being the only reactor I have seen to associate Frank Oz's voice with the Muppets, well done!

I appreciate the sentiment extolled on your jersey. Of course, it's the please and thank you that makes it art. Best. Leo.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thank you! And thanks for watching!

Same director as Animal House and Blues Brothers among many other comedies.

@mikesilva3868

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed chris😎

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve never seen Animal House or Blues Brothers 😬

@mikesilva3868

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen watch them they are classics blue brothers I remember seeing on usa up all night on USA network I was 7 in 1991🕹📼

Saw this on HBO way back in the day. My brother and I came to notice the transformation scene happens exactly one hour after the movie starts. Also, a lot of these scream and howl noises were used in Sega Arcade and Genesis games, like Altered Beast and Golden Axe.

Makeup FX master Rick Baker won an Oscar for this. I grew up with this movie and still a fav. John Landis is responsible for many great films.... Trading Places, Animal House, Kentucky Fried Movie, Coming to America, etc...

@wtfrocks8663

3 жыл бұрын

Not only did he win. They created the special make-up FX category that year so he could win.

One of my absolute favorites.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

So good! Thanks for watching!

There was supposed to be a remake of the movie with John Landis son Max Landis helming the project. But due to allegations of physical and sexual abuse, the project was cancelled and Landis career has been disintegrated.

My favourite horror film after The Thing. Brilliant special effects too. Other Werewolf films you might like...Teen Wolf (1985), Dog Soldiers (2002), Wolf (1994), The Beast Must Die (1974).

Went and saw this when it came out back in 1981. A bit of a classic with cool special effects, and a host of well known, well to us Brits anyway, character actors. As you mentioned "Mind the gap" Jen, you might want to add a film called "Death Line" from 1972 to your list, it's about strange goings on on the London Underground.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

i'll add it to the list! Thanks for the suggestion!

@brucster99b2

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen It's a bit of a low budget effort, and has a bit of a cult following. It stars Donald Pleasance, and is a really good little film. I won't spoil the plot by saying "Mind the gap". That'll keep you guessing Jen!

@mikesilva3868

3 жыл бұрын

@@brucster99b2 interesting 😈

@brucster99b2

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikesilva3868 It was released in the States as Raw Meat, if that rings any bells for ya.

@brucster99b2

3 жыл бұрын

I forgot to mention. It also has Christopher Lee in a "blink and you'll miss him" role.

This werewolf movie a masterpiece/classic that has stood the test of time. The practical effects and makeup still hold up today even in 2023.

I was just saying to myself that I should recommend An American Werewolf in London to you and then I'm like "Never mind, she just uploaded her reaction today. All good." This is in my top three all time favorite horror movies. The other two being Dawn of the Dead and John Carpenter's The Thing!

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Haha it was meant to be! I'll add Dawn Of The Dead to the list and you can check out my reaction video to The Thing on my channel! Thanks for watching!

@romero329

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen Cool. I assume you haven't seen the original Night of the Living Dead, which Dawn of the Dead is technically a sequel to, but you may not have to since there's no recurring characters in the Living Dead trilogy and each film has a different cast.

@jesselester9722

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen please react to some of my favorite horror movies Fright Night (1985) The Lost Boys (1987) Near Dark (1987) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Interview With The Vampire (1994) From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) John Carpenter's Vampires (1998) Blade(1998) Blade 2(2002) Blade Trinity (2004) 30 Days Of Night (2007) Let The Right One In (2008) Byzantium (2012) Pretty much all of these are vampire movies.

He's dreaming about Nazi monsters because (like John Landis himself) he's a Jewish kid from the boomer generation who grew up with his parents and grandparents telling stories about the Nazis, so his dreams are a reflection of those stories he grew up with. This is also a reference to Curt Siodmak's screenplay for the 1941 Wolf Man film which had subtler references to Jewish persecution.

love the reactions to the jump scares

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed the video!

You probably know director John Landis from his comedy work on movies like The Kentucky Fried Movie and National Lampoon's Animal House, along with the Eddie Murphy films Trading Places and Coming To America. He also directed Michael Jackson's Thriller music video. His career got derailed due to a helicopter accident on the set of his segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie, where actor Vic Morrow and two child actors were killed when a helicopter crashed on top of them during a Vietnam sequence. Landis was charged with several crimes, including manslaughter and violating California laws regarding child labor, but was ultimately acquitted. However, the incident permanently damaged both his relationship with Twilight Zone co-director and producer Steven Spielberg, who was infuriated by Landis' handling of the situation, and his reputation in Hollywood.

