That's East Proctor, and all about here are the moors.
I go this way.
Thanks for the ride, sir. You have lovely sheep.
Boys, keep off the moors. Stick to the roads, and the best of luck.
Thanks again. I'm gonna miss you.
Bye. girls.
We made that up.
You know, people asked, "How much of this did we improvise?"
I generally lie and say, "All of it."
Yeah, I just say we made it up as we'd go along.
- David. - You're not having a good time, are you?
Oh, I don't know. I mean, look around.
Isn't this a fun place?
- Well, I like it here. - Right.
This is my... This is my favorite moment ever acting.
Watch. Real snot is gonna come out of my nose soon.
- Oh, no. -No, it's when we lose it.
We actually lose it here.
Here it is.
I think Debbie Klein's a mediocre person with a good body.
There's nothing mediocre about Debbie Klein's body.
This is one of those scenes where you don't look at the other person.
- We're both about ready to lose it. -No, we are losing it.
It's really very simple. She has no choice.
It just fascinates me how much energy you spend on somebody so dull.
Yeah, here's where it is.
Real snot.
How many years of foreplay is that?
Talk to me.
- Oh, we were having fun. -We were.
There are gonna be plenty of girls on this trip.
- We were freezing. -I know.
This is one of those scenes where you don't know when to cut.
He just had us walking miles and miles.
- Say "Knock, knock." - What?
This we made up, too. There was a "Knock, knock" joke, but then we...
John will be so upset about how much we made up.
We made up all of this.
But I was... I was really amazed at how...
That he gave a part, you know, without any kind of audition.
And he knew nothing about me, in my case.
And he just sort of threw us together. And it just sort of worked.
He kept saying, "Are you claustrophobic?"
And I didn't know what that meant until I ended up in those masks.
Okay, what do you say, we go in for a little food, drink, rest?
"The Slaughtered Lamb"?
That's kind of strange.
- Where's the lamb? -It's probably inside getting cold. Come on.
No, really. What kind of ad is that for a pub?
I don't know. Would you rather the Hilton?
There's a Slaughtered Lamb now in my neighborhood.
- Yeah, there is. -In New York.
- Oh, here they go. -It has pictures of us in it.
Hello.
Hi. Nice to see you.
It's very cold outside. May we come in?
This is half the cast, practically, of Nicholas Nickleby.
Yeah. Brian Glover was in... They were all West End actors, as I recall.
Oh, it was an incredible cast.
- Yes. Do you have any hot soup? - No.
- Do you have any coffee, then? - No.
Do you have any hot chocolate?
We have spirits and beers. If it's something hot that you want, you can have tea.
- Then you have tea? - No.
- Oh. - But I can make some for you, if you like.
- Oh, yes, please. - Oh, yes, please.
I remember Landis laughing at that,
thinking that was very funny. "You guys say it at the same time!"
- Nice-looking group. - Hey, listen, at least it's warm in here.
"Mr. Landis," I think I said.
- Yeah, what about it? -It's a five-pointed star.
Maybe the owners are from Texas.
- Remember the Alamo. - I beg your pardon?
- Oh, he was just joking. -Joking?
I remember The Alamo. I saw it once in London, in Leicester Square.
She means in the cinema, that film with John Wayne.
Oh, yeah, of course.
Checkmate.
Right. With Laurence Harvey. Everybody dies in it. Very bloody.
Bloody awful, if you ask me.
Here, Gladys, Tom. Did you hear the one about that rushing...
Let me speak!
- Ask him what the candles are for. - You ask him.
All right, then. I shan't tell it. No, no, you've had your chance.
This was not in Wales.
- Yeah, we're back in London. -We're back in London.
And...
What I remember is it being about a 10-week shoot. Wasn't it?
Yes.
From February to March, and then released in August. Pretty fast.
- Did it come out that fast? -Yeah. All in the same year, '81.
Yeah, I remember having to... You worked all the time, and I worked in spurts.
But stayed in London, you know, the entire time.
And I had a lot of time on my hands,
so I ended up going to see a lot of these guys in plays at night.
Oh, you did? I know that...
Yeah, I think I first met with Rick Baker here in October.
And then we went over to London in late January, started shooting in February,
and went through the process, all the makeup and so on,
and finished the film, you know, toward the middle, end of March.
And they rushed it, you know, the post, and it was released, I remember,
it was, like, the first week of August in the same year. Pretty quick.
- Did you take the Concorde over? -Yes, I did.
So did I. it was, like, one of the first Concorde flights.
- It was. -I was very impressed.
- Now this actor... - You...
- No, you. -...made me miss.
Played the Elephant Man, and he was talking about makeup.
That's right. That's right.
Jack, we'd better go.
Are you kidding? I'm starved.
There's no food here.
You know what... What I remember?
It's nothing we talked about at the time, but the style of the way we're acting,
very natural and able to be very funny.
Especially at the beginning of this movie, you know.
We look like such nice kids, such good friends,
and now we're gonna be hacked to pieces in about five minutes.
It was the very beginning of movies that were funny and scary at the same time.
And I remember when it came out, this was always a major complaint of critics,
that the movie couldn't decide what it was.
And then later, of course, it became kind of standard in horror.
You know, you never see a horror movie anymore that isn't also very funny.
But this was...
But, boy, they could play darts.
This was almost a... it really hit below the belt in terms of horror movies
to actually have the introduction of these characters that seem like normal kids
and then just brutally kill them in a horror movie.
I think it was...
It was very hostile of Mr. Landis.
- What do you think was wrong? - I have no idea.
Do you remember who owned the property we're on now?
- The Queen, was it not? -The Queen of England.
Out at Windsor Castle. The back lot of Windsor Castle.
Oh, please, don't rain!
Oh! Of course.
- Oh, David. - Yes, I'm well aware
- Did we do all this in one night? -Yeah. We moved.
Now I think we're going off the road here.
- Yes, we are. -If we'd stayed on the road, no movie.
I remember you were getting very cranky that we had to sing so much in the rain.
Well, those rain machines, you know, they just didn't run out of water.
It's-a cold and-a wet out here!
- You made that up. -Yes, we did.
Another... You won't find that in the script.
No one brought them here. No one wanted them here.
- You could have told them. - Are you daft?
And what do you think they'd say?
They'd think us mad.
Listen.
Do you hear it?
That particular night we got killed
was sort of, for me, the more physically grueling.
Nor I.
- Did you hear that? - I heard that.
Of course we didn't hear anything, as I recall.
Could be a lot of things.
Yeah?
- A coyote. - There aren't any coyotes in England.
