An American Werewolf In London

JP with Jaxx, Trustno1 and Cindy

Spoiler Alert - An American Werewolf in London (1980)

Alyssa nodded, it could work towards the teams advantage if the different clans had different curses, depending on what they were.

A short break was taken, then it was on to the next movie. "An American Werewolf in London." It was really a toss-up between that and "The Howling" as they were both released in 1981.

Two American graduate students from New York City, David Kessler and Jack Goodman, are trekking across the moors in Yorkshire. As night falls, they stop at the Slaughtered Lamb, a local pub. Jack notices a five-pointed star on the pub's wall. When he asks about it, the pub-goers grow hostile, and he and David leave. The pub-goers warn the pair to keep to the road, stay clear of the moors, and beware of the full moon. David and Jack wander off the road and onto the moors, where a vicious creature attacks them. Jack is mauled to death and David is seriously injured. The beast is shot and killed by some concerned pub-goers who followed the two young men. Instead of an animal carcass, David sees a nude dead man lying next to him before passing out.

David wakes up three weeks later in a London hospital. Inspector Villiers interviews David and informs him that the locals reported that an escaped lunatic attacked him and Jack. David insists a rabid dog or wolf attacked them. An undead Jack later appears to David and explains that they were attacked by a werewolf; since David was bitten, he is now a werewolf too. Jack is cursed to walk the earth in limbo, neither dead nor alive, until the wolf's bloodline is severed. Jack urges David to kill himself before the next full moon so he does not harm anyone.

Dr. Hirsch visits the Slaughtered Lamb to investigate, suspecting that David might have been influenced by local superstitions. When asked about the incident, the pub-goers deny any knowledge of David, Jack, or the attack. However, one distraught pub-goer privately tells Dr. Hirsch that David will endanger other people when he transforms.

Upon being released from hospital, David stays with Alex Price, the pretty young nurse who cared for him. Alex tells David that she is worried about his mental state. Jack, now even more decayed, appears and warns David that he will become a werewolf the next night, and again advises that he kill himself to avoid killing innocent people. David refuses to believe him but when the full moon rises, David transforms into a werewolf. He prowls the streets and the London Underground, killing six people. He wakes up the next morning naked on the floor of a wolf enclosure at the London Zoo, with no recollection of what happened, and returns to Alex's flat.

After learning of the previous night's murders and realizing that he is responsible, David unsuccessfully attempts to get himself arrested in Trafalgar Square. He calls his family to say he loves them, then loses the courage to slit his wrists with a pocket knife. David sees Jack, whose skeleton is now showing, outside an adult movie theatre. Inside, Jack introduces David to his previous night's victims, some of whom are furious with David and suggest different suicide methods to free them from their undead state.

David transforms into a werewolf inside the cinema. He decapitates Inspector Villiers and wreaks havoc in the streets, killing several motorists and bystanders. The police surround and trap David in an alleyway. Alex arrives, runs down the alley and tries to calm David by saying she loves him. Although David's consciousness briefly appears to recognize Alex, he lunges forward and is shot dead by the police, reverting to human form.

Agent Powers washed his popcorn down and then said, "So this movie is sticking to the bite of a werewolf makes one a werewolf. I wonder if werewolves are born in a natural way?" Ekaterina nodded as she replied, "Interesting. I have heard of books and movies that point out that possibility.”

"Definitely need to research that more," Alyssa responded. "The transformation looked horrible, to endure." She wondered if Max underwent a similar thing, when transformed. Obviously, not the werewolf part but the pain and discomfort. The hacker might have asked, but, she didn't know Ekaterina knew about Max's other half and it seemed to be, kind of, prying. Either way she felt bad for him, especially if that was the case.

"These werewolves seem to have an agenda of an ecological radicalism of sorts. It's like they want to fight corporations for the purpose of preserving the environment. That makes them different from anything in the movies." Said Sartre.

He thought of something,

"Alyssa; see if you can find any dark web references to "Gaia." Not specifically Gaia's chosen, or the ones who swallowed the bees.”

Agent Powers then rubbed his chin as he was thinking. The Ekaterina elegantly smiled as she asked, "Something on your mind Mr. Powers?" Agent Powers then gave Ekaterina a smolder and nodded as he answered, "The werewolves Sartre mentioned sounded a like the crazy people from PETA. Imagine if PETA was a group of werewolves, that would be intense." Ekaterina gasped as she said, "Oh my that does sound serious.”

"Well, hopefully we won't run into any PETA werewolves, but they sound more to me like Greenpeace." Alyssa thought for a moment. "Then again, I guess Greenpeace and PETA are similar, in some ways." She turned to Peter. "I'll put it on the list of stuff to research." Making a note of it, on her tablet. "So, are we up for another movie or two?" It was drawing on midnight, though, outside of working on stuff at the house there wasn't any real plans for tomorrow, that the hacker knew of.