Yeah one of the best transformation scenes ever. Great show also the director did the video for thriller and coming to America. Cool. Thanks.

One of the best movies of the 80s for me, the fact that they did ALL of these effects without any cgi is so cool, while the story is simple and the structure of the movie certainly ain’t perfect it’s both the werewolf scenes and the relationship between David and Alex that work for me, John Landis has always had a very specific style and this movie perfectly encapsulates all of it P.S: there was a terrible sequel called An American Werewolf in Paris (1997) and it focused on David and Alex’s daughter (yes you read that correctly he got her pregnant)

I was 9yrs old when this came out & it was the first movie I had ever seen been in love with horror ever since

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

It’s an amazing movie! So good! Thanks for watching!

The guy in the glasses who you said sounds like Kermit The Frog is actually Frank Oz, the voice of The Muppets and Sesame Street characters Grover, Bert, Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, and Yoda from the Star Wars trilogy. lol 😂 Jim Henson was Kermit The Frog. Frank Oz appears in many of John Landis' films.

They always change back when they die lol. I think even invisible man turned visible when he died lol.

Another great John Landis take on a monster movie is his take on vampires: Innocent Blood.

"That guy sounds like Kermit the frog". LOL That guy is Frank Oz, he worked with Jim Henson and did the voice of Fozzie bear and in the original Star Wars trilogy he did Yoda's voice (which is actually the same voice as Fozzie bears), he also did several other Muppets. He could do Kermits voice as well, but he never official did Kermit. And he didn't just do voices he also was a puppeteer. He also has directed and produced many films. He often does small (walk on roles) in many films. When watching movies, keep an eye out for him, either his small parts in the film or in the credits as director or producers. He's in lots of 80's movies.

Watched this movie as a kid in the late 80s/ early 90s and it gave me nightmares for weeks 😆

"See you next Wednesday" is a line from 2001 , A Space Odessey". It appears in every John Landis film. Even the video, "Thriller".

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

I haven’t seen 2001 A Space Odyssey 😬

Great reaction and not too harsh with the edits/cuts.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching!

In the scene in Trafalgar square, the blond woman, played by Denise Stephens, who talks to David Kessler, was at the time married to David Naughton. They divorced in 1984.

12:15, in this scene you feel the pain of what he's going through.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

So much! Thanks for watching!!

4:33, yes it does.

Hey lovely Jen, glad you enjoyed this classic film, it always scared the bejesus outta me when I was wee. I believe they made a scaled down replica of Piccadilly Circus to film the carnage scene. :)

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video! Yeah it’s terrifying to watch as an adult 😬 Thanks for watching!

@dandanod

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen another great werewolf film from the 80s is The Howling, I def recommend to pop that on your list too :)

Good reaction. This is my first time viewing your channel. You have an understated persona that comes off as authentic and is pleasant to watch and hear. I recommend The Exorcist as another scary movie for you to react to, if you haven't already seen it. It is widely considered one of the best horror movies ever produced. Keep up the good work.

Great reaction Jen as always. Glad you enjoyed this classic. As you said these earlier horror films were often more slow moving to concentrate on characters rather than todays cram as much gore and jump scares as possible from the outset. There is a sequel called An American Werewolf In Paris, but only approach that if you're doing it as part of your bad movie series as it's considered one of the worst horror films ever. It also used very early CGI for the transformations and it was laughed at back then because it looked so poor. I'm sure it's been mentioned but definitely check out The Howling (1981), again, great practical effects, and then join the debate as to which is the better of the two. Also try The Company Of Wolves (1984) which is a dark, surreal werewolf tale based on the Red Riding Hood story.

As a brit I can confirm we have very bizarre pub names Such as the Eagle and child, Oxford Brick makers arms , bucki ghamshire Red lion (about a million of them) The bucket of blood The nobody inn 😆 The Broadface (abingdon, rumoured to be named after an executed man's bloated corpse was pulled from the river , 😳) The camel and artichoke The live and let live The dolphin

1981 and still the best ever werewolf transformation ever committed to film. I doubt it will ever be beat. Especially now that it's all done with a computer and just looks fake AF.