- The hound of the Baskervilles? - Pecos Bill?
- Heathcliff. - Heathcliff didn't howl.
No, but he was on the moors.
It's a full moon.
-"Beware the moon." -"Beware the moon."
"And stick to the road." Oops.
I vote we go back to The Slaughtered Lamb.
Yeah.
- Looks cold and wet. -It is cold and wet. And it's just...
This part really freaks people out, I think. Just because... You know, it's very real.
It's like trying to find a macabre sense of humor when you're actually scared.
And also not giving away the creature. Not seeing it yet.
Right.
That's the ticket, I think, to horror films, don't show it.
It's moving.
It's circling us.
Oh, fuck.
- What's the plan? - Plan?
Let's just keep walking.
That's right. A lovely stroll on the moors.
Tra-la-la-la. Isn't this fun?
That's great.
Do you think it's a dog?
Oh, shit. What is it?
Yeah, it's a sheepdog or something. Come on. Turn slowly. Let's walk away.
Nice doggie.
Good boy.
- Come on, Jack. Walk away. - Walking away. Yes.
Here we are walking away.
- Can you see anything? - No.
- Sounds far away. - Not far enough. Come on.
- But, Jack. - What?
- Where are we going? - I don't know.
- I'll tell you when we get there. - Okay, 'cause...
You really scared me, you shithead.
You gonna help me up or what?
- Oh, Jack. -Oh, Jack.
Now "Sorry, Jack, gotta go."
Now they just... I really got into the screaming.
Yeah, this was...
I knew John wanted me to just go for it, you know?
- Definitely. - And I knew it was brutal, and...
Well, there you have the proof, but...
You know, that wolf was
half a wolf on a wheelbarrow.
- If you remember. -Yeah, I do.
And it was just pushing in, and then they'd sort of shake it.
It was really very primitive.
- That confused the heck out of people. -Yeah, it did.
Jack?
Oh, look at Jenny.
Mr. Kessler?
She never would go out with me.
Is he all right?
Yes, I should think.
He called outjust now.
He's American, you know.
Dr. Hirsch's gonna fetch one of them embassy fellas to see him.
- His chart says he's from New York. - Oh, I think he's a Jew.
- What makes you say that? - I've had a look.
- Another joke. -Did they shoot her having a look?
I don't think they actually shot that.
Dr. Hirsch, Mr. Kessler called outjust now.
Nurse Gallagher, surely you perform some function here at the hospital?
- Yes, Doctor. - Then get on with it.
John Woodvine.
Did you know originally James Fox was cast?
Well, there was another actor as well, Robert Stephens.
- Oh, Robert Stephens? -Yeah.
- Dr. Hirsch? - Go about your duties.
One other little thing. Do you know that, particularly in my case,
you were accepted by British Equity, but they balked at me?
'Cause they wanted to find an American to play the part who was in British Equity.
And this is after we'd been cast.
I was on my way to get on the plane in a day or so.
And Landis said... He threatened to move the whole production to Paris.
Well, yeah. I knew they'd scouted locations in France.
Yeah. They said it'll be called American Werewolf in Paris, if that's the case.
You knew that, too?
Well, I knew there was a problem with British Equity.
They were only looking for four or five permits. Rick, you, me and John. Four.
Hello, David.
- Frank Oz. -Frank Oz, yeah.
Who knew?
London?
Did he ever give us a job since then?
I don't recall answering the phone, "Frank."
And we never did any Miss Piggy jokes or anything.
What?
Shit.
Jack is dead?
The way he broke it to me I never really liked. "Your friend's dead." You know?
Who are you people?
What's going on here? Where's Jack? Get your hands off me.
- Let go of me. I wanna see Jack! - Nurse!
- I wanna see Jack. - Mr. Kessler!
I appreciate how upsetting this must be for you.
Please, Mr. Kessler!
Twenty milligrams Seconal IV, please.
I appreciate how upset you are, but this is no reason for hysterics.
Mr. Kessler? Mr. Kessler, try not to excite yourself.
That's our embassy in action.
The police have requested to interview you, and I have given them permission to do so.
Thank you very much, Mr. Collins. He'll rest now.
I'm sure everything will be fine once he's adjusted.
He's had quite a shock.
These dumb-ass kids. They never appreciate anything you do for them.
Why didn't your parents ever visit you?
You mean being injured and being in London?
- Were they on vacation? -I don't know why.
You'll have some dueling scars to boast of.
That lunatic must have been a very fierce fellow.
- Did you know Jenny Agutter before? -No, I didn't. I just knew of her.
I knew that she'd been a child actress, had been in films since she was 14 or 15.
Walkabout was my favorite movie. That's when I first saw her.
Well, actually, I had seen her and didn't realize it till we shot these scenes,
-that she had actually been in Equue. -Oh, right.
And she had appeared on stage, and I had seen her,
and I had this crush on this actress that I'd seen at the National Theater in Equus.
And, in fact, they had seats on stage at the time,
so it was sort of the form of a jury, and we, as students...
This is when I was going to school in London.
I saw this production more than once,
because I thought this was just a phenomenal production
and this actress who was in it was great.
And I only realized later
that this was the person who I had this infatuation with, Jenny.
And I told her, and it had no effect whatsoever.
She probably hears that a lot.
- No problem. - No, thank you, Doctor.
Well, then, what can I do for Scotland Yard?
Now that's... He's a British playwright.
Paul Kember.
Has Mr. Kessler said anything regarding the attack on the moors?
Excuse me. Yes?
I didn't like my work in this scene.
Tell him I've passed away, an old war wound.
Just tell him I'm dead! No more calls.
I wonder how Scotland Yard views themselves in this.
Well, you know, it must've been...
It must've been perplexing to people, audiences.
I don't remember being privy to how the test screenings or anything were,
but here you had this brutal murder and all this stuff, by a wolf.
Then you have, like, slapstick. You know, dropping... Just a few minutes later.
Yeah, just a little bit of relief from the gore.
But it comes back and gets gory, doesn't it?
We have an autopsy report on the murderer, who was shot in the act by the local police.
We have two witnesses to the crime.
You'll forgive me, Mr. Kessler, if I consider your testimony
as coming from someone who has gone through a terrible shock.
Inspector, the boy seems all right to me, and...
And what, Sergeant?
- And I don't rightly know, sir. - That is precisely my point.
Nobody's very nice to you in this.
English people.
- There were witnesses? - So they said.
How could there have been witnesses? It was so dark.
We were running, and I fell,
and Jack went to help me up, and this thing came from nowhere.
I don't know what they're talking about.
In time, I'm sure it'll all come back to you.
