A breakdown of how the differed for horror films in 1981. Share public link
: A small but famous cut involved Jack's (Griffin Dunne) appearance. A shot of him eating toast while undead—with food falling out of his open, mangled throat—was removed to avoid an X-rating. an american werewolf in london deleted scenes
reveal a significant amount of "lost media" and edits made for pacing or censorship. Director John Landis originally included sequences that were either too graphic for test audiences or were trimmed to maintain the film's R-rating. The Most Infamous Lost Scene: The Tramp Killing A breakdown of how the differed for horror films in 1981
An interactive, scene-by-scene reconstruction tool that maps all known deleted, extended, and alternate scenes from An American Werewolf in London against the final theatrical cut—but organized not by script order, but by narrative geography (London neighborhoods, the moors, the porn cinema, the tube, etc.). reveal a significant amount of "lost media" and
: The most legendary "lost" footage is an extended, extremely graphic sequence where the werewolf attacks a group of homeless men (tramps) near Tower Bridge. It reportedly showed the men being brutally killed, including one being bent backwards over the hood of a car. It was removed after test audiences reacted poorly to the excessive gore. Undead Jack Eating Toast