An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Directed by John Landis
Two American students backpacking across the Yorkshire moors ignore a warning from the locals at a village pub, and one of them wakes up in a London hospital with something terrible waiting for the full moon.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Dropped off by a sheep truck≈ 00:00:30Yorkshire moorsInferred
David and Jack hop off a livestock truck and set out walking across the bleak moors.
- 2The Slaughtered Lamb pub≈ 00:03:00East Proctor (fictional)Stated on screenFictional
In the unwelcoming village pub the locals warn them to stay on the road and beware the moon.
- 3Open moor at night≈ 00:09:00Yorkshire moorsInferred
- 4Hospital≈ 00:13:00London, EnglandStated on screen
- 5Alex's flat≈ 00:38:00London, EnglandInferred
- 6Tottenham Court Road Underground station≈ 00:55:00London, EnglandStated on screen
- 7Wolf enclosure≈ 00:58:00London Zoo, Regent's ParkStated on screen
- 8Adult cinema and Piccadilly Circus≈ 01:20:00Piccadilly CircusStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 339 km
- Places
- 5
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 8
- Not shown: 330 km
- On foot: 9.3 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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