Doctor, my memory is fine.
It's my sanity I'm beginning to worry about.
Ah, yes.
- You're completely naked, aren't you? -I think I am.
And I don't have to tell you, it's pretty darn chilly there, in England, in February.
- Where are you? Are you in the zoo? -No, this is out in the... You know.
- Woods nearby. -Yeah, some woods nearby.
And here are a couple of pets that I have to...
- Were you naked there? -Yeah.
Now a lot of people would become vegetarian after a scene like that.
I get a lot of questions about Jenny.
Yeah, me, too.
I mean, she's just so stunning.
Want some water?
We're gonna find ourselves kind of watching the film, you know?
What a lot of lovely comics you've got.
- Do you like them? - No.
Right.
That little boy went on to be Daniel Day-Lewis in My Beautiful Laundrette.
- It's incredible. Even then... -He was quite good.
Now, this guy I know John Landis found extremely entertaining.
Not that you can understand him.
- What happens to them, I don't know. - Thank you.
- Mr. Kessler. - Yes?
You haven't eaten your lunch.
Well, I'm not very hungry, thank you.
- I'm afraid you have to eat something. - What?
Was this your first scene with her? Did you shoot these in sequence, too?
I don't recall. We shot all the hospital stuff.
But, yeah, it was pretty close to being in sequence.
You put me in an awkward position, Mr. Kessler.
- How did I do that? - You're to take these after you've eaten.
This went on forever for me, because I had nothing to do.
So I would just come and visit.
My big memory of... I remember not being in these scenes.
I just remember not rehearsing a lot, so that...
That was one of John's favorite things. You remember?
To just let it happen and see what he could capture on film.
Although he gave us notes individually.
He would say one thing to some actors in terms of trying it,
so I was always aware that something new would be happening,
and I didn't know what.
I have ripped off that trick, directing later on,
where I'd have them... You know, say one thing to one actor
and then tell a completely different thing to another one.
- Let's try a little harder, shall we? - Would you give me a break?
- She's all business. -Did she give you an enema?
No, she's just trying to get me interested in English food,
and we know, having been there for at least 10 weeks,
in the '80s it was very hard to get a good meal.
By the way, you know, we were in... We couldn't have been...
- Already the sparks are flying. -Sparks are flying here.
This is some of the hardest makeup.
People think the transformation is the hard bit.
That right there was as painful as any part.
I was wearing these full scleral lenses, complete glass lenses on my eyes
that were hard to get in and hard to come out. They don't use glass for eyes...
- Also, I would think, very dangerous. -It is. But who knew back then?
We were doing some original, cutting-edge makeup at the time.
I saw him. A man can't do that to someone with his bare hands.
You'd be surprised what horrors a man is capable of.
Yeah, I guess we were lucky not to be
victimized by the cutting-edge technology.
Did you talk to the police in East Proctor? Did the cops go to The Slaughtered Lamb?
I really don't know.
Then why the hell are you so quick to disbelieve me?
- You think I'm crazy. - David, please. The police are satisfied,
and I'm certain if there were a monster roaming around Northern England,
we'd have seen it on the telly.
You'll be leaving this hospital in three or four days.
Please, remain sane.
At least until you're no longer our responsibility.
That was John's favorite line. He said that to us a lot, remember?
"Please, remain sane. At least until you're no longer our responsibility."
Because I was having some pretty wild nightmares.
- You were? -Yeah.
Particularly this scene, I think, got a lot of reaction.
I remember seeing this in Times Square at the screening that they had there,
and this scene had them literally leaping out of their seats.
You're a very beautiful girl.
Over what's about to come.
I was.
- Shall I read to you? - Yeah, okay.
A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court by Samuel L Clemens.
That's Landis's favorite book.
He's been wanting to make it into a movie for years.
He thought that would be his next movie.
"It was in Warwick Castle that I came across the curious stranger
"who I'm going to talk about.
"He attracted me by three things: his candid simplicity,
"his marvelous familiarity with ancient armor,
"and the restfulness of his company, for he did all the talking.
"We fell together, as modest people will,
"in the tail of the herd that was being shown through,
"and he at once began to say things which interested me."
-...number tonight. - Puppetry is an art form, Piggy.
So that's Frank Oz, who works for the embassy, and he's in a frog suit.
- No, he's Miss Piggy. -Oh, Miss Piggy. Right.
- This got a lot of questions. - Oh, this is... Yeah.
Get the door!
- Questions like confusing? -People were confused by it.
It's, you know, a flashback, a nightmare.
It's interesting, 'cause John didn't go to any fuzzy effects or transitions or anything.
- No. -Just went right into it.
Stop!
When you look at these masks now, they're...
But he was really doing the...
- The stormtrooper. -Real teenage nightmare, yeah.
And what was interesting was the stuntman holding that real knife to my neck
couldn't see out of the mask.
- So that kind of concerned me. -Yeah. That's a good look. Oh.
Okay-
Hello. Have you been up long?
I've just had a nightmare.
Not to worry. I have just the thing.
- Surprise. -See, that was the old double whammy.
That's why John was so great. That just was, like,
-freak 'em out and then... -I saw people leave.
Soon as they're comfortable, off they go.
- Yeah. I think that... -That freaked 'em out.
Then go to the same window later on, waiting for a third time.
porridge, orange juice and toast with jam.
Good stuff there. Now you eat it up, and I'll be back for the dishes when you finish.
Good morning.
Can I have a piece of toast?
Get the fuck out of here, Jack.
Thanks a lot.
No. I can't take this.
Am I asleep now, awake or what?
I realize I don't look so hot, David,
but I thought you'd be glad to see me.
David! You're hurting my feelings.
This is the makeup that I wore for the first time in Los Angeles
that made me so depressed.
Well, how many people have commented on that piece that's...
- Look at the one that's wiggling. -Right. That's the piece of makeup.
What was so smart about John was
he said, "No matter what you do,
"don't ever sound in anything else but in a really good mood."
"Just stay in a good mood." And it was, you know, ironic, 'cause I...
'Cause I actually felt quite melancholy in it.
An asshole. Life mocks me even in death.
But you notice how confident he is in Rick's makeup that...
You know, there's no shadows or any covering up.
It's just bright lights. Look at it as much as you can.
- Warn me? - We were attacked by a werewolf.
- I'm not listening to this. - On the moors.
We were attacked by a lycanthrope, a werewolf.
I was murdered. An unnatural death.
And now I walk the Earth in limbo until the werewolf's curse is lifted.
- Shut up. - The wolf's bloodline must be severed.
The last remaining werewolf must be destroyed.
