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* Indeed, The transformation sequence is very frightening. The sheer body horror of it all is subtle that it makes the whole even more terrifying. David Naughton’s acting sells it. It’s almost as if the whole sequence is a deconstruction of the very idea of a werewolf transformation sequence.
** When the transformation is nearly complete (and we see the last of it before the scene cuts away), the werewolf, now having lost just about the last of its humanity, is growling and panting as it slowly ambles to its feet, as if it’s revving up for the night of carnage it’s about to inflict. We then cut to the full moon, and once again, we hear the hellish howl we heard at the beginning of the film - night has fallen, and the nightmare can begin.

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* Indeed, The transformation sequence is very frightening. The sheer body horror of it all is subtle that it makes the whole even more terrifying. David Naughton’s Naughton's acting sells it. It’s It's almost as if the whole sequence is a deconstruction of the very idea of a werewolf transformation sequence.
** When the transformation is nearly complete (and we see the last of it before the scene cuts away), the werewolf, now having lost just about the last of its humanity, is growling and panting as it slowly ambles to its feet, as if it’s it's revving up for the night of carnage it’s it's about to inflict. We then cut to the full moon, and once again, we hear the hellish howl we heard at the beginning of the film - night has fallen, and the nightmare can begin.



-->'''Jack:''' Oh, shit. What ''is'' it?

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-->'''Jack:''' --->'''Jack:''' Oh, shit. What ''is'' it?



** The inspector goes into the theater where he finds David already feeding on an unfortunate victim. He then books it to the entrance where people are already gathering to see what the commotion is, and he’s having the doors to the theater barricaded as much as possible… only for David to start smashing against the barricade, and all the poor inspector can do is fruitlessly scream at people to run as he quickly fails to hold his ground. There is a very pissed and hungry werewolf that is quickly fighting its way through the barricade, and it’s terrifying to hear the animal angrily throw everything it has into tearing through…
** David rips through the wall and bites the head off the intervening inspector in front of hundreds of terrified people. All hell breaks loose as dozens of terrified citizens try to avoid his monstrous form, crashing into and mowing down one another as they try to escape. It’s arguable that the citizens do more damage than the werewolf due to the sheer panic that ensues.

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** The inspector goes into the theater where he finds David already feeding on an unfortunate victim. He then books it to the entrance where people are already gathering to see what the commotion is, and he’s he's having the doors to the theater barricaded as much as possible… only for David to start smashing against the barricade, and all the poor inspector can do is fruitlessly scream at people to run as he quickly fails to hold his ground. There is a very pissed and hungry werewolf that is quickly fighting its way through the barricade, and it’s it's terrifying to hear the animal angrily throw everything it has into tearing through…
** David rips through the wall and bites the head off the intervening inspector in front of hundreds of terrified people. All hell breaks loose as dozens of terrified citizens try to avoid his monstrous form, crashing into and mowing down one another as they try to escape. It’s It's arguable that the citizens do more damage than the werewolf due to the sheer panic that ensues.



* The original teaser trailer. No voiceover, none of the cast. Just a dark, murky swamp at night set to an increasingly ominous score. Then we see blood making it’s way through the water, around the reflection of the moon… and then the paw of the werewolf splashed down over the moon with a frightening growl. And then we get the title. So much done with so little.

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* The original teaser trailer. No voiceover, none of the cast. Just a dark, murky swamp at night set to an increasingly ominous score. Then we see blood making it’s it's way through the water, around the reflection of the moon… and then the paw of the werewolf splashed down over the moon with a frightening growl. And then we get the title. So much done with so little.
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** The NECA toy calls the zombies "nightmare demons." With how Jack confirms the "forces of darkness" are real, one could interpret the sequence in hindsight as not just being nightmares - these are actual demons here to sadistically plague the newest member of the forces of darkness in his mind! Maybe even spirits of actual Nazi soldiers being unwelcoming towards David due to his Judaism.