"Son of a... Chicken nugget." Lmao

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! Thanks for watching!

@mikesilva3868

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen recommend night of the demons from 1988🙃

A few days after watching this in 1981 at the cinema I was down in the London tube at night with no one much around and I went up the escalator and looked back and half expected to see the Werewolf crawling towards me.

Love seeing your reactions to these great movies

@ReelReviewsWithJen

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@otisroseboro5613

2 жыл бұрын

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Watch the movie Sinister from 2012. Some computer picked it as scariest movie ever made. LOL It's good though.

"He sounds like Kermit the Frog." You're close. Frank Oz actually sounds like Miss Piggy. Best. Leo.

@wratched

3 жыл бұрын

and Fozzie Bear.

@johncampbell756

3 жыл бұрын

And Bert, Grover, Cookie Monster and Animal. Voice all, he did.

@michaelbastraw1493

3 жыл бұрын

@@johncampbell756 Oh, yeah, that little green froggy guy with the strange syntax who was in Star Wars. Best. Leo.

@carlswanson808

3 жыл бұрын

He's got cameos in Blues Brothers and Trading Places, too.

"He sounds like Kermit the frog" Ha! We also would have accepted Foggy Bear or Yoda.

Yes, Rick Baker won an Academy Award for the special makeup effects for this movie. He previously worked on the effects for Star Wars, for which he had previously been nominated.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

So talented! It looked amazing!

@44excalibur

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen You should check out Rob Bottin's werewolf effects on The Howling. He also worked on The Thing. I know, it's on your list. lol 😆

Late reply but haha, fun fact. Jack was played by Griffin Dunne! Dominique Dunne's brother. This movie actually came out a year before poltergeist!

If you're a Griffin Dunne and enjoy dark humor, check out After Hours (1985). Even though directed by Martin Scorsese, there ain't a gangster in sight. Best. Leo.

For a similar 'frightened they'll turn into a killer animal' theme but from a much earlier era, I highly recommend the black and white horror Cat People (1942). Val Lewton produced some incredibly effective low budget horror movies for RKO in the 1940s. He might not have had much money to work with but he assembled great people in front and behind the camera and wrote thoughtful psychological horror movies rather than the usual cheap shock/monster features of the time. There is also a great follow-up movie to Cat People called Curse of the Cat People (1944), which is an interesting study of childhood fears.

"Come over here I'll give you a pound" 😂

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Only one way to interpret that haha

Jenny Agutter also played in Logan's run. A great first time/share. HINT HINT That mustachioed man in the hospital is Frank Oz. The voice of Fozzie Bear, Kermit the Frog et al. Rick Baker won an Oscar for best makeup.

Thank you for yet another awesome reaction video, Jen! I know this is already on your list, but I can't wait to see you react to 1981's The Howling, by Joe Dante, with effects by Rob Bottin. The Howling and An American Werewolf in London are invariably linked because they both came out the same year and revolutionized horror film special effects, as well as setting the tone for horror movies in the 1980s. 😁

David's werewolf transformation in 1981 is infinitely better than anything done these days with cgi.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I definitely prefer practical effects over CGI, thanks for watching!

We used to dare each other to go to Tottenham Court Road underground station on our own. We were in our early teens back when this came out.

For werewolf movies, the other two *great* one are _The Howling_ and 1994's _Wolf_ (w/ Jack Nicholson!). This trio of movies marked the pinnacle of Werewolf-Horror in cinema! Nothing in the 21st-C. measures up to them!

David Naughton was in a Dr Pepper campaign of commercials and had a top 10 hit called Makin It

The title of the movie that David is watching in the cinema, ‘See You Next Wednesday,' is a running joke in John Landis'films. The title is also mentioned in Michael Jackson's ‘Thriller' video, which was also directed by John Landis.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

3 жыл бұрын

Haha nice! That’s awesome!

@carlswanson808

3 жыл бұрын

"See you next Wednesday" is a throwaway line from 2001: A Space Odyssey that Landis has embraced for some reason and puts in all his films.