It's you, David.
- What? - Please believe me.
You'll kill people.
- Nurse! - Listen to me!
Nurse!
The supernatural, the power of darkness, it's all true.
The undead surround me.
Have you ever talked to a corpse?
It's boring.
Classic John.
Take your life, David.
Kill yourself before you kill others.
That's the line that's quoted most to me. "it's boring."
"You ever talked to the dead? It's boring."
Beware the moon, David.
And that one.
That's followed me everywhere I've gone, people telling me to beware of the moon.
- Or I look like hamburger meat. -Or a walking meat loaf.
- A walking meat loaf. -Yes.
I'm a werewolf.
Did she just kiss you?
A werewolf?
- A werewolf. -No, a werewolf.
Are you all right now?
I don't know. I'll let you know the next full moon.
David, you're going to be discharged tomorrow. Will you be all right?
My friend Jack was just here.
- Your dead friend Jack? - Yes.
He told me that I will become a monster in two days.
What do you think?
What do I think?
About the possibility of you becoming a monster in two days
or about visits from dead friends?
I was dreaming again?
Yes, I would think so.
I think so, too.
Do you have somewhere to stay in London?
That always cracked me up. A clearly unstable guy, and she invites him over.
I wanna stay in that hospital. Next time I get hurt, that's where I wanna go.
That's a real full-service hospital.
There's a shop on the corner. We'll get some food.
Do you remember that...
Princess... I mean... Prince Charles was just dating Diana then.
- They'd just started to see each other. -Right.
And that was in all the papers.
I remember when I first went to London,
the first week people would say, "Do you know people here? Do you have friends?"
And I said, "Yeah. There's this girl I'm supposed to look up, Diana Spencer,
"who seems... I've got her number."
They went, "You can't see... She's dating the Prince of Wales."
- You didn't have her number? -No, I made it up.
"She's dating the Prince of Wales." I went, "Oh, no. She's not available?"
That was a pretty nice flat for a nurse in London. You know?
- Now we're back on a stage, right? -Yeah.
Well, no, this is actually a flat that we used in Knightsbridge, I believe.
- Oh, really? -Yeah.
You mind if I get rid of this?
- Oh, please. - Thank you.
Then there was a mockup of it when it came time for the transformation.
Oh, that's right. 'Cause I thought I worked on a stage at that point.
- The kitchen. - Very nice.
- Closet. - Charming.
Did you get your own bedroom in there?
- The bathroom. - Lovely.
No.
The bedroom.
There's only one bed.
Oh, here we go.
I'll be perfectly honest with you, David.
I don't know why.
I'm not in the habit of bringing home stray, young American men.
Well, I should hope not.
I find you very attractive...
You were the luckiest guy.
...and a little bit sad.
Go on.
I've had seven lovers in my life, three of which were one-night stands.
I don't know what I'm trying to say.
A little truth or dare. Never hurt anybody.
Perhaps you'd like to watch telly whilst I take a shower.
See, that never happened to me. Never once in the making of this movie.
Well, you figure you can get lucky with a little Van Morrison.
Now we're back on the stage.
And the thing about this is there are not a lot of showers in London.
Remember? They'd have those little hand-held waterspouts.
So they built this shower.
We had quite a time trying to regulate the water temperature in this scene.
I mean, minor details, but it was either scalding or freezing, and...
- Right there it was freezing. -Well, you know, it's...
And, like anybody... You know what they say, love scenes are no fun.
They're certainly no fun to do.
I wouldn't know. I was in that makeup. Nobody having no love scenes with me.
No, it's... You get the crew
and other people who just seem to have come onto the film standing in the room.
Most of whom were Jenny Agutter fans, so I didn't really mind.
- How long did it take to shoot this? -Days.
No, it was just, you know, an afternoon. Just another afternoon on a Tuesday.
I still think it would've been interesting if you'd cut and Jack was down there
in his makeup.
I say "Look, I'd like to stay, honey, but I gotta go see my buddy in the bathroom."
- Yeah, there's a great cut coming up. -Yeah, it's terrific.
And this has been used, too, in some films subsequently.
The old "close the mirror"...
Yeah, I think I just saw it in What Lies Beneath.
Good scare.
Phase two makeup.
Yeah, you're looking kind of green and decayed here.
A nurse, huh?
What about the jacket? Did you keep...
Well, it's funny. I didn't keep the torn jacket,
but the one that survived I wore for years afterwards as a regular jacket.
Did you? I had the backpack, and I think I still may have it.
- This is pretty creepy. -Yeah. Takes a different tone here.
What are you doing here?
I wanted to see you.
- Hi, David. - Put that down.
John... That wasn't in the script, but John said, "Pick that up and say 'Hi, David.".
I know. And we just would do anything he asked. "Why?" "Don't ask why."
You're one of the "undead," and I'm a werewolf.
Yes. That's right.
Get out of here, Jack.
Tomorrow night's the full moon.
The toughest thing about this makeup for me was the false teeth.
The rotting teeth.
It was kind of hard to enunciate.
Nice.
Are you really dead, Jack?
What do you think?
I think I've lost my mind.
I think you're not real. I think you're just another part of a bad dream.
This was a five-hour makeup call.
You gotta believe me, David.
Believe what? That tomorrow night beneath the full moon
I'll sprout hair and fangs and eat people?
- Bullshit! - Oh, God damn it, David, please believe me.
You'll kill and make others like me.
I'm not having a nice time here.
You gotta take your own life.
I think I was wearing contact lenses, too.
Or they'd just put stuff in my eyes to make it red.
No, those are my eyes.
...threatened by a walking meat loaf.
- There you are, "Walking meat loaf". -There we go.
David.
What's wrong? I heard voices.
It was just me, Alex. Just me being crazy.
Are you all right?
The thing about that makeup was that it would... The longer it...
It would be a five-hour makeup call. I'd be sitting in a chair,
and Rick would give you headphones or something to pass the time,
or we'd tell each other very, very secret, intimate details about our lives
just to pass the time, that I can't share with you, and...
- At least you got headphones. -Yeah. It took a very, very long time.
'Cause they'd be gluing on those little... Those plastic... Those rubber things.
- Those little appliances? -Appliances.
But after being under the lights the appliances would constrict
and really pull on your skin.
And then he'd moisten them up and, you know, they'd have some give,
but by the end of a 12-hour shooting day it was really agony wearing that.
Your skin wasn't breathing. You'd become incredibly tired.
I'll never forget the look on Rick Baker's face
when I just ripped it off once I wasn't working anymore.
It was like I, you know, I tore up a painting
that he'd spent days and days... But I had to get out of it.