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** The NECA toy calls the zombies "nightmare demons." With how Jack confirms the "forces of darkness" are real, one could interpret the sequence in hindsight as not just being nightmares - these are actual demons here to sadistically plague the newest member of the forces of darkness in his mind! Maybe even spirits of actual real Nazi soldiers being unwelcoming towards subjecting David to one helluva KickTheDog due to his Judaism.
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* The nightmare sequences. Some screenshots should not be on rental video cases available to six-year-olds. The Nazi zombies attack David's home with automatic rifles and knives, blowing away David's family and slitting their throats (and ultimately David's). What's worse is that the zombies are cackling maliciously, enjoying the carnage they're inflicting on the innocent people they’re slaughtering.
** The NECA toy calls the zombies "nightmare demons." With how Jack confirms the "forces of darkness" are real, one could interpret the sequence in hindsight as not just being nightmares - these are actual demons here to sadistically plague the newest member of the forces of darkness in his mind!

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* The nightmare sequences. Some screenshots should not be on rental video cases available to six-year-olds. The Nazi zombies monsters attack David's home with automatic rifles and knives, blowing away David's family and slitting their throats (and ultimately David's). What's worse is that the zombies Nazi monsters are cackling maliciously, making [[HellIsThatNoise awful screeches]], that at times feel fractured into cackling, almost as if they're enjoying the carnage they're inflicting on the innocent people they’re they're slaughtering.
** The NECA toy calls the zombies "nightmare demons." With how Jack confirms the "forces of darkness" are real, one could interpret the sequence in hindsight as not just being nightmares - these are actual demons here to sadistically plague the newest member of the forces of darkness in his mind!mind! Maybe even spirits of actual Nazi soldiers being unwelcoming towards David due to his Judaism.
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-->'''Jack:''' Oh, shit, what shit. What ''is'' it?

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* The nightmare sequences. Some screenshots should not be on rental video cases available to six-year-olds. The Nazi zombies attack David’s home with automatic rifles and knives, blowing away David’s family and slitting their throats (and ultimately David’s). What’s worse is that the zombies are cackling maliciously, enjoying the carnage they’re inflicting on the innocent people they’re slaughtering.
** The NECA toy calls the zombies “nightmare demons.” With how Jack confirms the “forces of darkness” are real, one could interpret the sequence in hindsight as not just being nightmares - these are actual demons here to sadistically plague the newest member of the forces of darkness in his mind!

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* The nightmare sequences. Some screenshots should not be on rental video cases available to six-year-olds. The Nazi zombies attack David’s David's home with automatic rifles and knives, blowing away David’s David's family and slitting their throats (and ultimately David’s). What’s David's). What's worse is that the zombies are cackling maliciously, enjoying the carnage they’re they're inflicting on the innocent people they’re slaughtering.
** The NECA toy calls the zombies “nightmare "nightmare demons." With how Jack confirms the “forces "forces of darkness” darkness" are real, one could interpret the sequence in hindsight as not just being nightmares - these are actual demons here to sadistically plague the newest member of the forces of darkness in his mind!



* The NECA toys of the werewolf and the nightmare demons do a terrifyingly good job at capturing the ghouls.

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* The NECA toys of the werewolf and the nightmare demons do a terrifyingly good job at capturing the ghouls.ghouls.
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** David rips through the wall and bites the head off the intervening inspector in front of hundreds of terrified people. What follows next is a sequence of deathly chaos where dozens of terrified citizens try to avoid his monstrous form, crashing into and mowing down one another as they try to escape. It’s arguable that the citizens do more damage than the werewolf due to the sheer panic that ensues.

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** David rips through the wall and bites the head off the intervening inspector in front of hundreds of terrified people. What follows next is a sequence of deathly chaos where All hell breaks loose as dozens of terrified citizens try to avoid his monstrous form, crashing into and mowing down one another as they try to escape. It’s arguable that the citizens do more damage than the werewolf due to the sheer panic that ensues.
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-->'''Jack:''' Oh, shit, what ''IS'' it?

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-->'''Jack:''' Oh, shit, what ''IS'' ''is'' it?
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-->'''Jack:''' Aw shit what IS it?

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-->'''Jack:''' Aw shit Oh, shit, what IS ''IS'' it?

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* The nightmare sequences. Some screenshots should not be on rental video cases available to six-year-olds.

