An American Werewolf in Paris

"Things are about to get a little hairy."

1997 1h 38m EN

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5.1

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★5.9TMDB · 800🥫6%Rotten Tomatoes●31Metacritic★5.1IMDB · 28,889

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Synopsis

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An American man unwittingly gets involved with werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.

“Things are about to get a little hairy.”

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Cast

Tom Everett Scott
Andy McDermott
Julie Delpy
Serafine Pigot
Vince Vieluf
Brad
Phil Buckman
Chris
Julie Bowen
Amy Finch
Pierre Cosso
Claude
Thierry Lhermitte
Dr. Thierry Pigot
Maria Machado
Chief Bonnet

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Anthony Waller
Writers: Tom Stern, Anthony Waller, Tim Burns
Languages: French, English
Countries: France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States of America

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ERA

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29 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 6 countries: France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "An American Werewolf Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Anthony Waller, shot by Egon Werdin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Wilbert Hirsch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Peter R. Adam shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Tom Everett Scott and Julie Delpy and Vince Vieluf carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Anthony Waller directs. Egon Werdin behind the camera. Wilbert Hirsch scores. Peter R. Adam cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in French, English.

Trivia

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129 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
3International production across 6 countries: France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States of America.
4Part of the "An American Werewolf Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Anthony Waller, shot by Egon Werdin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Wilbert Hirsch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Peter R. Adam shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Tom Everett Scott and Julie Delpy and Vince Vieluf carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Things are about to get a little hairy.".
10IMDB entry: tt0118604 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 15 themes, including "paris, france", "halloween", "meat", "sequel".

The technical file

Cinematography: Egon Werdin
Original score: Wilbert Hirsch
Editing: Peter R. Adam
Production design: Matthias Kammermeier
Costume design: Maria Schicker
Makeup / hair: Victor Leitenbauer
VFX supervisor: John Grower
Sound: Hubert Bartholomae
Stunt coordinator: Dave Holland
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $22,000,000
Box office: $26,570,463
Return: 121% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes: 6% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 31/100
IMDB rating: 5.1/10 · 28,889 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

3 wins & 2 nominations total

Part of

An American Werewolf Collection

An American Werewolf in London is a cult classic horror comedy film. The film tells the story of two American students who are attacked by a werewolf while on a backpacking holiday in England. A sequel, An American Werewolf in Paris, follows the general concept of the original, it follows three American tourists in Paris.

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Charles Dance2017-02-20
★ 2/10
Staggeringly awful. Fails to be scary. Fails to be amusing. Terrible acting. This comes across as a fan film made by a struggling theatre troupe manned by amateurs. This excitable bunch of talent free people decide it would be fun to galavant around Paris wearing a phoney throat also. They are keen, I'll give them that but it's just that they are in a stinker of fan video proportions. The joy they take in appearing out of thin air with their torn throats reminded me of an episode of Randall and Hopkirk Deceased. Light and frothy - with no menace or air of unease present. Now you see him - now you don't! This is pantomime stuff. A disgrace to John Landis' classic this thing is. The whole production is cable movie quality. SYFY channel stuff, right here. If Landis were dead, he would be spinning in his grave. - Charles Dance
AlfaVitaY2K2026-08-19
★ 10/10
An American Werewolf in Paris (1997) is better than An American Werewolf in London (1981) The original An American Werewolf in London felt way too melodramatic, claustrophobic, and that absurd nightmare scene completely threw me off. I watched it once and never cared to see it again. Probably the script was influenced by heavy drugs. This sequel gets everything right. It perfectly balances horror and comedy, adds some action, and involves the whole city of Paris. It is pure suspence and fun, and I rewatch it every single time it’s on TV.