It was like being eaten alive by bugs, wearing this makeup.
I don't know what I'm talking about.
I'm torn between feeling very sorry for you
and finding you terribly attractive.
Does that still work?
Leshire. You see that? You know why that is?
- No. -Les Dilley was the art director.
He made up a town called "Leshire." Or "Les-shire."
I remember we were in Germany, just outside of Munich,
and Rick Baker and I were appearing in a publicity junket,
to do some publicity for the movie, and Rick Baker decided...
Actually, they had requested Rick to do a makeup.
He said, "I didn't bring any makeup." They said, "Well, we'll find stuff for you.
"And could you do a makeup for David for our show?"
And Rick made up half my face in a tear, like I'd lost my, you know, just pulled...
And the other half just left it naturally.
And out I went in profile on a live audience
with cameras going to Switzerland and Germany.
And he interviewed me in profile. And the point was, at the end he was gonna say,
"Did you have any side effects to the experience of being in this film?"
I said, "Yeah, I got this toothache." And I turned, and the audience flipped out.
They just absolutely freaked out, 'cause it was a tear-off thing.
I was always reluctant to be taken out when I was in my "dead" makeup.
Remember? They kept saying, "Let's go to a pub and freak people out."
Well, I have a picture. I have a photograph,
which I'm sure these people would be interested in,
of you and I walking in Piccadilly Circus.
- Did you ever see that? -I never did, no.
But people were, I remember, clearing a nice big path for us to walk.
- You were in the parka, and then... -My face torn off.
Yeah, the final stage of decay.
And I was thinking this was the funniest thing.
And I know it wasn't something that...
But just because, I don't know, I got very...
The very first time this makeup was put on me, in the test in Rick's studio,
I became incredibly depressed looking at myself.
It was the phase one, where the...
After he'd painted the veins bright red, so it was all fresh blood and everything,
it looked like I'd been killed just a few minutes earlier, only I was talking.
And it was... It was really unsettling. You know?
It was like imagining what I would look like if I was dead.
And at that very moment John Landis calls
and goes, "How ya feeling? Ya getting depressed?"
I went, "How did you know? I'm actually overwhelmingly depressed."
He goes "Yeah, I thought that would happen."
"You freaking out? You still wanna do the movie?"
- This isn't the test here in California? -Yeah, we did it in California.
I never got to really wear any makeup. All I was in was the fast-drying alginate.
Didn't they have to put all those hairs individually into your body?
They put 'em on me, but they waited till London for that.
Oh, when we got to London.
All I really was doing was mold after mold. Head molds. That was no fun.
Like a game?
- Well? - I think not.
My parents were with me at the opening in New York,
and I was trying to prepare them for what they were about to see.
I'd seen a screening of the film by myself here, the finished version,
which is a little unsettling, seeing the film by yourself.
But I knew what I was In for, I knew what they were gonna be in for,
and I was trying to prepare them for it.
And, of course, my parents were in complete shock after the film
and were asked by the press what they thought, and they couldn't even speak.
They were horrified. And, you know, I was trying to keep it light
going, "Well, it's gonna be scaly, and there are gonna be some victims."
But what we were taken by was how the actual paying audience reacted.
And they flipped out. Literally jumped out of their seats a couple of times.
Particularly... Up to this point, at least, they'd jumped,
and in the transformation they were quite freaked out.
Yeah, my... My mother was deeply disturbed by the movie.
I think she... I think she hated seeing one of her kids dead.
First of all getting killed and then having him keep coming back, you know,
in various stages of decomposition.
Hello.
And it was... You know, I was the...
It was really the first movie I was in, so I had a...
It was a very exciting time, 'cause it was...
It was a leading part in a movie, so all my friends would go.
I didn't even know any other people who were in movies,
outside of, you know, much smaller parts.
And I had never heard of a junket, a publicity...
I didn't know what that word meant. I thought it was a Chinese ship.
And we went to the hotel. And I was living downtown.
We went to the Stanhope Hotel,
and I was with my girlfriend at the time,
and when you guys all left, I stayed in the hotel for a week.
And Universal just paid. They never even noticed I was... They'd left.
I had this crappy little apartment in the Village,
and I just lived at the Stanhope for a week, living on room service.
And no one ever noticed.
If you get too anxious, call me at the hospital, okay?
But, you know, I remember being
very disappointed in the reviews.
I thought that this would be something that... I could tell it'd be...
It wasn't your average horror movie.
And the critics, you know, the so-called serious critics,
the New York Times in particular,
you remember what those people... They just had a lukewarm reaction to it.
It confused them.
It really... You know, all the fan reaction and everything
didn't really catch-up and kick in
and make a noticeable difference in my life until the video.
I know that people seeing a John Landis film, they assumed it was a comedy.
You know, coming from Animal House and The Blues Brothers. But...
Yeah.
- Remember how they did that? -Yes.
They had a cat that that cat didn't like,
and they held that cat up to the other cat,
and they just hissed at each other.
Now this... It's coming in here with this sequence.
I'll never forget Rick Baker's first reaction when I met him here in California.
I had spoken to Landis, and he offered me the part.
He said, "You gotta meet Rick right away. He needs to see you, see your sizes,
"and get started on the makeup."
"I feel sorry for you," said Rick. That was the first thing he said to me.
He said, "You're playing which part?" I said, "David."
He said, "I feel sorry for you." I said, "That's not the reaction I expect.
"This is kind of a real special break for me. What are you talking about?"
Well, I found out what he was talking about. You know, as you did.
With the makeup and having to do the...
Just the preliminaries. Just having to make molds of my head
five times over a period of a couple of weeks.
And what was strange was they couldn't...
They had done it to each other, Rick and his assistants,
but they couldn't really explain to me what it would be like being under,
you know, in a quick-drying cast like a...
- Grave. -Yeah. A grave or a mold.
Don't miss the naked truth about Naughty Nina,
Yeah, it was. That's why I couldn't understand why John kept saying...
Once he said, "You have the part," he never mentioned the script
as much as he kept saying, "You're sure you're not claustrophobic?"
And then having that thing dry around your face with those two tubes,
it did occur to me that if Rick was a psychotic,
all he had to do was take out those little straws and watch you suffocate.
Yeah. It just required, you know, total trust of Rick...
- Complete surrender. -...and his assistants,
who tried to reassure me by saying, "Well, we've tried it, and it's fine."
But, you know, this was such an early stage of... Nobody else was doing this.
There was no actor I could call and say, "Hey, how was that experience?"
Landis and I had a chat about this, saying, "What's this transformation?"