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* The nightmare sequences. Some screenshots should not be on rental video cases available to six-year-olds. The Nazi zombies attack David’s home with automatic rifles and knives, blowing away David’s family and slitting their throats (and ultimately David’s). What’s worse is that the zombies are cackling maliciously, enjoying the carnage they’re inflicting on the innocent people they’re slaughtering.
** The NECA toy calls the zombies “nightmare demons.” With how Jack confirms the “forces of darkness” are real, one could interpret the sequence in hindsight as not just being nightmares - these are actual demons here to sadistically plague the newest member of the forces of darkness in his mind!



* The original teaser trailer. No voiceover, none of the cast. Just a dark, murky swamp at night set to an increasingly ominous score. Then we see blood making it’s way through the water, around the reflection of the moon… and then the paw of the werewolf splashed down over the moon with a frightening growl. And then we get the title. So much done with so little.



** Just think of what other monstrosities are out there if werewolves and restless spirits are real. Vampires? Demons? Zombies? The possibilities are endless and terrifying.

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** Just think of what other monstrosities are out there if werewolves and restless spirits are real. Vampires? Demons? Zombies? The possibilities are endless and terrifying.terrifying.
* The NECA toys of the werewolf and the nightmare demons do a terrifyingly good job at capturing the ghouls.

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* The climax in Piccadilly Circus, where David bites the head off the intervening inspector in front of hundreds of terrified people. What follows next is a sequence of deathly chaos where dozens of terrified citizens try to avoid his monstrous form, crashing into and mowing down one another as they try to escape. It’s arguable that the citizens do more damage than the werewolf due to the sheer panic that ensues.

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* The climax in Piccadilly Circus, Circus.
** The inspector goes into the theater
where he finds David already feeding on an unfortunate victim. He then books it to the entrance where people are already gathering to see what the commotion is, and he’s having the doors to the theater barricaded as much as possible… only for David to start smashing against the barricade, and all the poor inspector can do is fruitlessly scream at people to run as he quickly fails to hold his ground. There is a very pissed and hungry werewolf that is quickly fighting its way through the barricade, and it’s terrifying to hear the animal angrily throw everything it has into tearing through…
** David rips through the wall and
bites the head off the intervening inspector in front of hundreds of terrified people. What follows next is a sequence of deathly chaos where dozens of terrified citizens try to avoid his monstrous form, crashing into and mowing down one another as they try to escape. It’s arguable that the citizens do more damage than the werewolf due to the sheer panic that ensues.

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** When the transformation is nearly complete (and we see the last of it before the scene cuts away), the werewolf, now having lost just about the last of its humanity, is growling and panting as it slowly ambles to its feet, as if it’s revving up for the night of carnage it’s about to inflict. We then cut to the full moon, and once again, we hear the hellish howl we heard at the beginning of the film - night has fallen, and the nightmare can begin.



* The climax in Piccadilly Circus, where David bites the head off the intervening inspector in front of hundreds of terrified people. What follows next is a sequence of deathly chaos where dozens of terrified citizens try to avoid his monstrous form, crashing into and mowing down one another as they try to escape.

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* The climax in Piccadilly Circus, where David bites the head off the intervening inspector in front of hundreds of terrified people. What follows next is a sequence of deathly chaos where dozens of terrified citizens try to avoid his monstrous form, crashing into and mowing down one another as they try to escape. It’s arguable that the citizens do more damage than the werewolf due to the sheer panic that ensues.
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->'''Jack:''' Aw shit what IS that?

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->'''Jack:''' -->'''Jack:''' Aw shit what IS that?it?
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** The fact the two main characters actually ''see'' the werewolf in the distance, and try to convince themselves that it must be a dog or something.
->'''Jack:''' Aw shit what IS that?
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** It all goes down in the very recognisable Tottenham Court Road Station; watching this scene and then having to travel through that station late at night is ''not'' pleasant.
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* Indeed, The transformation sequence is very frightening. The sheer body horror of it all is subtle that it makes the whole even more terrifying. David Naughton’s acting sells it. It’s almost as if the whole sequence is a deconstruction of the very idea of a werewolf transformation sequence. * The [[OurGhostsAreDifferent "Undead"]], which are more like living zombies than ghosts; Jack first appears to David with most of his skin still torn off from the Werewolf attack, and he just keeps decaying from there until his last appearance is... gah.

