An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)

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

Director:

Anthony Waller

Writers:

John Landis (characters in An American Werewolf in London), Tim Burns,

Stars:

Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy, Vince Vieluf

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Everett Scott	...	Andy McDermott
Julie Delpy	...	Serafine Pigot
Vince Vieluf	...	Brad
Phil Buckman	...	Chris
Julie Bowen	...	Amy Finch
Pierre Cosso	...	Claude
Thierry Lhermitte	...	Dr. Thierry Pigot
Tom Novembre	...	Inspector LeDuc
Maria Machado	...	Chief Bonnet
Ben Salem Bouabdallah	...	Detective Ben Bou
Serge Basso	...	Officer with Flashlight
Charles Maquignon	...	Bouncer
Jochen Schneider	...	Lycanthrope
Alan McKenna	...	Lycanthrope
Hervé Sogne	...	Lycanthrope

Storyline

The daughter of the werewolf from AWIL is alive and living in Paris where her mother (from the first film) and stepfather are trying to overcome her lycanthropic disease. A trio of American tourists on a thrill seeking trip around Europe manage to stop her from plunging to her death from the top of the Eiffel tower and are embroiled in a horrific but often hilarious plot involving a secret society of werewolves based in the city and a drug which allows werewolves to change at any time... This time there's no need for a full moon...

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Plot Keywords:

american | american tourist | tourist | werewolf | death | 

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Taglines:

Things are about to get a little hairy.

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Genres:

Horror | Romance | Thriller | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for werewolf/violence and gore, and for some sexuality/nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Metropolitan Filmexport Official site

Country:

UK Netherlands Luxembourg USA France

Language:

English French

Release Date:

25 December 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

American Werewolf 2

Filming Locations:

Studio Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

DEM 840,569 (Germany) (16 January 1998)

Gross:

$26,521,435 (USA) (27 March 1998)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hollywood Pictures, J&M Entertainment, Cometstone Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

John Landis wrote one of the many screenplays considered.

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Goofs

After fighting the werewolves in the crypt, Andy goes back to the house and he has a cut on his right shoulder. However, when the werewolves turn up, he runs down the stairs and the cut has now disappeared.

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Quotes

Andy McDermott: Great. Come to Paris and check out les drains.

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Connections

Featured in Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: An American Werewolf in London (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Loverbeast in Paris"
Music by Gena B. Good, Buchman and Walsberg
Lyrics by Smoove Capone and Don Juan
Performed by Smoove Diamonds
Courtesy of Avrora Media GmbH

User Reviews

Agreed... this movie stunk!

I don't know why I get my hopes up for sequels... my hopes are always destroyed.

This movie is no exception. For starters, it's important to note that An American Werewolf in London (AAWiL) will always have a special place in my heart as one of the first horror movies I remembers seeing on HBO as a kid.

This movie lacked just about everything that AAWiL had: good acting, good special effects, a decent soundtrack, etc.

Tom Everett Scott is a terrible actor... the kind of actor I see and wonder how he ever gets casted for anything. Julie Delpy is OK and I dig her accent. Everyone else was pretty much fluff and/or fodder. The effects were God awful. It's hard enough to pull off CGI monsters and hairy ones are even harder to make believable. When you are making a sequel for a movie that had effects that are still impressive by today's standards, some serious effort has to be made if the intent is to make a movie that rivals the original. This one isn't even in the same league as AAWiL. The music for AAWiL was also very well done. AAWiP had... Bush? Yeah, that's the route you want to go to create a timeless classic.

Unlike other reviews I wouldn't even go so far as to say this movie would have good as a stand-alone (no connection to AAWiL), but I wouldn't even give it that much credit.

It just sucked.