"Is it gonna feel good? Is it euphoric? Is it gonna be a pleasant experience?"
"Or maybe it's gonna hurt, because it's gonna be bone-stretching and..."
"I think maybe it's more painful than some blissful experience."
"Maybe it's something that you really don't wanna have to experience again."
So the idea here was to make light of it
so that there was someplace to go when it came time to actually happening.
It's like waiting for the hallucinogenics to kick in.
Hope you are quite prepared to die
Looks like we're in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye
Well, don't go round tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
Everybody wanted to know why John never used the Warren Zevon song.
Yeah, I know. I never got an answer.
I wasn't sure. Although I know they were talking to Cat Stevens.
- Do you remember Moonshedow'? -Oh, that's right. He said no.
He said no. He did not want his song used for this film
because he believed werewolves really existed. That was the answer they got.
I bet that kid is still going on about Jenny.
"I remember one time there was this English girl..."
I think he's probably the ambassador.
Jesus Christ!
Without a dream in my heart
What?
Now the good thing about this was there weren't a lot of takes. You know?
'Cause there weren't a lot of shirts.
You knew just what I was there for
God!
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for
Then suddenly there appeared before me
The only one my arms could ever hold
Then I heard somebody whisper Please adore me
I felt sorry for you, having to have all that hair put on.
This was strand by strand of this stuff,
which was glued on with, you know, an aerosol can of cold glue sprayed on you,
and then just lay it on... You know?
But I thought it'd be kind of fun to have that
and just wear that around for a while.
Get one of those T-shirts, or those undershirts, and...
- But, no, this was no fun. -How did they do that?
That was an appliance, right?
Yeah. There are parts that are me and then parts that aren't me.
One of the hard parts here was when I flip over here on my back.
Of my own
Here. Now here I'm in the floor. We're back...
I'm in the ﬂoor, and that's a body appendage, you know.
But once I was in the floor, that was it. I was in there for four or five hours.
On that floor. You're in a suit.
Yeah. Well, just my arms and shoulders and head, of course, are all you see.
The rest of me is underneath the ﬂoor. And that got really uncomfortable.
It was just one of the longest days of my life.
- But this transformation took six days. -Yes, I remember.
You know, get those 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. calls.
And, of course, at this point it's an appliance and no longer me.
You had the tremendous sympathy of the crew at this point.
By 4:00 or 5:00 I was always getting reports of how...
It was getting really hard at this point.
And it was, you know, trying to be as cooperative as I could be with Rick,
because he was doing this makeup, and he won an Academy Award for that.
And... But at some point we'd just had enough. I couldn't get out of the floor.
So they'd take five and they'd all leave, shut off the lights,
and I'd just hang in there in the ﬂoor going, "This will be over one day."
Then they'd come back and show no sympathy,
going, "If you were in The Elephant Man... He had to wear the makeup every day."
I said, "Yeah, okay, thanks."
-it's freezing cold! - Oh, come on.
You're crazy, Harry.
What are we doing?
We're going to creep up round the stairs and give him a ripe old scare.
- Hey, did you hear something? - Just now?
- Yes. - No.
Sean, those hooligans are in the park again.
Aren't you ready yet? They'll be here any minute.
There's something going on out there.
- Is Nurse Price on duty this evening? - Yes, Doctor.
Nurse Gallagher, do you know if Nurse Price has seen the Kessler boy since his release?
I don't know.
Yes, Doctor. I have.
Come to my office, Nurse Price.
Is anyone there?
Well, yes, there were times... I'm trying to see specifically where it was.
I think it was once we get to the movie theater, where all the victims come back,
and we all sit around and we talk about ways of trying to resolve the situation.
There was a lot of blood being poured, and one of John's favorite things to say
was, "More blood!" 'Cause he just couldn't have enough blood.
When I was attacked in the moors, it was freezing,
and it had chunks in it, like cranberry... It was like very cold cranberry jam.
And they kept pouring it on me. And it was absolutely freezing.
And he'd just go, "More blood, more blood!"
Yeah, and a real weird syrupy consistency.
And, of course, the color was up for debate, too.
So we'd darken it, depending on how long it had been out.
So, yeah, there was a lot of discussions about blood.
Alex,
has David persisted in his werewolf fantasies?
Dr. Hirsch, what's wrong? Is this more serious than I know?
I tried to investigate the attack. There are no records.
Case was closed. Now they've "misplaced" the file.
David's lacerations were cleaned and dressed before he arrived here.
Yet supposedly, no other doctor examined him before I did.
The Goodman boy's in the ground already. He's no use to us.
Was there a premiere?
There was one in New York that I attended.
- Was that a premiere? -Yeah.
Surely, you don't mean...
David has suffered a severe trauma.
I myself witnessed some form of mass neurosis in East Proctor.
If all the villagers believe that Jack Goodman was killed by a werewolf,
why shouldn't David?
And then it follows that if he survived an attack by a werewolf,
wouldn't he himself become a werewolf at the next full moon?
Oh, I don't mean running about on all fours and howling at the moon,
but in such a deranged state he might harm himself or perhaps other people.
- What shall we do? - I think we should call the police.
- London Bridge in the background. -Pretty fantastic.
- Let him go! - Hey! Find what it is.
- That's it. - Brave dog, that.
Here! Who's there?
That's not Winston.
It's still funny.
Look. There!
What's...
Mary, mother of God!
You had a busy night.
Yeah. Just all in a night's work.
I remember, all these guys, once we were in the movie theater, all of us---
Oh, this poor guy.
Another victim. And again, I don't know what Rick Baker had to say about this,
but you don't really see the creature.
You don't see the werewolf that much. Mostly his head.
This is one of the only times you get to see the full body. And not for very long.
I know there was some discussion about that, "How long can you see it?"
Because that's, I think, the key to making films stay scary.
You know, this is a lot scarier hearing it than seeing it.
Yes. It's like in Jews. You never saw the shark for more than a few seconds, really.
But there is just one shot, when he's looking down the escalator,
where you start to see him walk.
I can assure you that this is not in the least bit amusing.
- Famous last words. -Yes.
I shall report this.
Good Lord.
He's all by himself.
And whatever you do, don't trip.
- Here's the scene. -Yeah.
Even then you didn't see the bottom.
Which is as much as you could see, considering...
No hind legs.
Good cut.
This was the first time I came to the set, this day.
It was the first time I'd ever seen a wolf up close.
- I remember their teeth. - They also have that look,
that real crazy look in their eye that is so hard to read.
You have no idea if they're... What state of mind they're in.
- And their jaws are always going... -They just look at you.