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* Indeed, The transformation sequence is very frightening. The sheer body horror of it all is subtle that it makes the whole even more terrifying. David Naughton’s acting sells it. It’s almost as if the whole sequence is a deconstruction of the very idea of a werewolf transformation sequence. sequence.
* The [[OurGhostsAreDifferent "Undead"]], which are more like living zombies than ghosts; Jack first appears to David with most of his skin still torn off from the Werewolf attack, and he just keeps decaying from there until his last appearance is... gah.



** For real. The Werewolf design I this movie is the most intense of all. Built like a tank and covered in fur and lacking in sheer humanity, the Werewokf is frightening. Fucking HUGE doesn’t even BEGIN to describe it. * The climax in Piccadilly Circus, where David bites the head off the intervening inspector in front of hundreds of terrified people. What follows next is a sequence of deathly chaos where dozens of terrified citizens try to avoid his monstrous form, crashing into and mowing down one another as they try to escape.

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** For real. The Werewolf design I this movie is the most intense of all. in general. Built like a tank and covered in fur and lacking in sheer humanity, the Werewokf this werewolf is frightening. Fucking HUGE doesn’t even BEGIN to describe it. frightening.
* The climax in Piccadilly Circus, where David bites the head off the intervening inspector in front of hundreds of terrified people. What follows next is a sequence of deathly chaos where dozens of terrified citizens try to avoid his monstrous form, crashing into and mowing down one another as they try to escape.



* The NightmareFace that David makes in one of the dreams he has (shown on the right).

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* The NightmareFace that David makes in one of the dreams he has (shown on the right).(page image).
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* The [[OurGhostsAreDifferent "Undead"]], which are more like living zombies than ghosts; Jack first appears to David with most of his skin still torn off from the Werewolf attack, and he just keeps decaying from there until his last appearance is... gah.

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*Indeed, The transformation sequence is very frightening. The sheer body horror of it all is subtle that it makes the whole even more terrifying. David Naughton’s acting sells it. It’s almost as if the whole sequence is a deconstruction of the very idea of a werewolf transformation sequence. * The [[OurGhostsAreDifferent "Undead"]], which are more like living zombies than ghosts; Jack first appears to David with most of his skin still torn off from the Werewolf attack, and he just keeps decaying from there until his last appearance is... gah.



* The climax in Piccadilly Circus, where David bites the head off the intervening inspector in front of hundreds of terrified people. What follows next is a sequence of deathly chaos where dozens of terrified citizens try to avoid his monstrous form, crashing into and mowing down one another as they try to escape.

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**For real. The Werewolf design I this movie is the most intense of all. Built like a tank and covered in fur and lacking in sheer humanity, the Werewokf is frightening. Fucking HUGE doesn’t even BEGIN to describe it. * The climax in Piccadilly Circus, where David bites the head off the intervening inspector in front of hundreds of terrified people. What follows next is a sequence of deathly chaos where dozens of terrified citizens try to avoid his monstrous form, crashing into and mowing down one another as they try to escape.
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* The climax in Piccadilly Circus, where David bites the head off the intervening inspector in front of hundreds of terrified people. What follows next is a sequence of undistilled madness where dozens of terrified motorists try to avoid his monstrous form, crashing and mowing down several panicked pedestrians who are trying to escape.
** One unfortunate passenger gets thrown out of a bus and gets his head crushed under the wheels of a car.

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* The climax in Piccadilly Circus, where David bites the head off the intervening inspector in front of hundreds of terrified people. What follows next is a sequence of undistilled madness deathly chaos where dozens of terrified motorists citizens try to avoid his monstrous form, crashing into and mowing down several panicked pedestrians who are trying one another as they try to escape.
** One unfortunate passenger gets thrown out of a bus and gets his head crushed ''crushed under the wheels of a car.car''.

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