History Film / AnAmericanWerewolfInParis

The story is centered on Andy [=McDermott=] (Creator/TomEverettScott), an American student who is traveling in Europe with his two friends when he falls in love with a French girl named Serafine (Julie Delpy), after saving her life during her suicide attempt. He tracks her down in an attempt to woo her, and eventually winds up getting invited to a club by one of her friends, who promises that she'll be there too. The club turns out to be a trap, where the owners lock the doors, transform into werewolves and feast on the unwitting patrons. One of his friends is killed, but Andy escapes... with just a bite. He is surprised to wake up in Serafine's bedroom, who is kind enough to take off her shirt for him, offer him a glass of [[LudicrousGibs freshly-pureed hearts]] and tell him he's a werewolf now... and she would know, because she's one too.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out what became of Amy and Detective Ben Bou. The last we see of Ben Bou, he [[spoiler: falls through a trap door and into a canal, escaping the werewolf chasing him and that's the end of it]]. In Amy's case however, we can assume that since [[spoiler: Andy killed and ate Claude's (the werewolf that infected him) heart she is free to pass into the afterlife. Still kind of weird though that we never see her get any closure while Brad did.]]
** Come to think of it, we also never see the detective tailing Andy into the graveyard with Amy [[spoiler: rise from the dead as a ghost to torment him. He too is killed along with Amy by Andy in his werewolf form but only Amy comes back.]]

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: American werewolves in Europe are literally haunted by the people they kill, as well as by anyone close to them who was killed by a werewolf. They are essentially ghosts, whose bodies look identical to the mutilated state of their physical forms, and likewise tend to decay over time. They cannot rest until the werewolf that killed them is slain.
** [[spoiler:Apparently, it ''is'' possible for an afflicted werewolf to cure his or herself-- all they need to do is eat the heart of the werewolf that killed them. This also cures anyone else who was infected by that werewolf.]]

* BigBad: Claude.

* ContrivedCoincidence: That Brad and Chris are able to find Seraphine's suicide note at all, based on the very little information they have on her and the assumption that she must have thrown it away in a public trash can.

* Contrived Coincidence: That Brad and Chris are able to find Seraphine's suicide note at all, based on the very little information they have on her and the assumption that she must have thrown it away in a public trash can.

The story is centered on Andy [=McDermott=] (Tom Everett Scott), an American student who is traveling in Europe with his two friends when he falls in love with a French girl named Serafine (Julie Delpy), after saving her life during her suicide attempt. He tracks her down in an attempt to woo her, and eventually winds up getting invited to a club by one of her friends, who promises that she'll be there too. The club turns out to be a trap, where the owners lock the doors, transform into werewolves and feast on the unwitting patrons. One of his friends is killed, but Andy escapes... with just a bite. He is surprised to wake up in Serafine's bedroom, who is kind enough to take off her shirt for him, offer him a glass of [[LudicrousGibs freshly-pureed hearts]] and tell him he's a werewolf now... and she would know, because she's one too.

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The story is centered on Andy [=McDermott=] (Tom Everett Scott), an American student who is traveling in Europe with his two friends when he falls in love with a French girl named Serafine (Julie Delpy), after saving her life during her suicide attempt. He tracks her down in attempt to woo her, and eventually winds up getting invited to a club by one of her friends, who promises that she'll be there too. The club turns out to be a trap, where the owners lock the doors, transform into werewolves and feast on the unwitting patrons. One of his friends is killed, but Andy escapes... with just a bite. He is surprised to wake up in Serafine's bedroom, who is kind enough to take off her shirt for him, offer him a glass of [[LudicrousGibs freshly-pureed hearts]] and tell him he's a werewolf now... and she would know, because she's one too.

* TheSocialDarwinist: Claude gives a speech saying he hates institutions like hospitals and charities because their only purpose is to extend the lives of the weak, in turn weakening the human race as a whole. Combined with FantasticRacism, he also considers werewolves like himself to be superior than ordinary humans.

* KarmaHoudini: While it's true that Andy [[spoiler: couldn't control himself as a werewolf, he's still responsible for the deaths of two innocent people, Amy and the police detective, and he gets away scot-free.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out what became of Amy and Detective Ben Bou. The last we see of Ben Bou, he [[spoiler: falls through a trap door and into a canal, escaping the werewolf chasing him and that's the end of it]]. In Amy's case however, we can assume that since [[spoiler: Andy killed and ate Claude's, the werewolf that infected him, heart she is free to pass into the afterlife. Still kind of weird though that we never see her get any closure while Brad did.]]

* KarmaHoudini: While it's true that Andy [[spoiler: couldn't control himself as a werewolf, he's still responsible for the deaths of two innocent people: Amy and the police detective.]]

** Come to think of it, we also never see the detective tailing Andy into the graveyard with Amy [[spoiler: rise from the dead as a ghost to torment him. He too is killed along with Amy by in Andy's werewolf form but only Amy comes back.]]

** Come to think of it, we also never see the detective tailing Andy into the graveyard with Andy. [[spoiler: he too is killed by Andy in his werewolf form but his ghost never rises to torment him.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out what became of Amy and Inspector LeDuc. Although I guess in Amy's case we can assume that since [[spoiler: Andy killed and ate Claude's, the werewolf that infected him, heart she is free to pass into the afterlife. Still kind of weird though that we never see her get any closure while Brad did.]]

The film, despite having a relatively uninspired storyline with plenty of humor that falls flat, is actually not that bad when compared to most other movies that have lycanthropy as the main plot point. It was also not a box office bomb-- its earnings exceeded its budget by a few million dollars. Regardless, it is not widely regarded as a good movie and fans almost universally prefer ''An American Werewolf in London'' to this film.

The story is centered on Andy [=McDermott=] (Tom Everett Scott), an American student who is traveling in Europe with his two friends when he falls in love with a French girl named Serafine (Julie Delpy), after saving her life during her suicide attempt. He tracks her down in attempt to [[strike:get in her pants]] woo her, and eventually winds up getting invited to a club by one of her friends, who promises that she'll be there too. The club turns out to be a trap, where the owners lock the doors, transform into werewolves and feast on the unwitting patrons. One of his friends is killed, but Andy escapes... with just a bite. He is surprised to wake up in Serafine's bedroom, who is kind enough to take off her shirt for [[strike:[[{{Fanservice}} the audience]]]] him, offer him a glass of [[LudicrousGibs freshly-pureed hearts]] and tell him he's a werewolf now... and she would know, because she's one too.

->''"It took me four years on a stairmaster to get [[UnfortunateImplications a package]] like this. You ripped through it like a lamb chop!" ''

* TheReaveal: [[spoiler: Serafine didn't bite Andy. Claude did.]]

* PsychoSerum: The serum that Serafine's stepfather created was his attempt to synthesize a medication that would ''prevent'' her from turning into a werewolf. Instead, it caused her to transform instantly, and rip his legs off.

-> "It took me four years on a stairmaster to get [[UnfortunateImplications a package]] like this. You ripped through it like a lamb chop!"
->-- Amy Fitch, newly risen as a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie]]

''An American Werewolf in Paris'' is a spin-off of ''AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' that was released to lukewarm reviews (at best) in 1997. It includes some of the elements of its predecessor, such as attempts at lighthearted humor and having a werewolf's victims appear as mutilated ghosts. What it lacks, and what caused many reviewers to complain, are the [[BodyHorror brutal yet enthralling make-up effects]] of the first movie, which have been replaced with a heavy dose of CGI.