- You're naked a lot in this film. -Naked and, you know, it's late,
they've lit this scene up, it's toward the end of the day,
and these wolves kind of decide to come on over.
You're very lucky. That was a very brave thing.
Well, you just kind of get one take here, 'cause I wasn't going back in this cage.
I said, "How do you get out?" "Just go on out."
You know, I don't think I'd do that again today.
Thank you very much. One take. Goodbye.
Yes, I will.
But I feel so helpless just sitting around here doing nothing.
Yes, thank you.
Good bye.
Here they have a lady who's an extra. They say, "This guy's gonna come out."
They do not tell her that the guy is gonna be naked.
- Oh, really? -No, they just said,
"He 'II just say something, and you don't have to say a thing." This woman. Hi.
Excuse me.
Quite a good sport.
Come over here!
If you come over here, I'll give you a pound.
Two pounds.
I don't know who you are.
I'm the famous balloon thief.
Why would a thief want to give me two pounds?
Here, I'll explain it to you.
Thank you.
See the people in the background? They didn't close the park.
So you're really running around naked?
Yeah. This is the zoo. And we only had from 6:00 a.m. till it opened at 9:00.
And then we kept shooting. And, you know, just...
It's the old story, "Oh, we're making a film. It doesn't really matter."
Twenty pence, please, sir.
Sir Richard Attenborough. I can't believe he did that tiny little part.
Do you remember the fella to the right?
- Oh, that's our grip. -Yeah, the key grip. Or the dolly grip.
- Dolly grip. -Former boxer.
- Yeah. What a great guy. -Very good guy.
I ended up in Poland with him in a movie two years later.
With him? Dennis, I think his name was.
Dennis was his name, and Dewi Humphreys was the camera operator.
'Cause they ended up being in the same movie that I did in Poland.
- I'm freezing. - David!
Where on earth have you been?
Alex, you won't believe this.
I've lost my mind. I woke up in the zoo.
- The zoo. - What did I do last night?
You don't remember?
Well, I remember seeing you to the door, and then
saying goodbye, getting locked out of the flat.
Then I came in through the front window. I started to read,
and then I woke up naked at the zoo.
I was worried about you. We didn't know where you were.
But that settles it. "Now I'm not worried anymore."
I'll get it.
- Hello? - Alex, have you heard anything?
He's here.
Is he all right? Why didn't you call me? Where was he?
He doesn't remember. He woke up at the zoo.
The zoo? Is he rational?
Yes, he is. He's very excited and confused.
But he's not crazy, if that's what you mean.
Have you read the papers today?
Or listened to the radio or the television?
- No. Why? -ls David behaving strangely?
No, he's not really.
He's rather enthusiastic.
- Could you get here without any trouble? - Yes, I should think so.
I want you to bring David here straightaway. I want him in my care.
I'll notify the police that we've found him.
But it's imperative you bring him straight to the hospital. You understand?
Yes, Doctor.
Now, you're certain he's lucid? You won't need any help?
No, he's fine. We'll come right over.
- Shall I send a car? - A taxi will be faster.
I expect you shortly.
- We should be able to get a taxi here. - You know, I should be committed.
This is another improvisational scene.
I don't know why I feel so good. I haven't felt this good in a long time.
My body feels great. I feel like an athlete.
Let's go back to your place for a quickie, huh?
- Later. - Oh, come on. Later, okay.
- Good morning! - Get in.
I just...
- St. Martin's Hospital. - Right.
It puts you in mind of the days of the old Demon Barber of Fleet Street, doesn't it?
- Sorry? - The murders.
- What murders? - Haven't you heard?
Last night,
six of them.
All in different parts of the city, all mutilated.
He must be a real right maniac, this fella.
- Pull over. Pull over! - David, we're going to the...
- Pay the man. - We must get...
Wait!
David!
- David, stop! - I'm going to the police!
- Jack was right! - Jack is dead!
Jack is dead. And six people are dead.
There's gonna be a full moon tonight. I'm going to the cops.
David, please be rational. Let's go to Dr. Hirsch.
Be rational, sure. I'm a fucking werewolf, for Christ's sake!
Did we shoot this on the same day we did the movie theater?
It's another day. But I remember for the TV version I had to loop. Instead of...
I had to say, "Hey, I'm a famous werewolf, for Christ's sake."
Come on. David...
Come on. I want you to arrest me, you asshole!
There's no call for that kind of language.
This did start to attract attention.
- You said "Prince Charles is a faggot"? -Yes, I did. That was not improv.
Do anything I can to get arrested, but...
Who is this person?
If you don't stop this disturbance, I shall arrest you.
That's what I want you to do, you moron!
- He's very upset. His friend was killed. - Will you shut up?
That's quite enough. About your business, both of you. Come on.
- What's it take to get arrested? -These bobbies have a lot of patience.
- Perhaps he thinks it's a prank. - A prank?
- Who's that? -An old friend of mine.
That's... Oh, my gosh. I didn't know she was in that scene.
Leave me alone! You people are crazy!
- I gotta get out of here! - David, don't lose control!
Control! What control?
Jack was real. He tried to warn me, and I thought I was crazy.
- David... - I love you.
- What? - I love you.
But I think I did some terrible things last night, things I can't remember.
- David, let's go see Dr. Hirsch. - No, you gotta stay away from me.
- David, I can help you. - No, I'm not safe to be with.
You gotta stay away from me.
I love you, Alex.
David!
The forensic lab seemed to feel that some sort of animal was involved, that's true.
- I hardly think it could be... - Regardless of what you think, Inspector,
the fact remains that David is missing, and we must find him.
- Before nightfall. - Precisely.
Gentlemen, please.
We shall find Mr. Kessler as quickly as we're able.
He tried to get himself arrested.
Getting arrested isn't all that difficult, Miss Price.
He wants help. He really...
- How can we assist you? - Stay here.
If we need you, we'll know where to reach you.
I cannot accept a connection between David Kessler and last night's murders.
We will find him, however. I can assure you of that.
We'll find him. Not to worry.
I promise.
Yes, operator, I'd like to call the United States and reverse the charges.
David Kessler, for anyone.
Thank you. I'll wait.
Hello? It's area code 516,
472-3402.
Now they've taken away all these red booths in London.
- They have? -They're working on it.
They're becoming real relics.
Hi. ls Mom or Dad at home?
Well, where are they?
Well, where's Max?
This is the day that we were all in Piccadilly.
Where I have a still photograph of you and me walking down...
- I would love a copy of that. -And the reaction of the people,
the actual street people, is pretty spectacular.
Listen, Rachel,
tell Mom and Dad that I love them, okay?
Just do it for me, will you, please?
And
don't fight with Max.
Yeah, well, try.
And please don't forget what I told you about Mom and Dad.
That I love them.
And I love Max, and I love you, too.
No, I do.
No, I'm not being silly, you little creep.
You promise?
Okay.
You be a good girl, then.
Yeah, I love you.
Good bye.
Now, you see? See You Next Wednesday.
It's the classic John Landis. Do you know the reason behind that?
I know it's the movie title in every movie marquee, but...
Right. In all his films, See You Next Wednesday is playing.
And I'm not really sure why, other than I think he'd written a script,
an unsold screenplay, perhaps.
The very first day of shooting of this film...
- Was the actual porn. -Yeah. Was this stuff.
And, yeah, they shot that at Twickenham.
- Right. -On this very high-quality set.
Right.
And these two became a couple after this movie. They'd never met.
I swear to God.
Now here... I'm sure you get a lot of questions about this guy.
Hi, David.
To my dismay, that's not me.
But I am controlling it.
- Not the hand, of course. -Right.
- You're behind the seats, aren't you? -I'm behind the thing.
What are you doing here?
You promised never to do this kind of thing again.
- I never promised you any such thing. -Not you, you twit. Her.
- I've never seen you before in my life. -Oh, sorry.
Him and the other girl
met up afterwards on the set.
But back to me. I'm controlling the jaw and everything.
I'm sitting right behind, you know, underneath a black curtain.
I'm watching on a monitor and controlling the jaw movements of the puppet.
But I did tell you so, you schmuck.
- You look awful. - Thank you.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean it.
I don't know what I'm saying.
I don't even know if it was me that killed those people last night.
I don't remember doing it.
What about the zoo?
Well, even if I'm not the Wolf Man,
I'm crazy enough to do something like that.
Look at me. Here I sit in a porno theater in Piccadilly Circus
talking to a corpse.
I'm actually glad to see you, Jack.
I want you to meet some people.
David Kessler, this is Gerald Bringsley.
Here's a classic "more blood" moment.
We thought it best for you not to see him, as he's a fresh kill and still pretty messy.
Yes. I do look most unpleasant.
Why are you doing this to me?
This isn't Mr. Goodman's idea. He's your good friend,
whereas I am a victim of your carnivorous lunar activities.
That sums it up.
Mr. Bringsley, I'm sorry.
I have absolutely no idea what to say to you.
You've left my wife a widow and my children fatherless.
And, I understand, I am to walk the Earth in limbo, one of the living dead,
until the wolf's bloodline is severed and the curse lifted.
You must die, David Kessler.
Such an unusual tone, the whole thing.
You got a porno in the background.
- Hello. - Hello.
And then that.
Can't say we're pleased to meet you, Mr. Kessler.
What shall I do?
- Suicide. - You must take your own life.
That's easy for you to say. You're already dead.
No, David. Harry and I and everyone you murdered are not dead, the undead.
Why are you doing this to me?
Because this must be stopped.
How shall I do it?
- Sleeping pills? - Not sure enough.
- I could hang myself. - No.
No, if you did it wrong, it could be painful. You'd choke to death.
- So what? Let him choke! - Do you mind? The man's a friend of mine!
Remember rehearsing this?
- Don't I need a silver bullet or something? - Oh, be serious, would you?
- Madness. - No, a gun would be good.
Yes. Just put the gun to your forehead and pull the trigger.
But if you put it in your mouth, you'd be sure not to miss.
- Thank you. You're all so thoughtful. - A knife!
- An electric shock! - A car crash?
- You could throw yourself in front of a tube. - Drowning.
Well, I mean, that's... That's just classic Landis there.
- Nice light tone. -Yeah. There's a light tone,
and it's very grim. AH different ways of killing yourself, porn in the background.
It's what makes this movie really so special.
That's the same statue as in Wales.
Don't stop!
Go away.
Please, go away.
Please, run!
What was that?
There's See You Next Wednesday again.
- A nonstop orgy. -Yeah.
Hello?
No, I'm sorry.
No, nobody of that name. Okay. Thank you. Bye.
Help! Help!
This was the first movie, I understand,
that had permission to actually close down Piccadilly Circus.
But we only had a certain period of time, so we had to rebuild it at Twickenham.
Right. I don't believe that they had permission to do a car accident, though.
They just sort of grabbed it, you know, at 5:30, 6:00 in the morning, when...
Everything just goes wild here.
But what was amazing was they cleaned up the accident in no time at all.
And it was as if it had never happened.
Oh, here he is.
For Christ's sake, John, there's a monster in there!
Call for assistance!
Here's where it gets fun.
And where John makes his cameo, as well.
- John Landis, that is. -Yes.
- What the hell's going on here? - Some kind of animal, sir.
An extra little added attraction.
And, yeah, this is intercut between Twickenham and Piccadilly.
- Is that the accident? -Here comes John.
Whoa! Is that John under the wheel?
Here's John going through the glass, right about...
- Here. -Oh, yeah, there he is.
- And then... -He does love car crashes.
He just loves...
Sister Hobbs said there's a disturbance in Piccadilly Circus
-involving some sort of mad dog. - David!
David!
Mad dog and Englishmen.
It's a dead end down there!
Clear this street off!
I like how John just stuck with the idea of it being a wolf,
you know, instead of a man, the Lon Chaney kind of thing.
Two-legged creature, a wolf man.
- Those don't look like silver bullets. -No, they don't.
Which was our whole point of trying to take John aside
and going, "Look, there are no silver bullets. We can do a couple of these."
- He had a problem with that. -"There'll be no sequel," he said.
- Let me through! - Stand aside, miss!
You must let me through!
Look at that. A woman with a will. She's just completely determined.
And, similar to the beginning of the film, like we shot in sequence,
this was the last shot of the film as well.
Just as it's the last scene in the movie.
David? Is it you?
David.
They're going to kill you.
David.
Please.
Please let me help you.
I love you, David.
And then the hero, the unsuspecting, never caused anybody any trouble,
just dies.
Blackout. End of movie.
I asked John about that, too. He said,
"There'll be no maudlin, no lingering. It's over."
You know, they would've... I can just hear the conversations.
You know, in this day and age now.
"Well, maybe... Maybe he's not really dead. Dead dead."
Well, we did talk about the undead, the living and the dead, but...
The See You Next Wednesday cast,
they're dead.
Yeah.
- There you have it. -We're done? So what time's dinner?
You know, after this, I...
- Am I coming to your house for dinner? -Yeah, maybe.
I'll only stay a month.