This is my favorite scene in the whole movie. The tension, the pacing, the cinematography is perfect down to a T. Also, the fact that you don't see David's Werewolf hardly at all during the chase without any music is almost something straight of Hitchcock
Makes it feel more real. If you were in his shoes getting chased, there wouldn’t be a dramatic Hollywood orchestra in the background, just your heavy breathing and footsteps followed closely behind by the beast’s growling and snarling.
The best thing about this scene is the last frame. Throughout it the element of panic is never seen, leaving the viewer in full tension during the journey. But right at the end the director gives us something of that horrifying morbidity: finally seeing the monster walk towards its victim, only for a few seconds and ambiguously at the vanishing point of the frame. This is the high point of Landis's photographic mastery on film. One of many that has between the excellent violent comic writing and its special effects.
IIRC they originally filmed the scene with more shots showing the werewolf, but didn’t like them because it was too obvious that the werewolf was a puppet, so they ended up scrapping them and instead doing this POV style, which like you said actually turned out better for building tension.
You got that right I seen this when I was 8 or 9 the werewolf howl alone was scary and seeing jack get ripped to pieces was scary and cool the rest of the movie is killer
I like this one, but I'm more of a fan of the more humanoid Werewolf myself, For me my favorite Werewolf design is The Wolfman and all of the of the Werewolves in the movie Van Helsing. They are all CGI which is also not as great as practical in my book too, so this one has that advantage, but damn, I just love the overall creature design of the Van Helsing werewolves.
It just made me jump right now seeing it on my smartphone screen. I can imagine what a scare it must have been for the people who saw it on the big screen in surround sound those 41 years ago.
I was 12 in 1981 and loved it because my grandfather was a NYC subway dispatcher and i loved trains and tunnels. If I make it to London next year, i might check out the Tottenham Court Road station for this scene alone. Seems to be a lot of narrow corridors.
Fun trivia fact: the actor who plays Gerald Bringsley (the subway victim)-Michael Carter-is the same actor who plays Bib Fortuna in Return of the Jedi.
Till I read this comment I didn't even know the guy who played the subway victim also played Bib Fortuna from The Return of the Jedi man you learn something new every day.
Gerald got angry at David for killing him, but he’s the one who had to do the most dramatic fall onto the escalator. And then he just sat there. The STAIRS WERE GOING UP.
Maybe his cane has something to do with it? He dropped his cane and then stumbled a metre or two before he fell face first onto the escalator. Maybe he had a disability in life that gave him difficulty walking more than a short distance without an aid Then it makes more sense why he wouldn't have bolted for his life. If he knew he wouldn't get far without falling again
Imagine being that dude and a Werewolf running for you in a well lit tunnel. That would be terrifying... Still not as scary as him laying on the escalator, those things are dangerous.
3:20 It's kind of scary to think that what killed him wasn't just the wolf, it was the fact that he stood there waiting to see if the beast was following him, the chances of him escaping were slim to none, but maybe if he had gotten up after he had fallen down the escalator and kept running to the exit, he might had survived, but the power of fear was stronger
He also seemed really out of shape considering how heavy he was breathing, how he barely cleared that jump and how he just collapsed onto the escalator. Can’t blame the guy, though. I’m pretty sure running for his life wasn’t a usual part of his nightly commute.
I saw the movie a long time ago and it's terrifying, it's my favorite, for me the best and I see it whenever I can, it's my favorite werewolf of all the sagas.
Imagine yourself being on the London Underground during the graveyard shift and being chased by a werewolf and being paralysed by shock once it closes the gap.
One thing I have always been curious about with the subway scene in this movie is how the heck did the Werewolf get into the subway without being seen I mean there are a lot of different ways into the subway system and the subway tunnels are endless and I'm sure if the Werewolf used one of the subway entrances surely someone would have seen it.
English people; even in the face of grave danger they speak impeccably, think of reporting to authority, and still run with their umbrellas and suitcases. He was more concerned about the London rains than saving his life.
Lo mejor de esta escena es el último cuadro. A lo largo de ella nunca se ve al elemento de pánico, dejando al espectador en plena tensión durante el trayecto. Pero justo al final el director nos regala algo de ese morbo horripilante: ver por fin al monstruo caminar hacia su víctima, solo por unos segundos y de forma ambigua en el punto de fuga del cuadro. Este es el punto cúspide de la mestria fotográfica de Landis en el film. Uno de muchos que tiene entre el excelente guión cómico violento y sus efectos especiales.
I saw this movie much too young, must have been 6-7 years old, on pay per view back when it came out in the early 80's. Me and my twin were traumatized for years after seeing this movie lol
Yep. It's Scottish thespian Michael Carter. He also played Jabba the Hutt's advisor Bib Fortuna in Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi. Great actor.
Fun Star Wars Fact: The character Gerald Bringsley, the subway victim played by Michael Carter who is also the same actor who plays Bib Fortuna. "I shall report this! To Boba Fett."
Apparently they shot a scene which showed the three tramps being killed but it never made the final cut. How I would LOVE to see that missing footage. Even just a storyboard. Anything!
Ok know I know this movie is fiction because those chocolate bar machines they used to have in the stations 'never' worked. They always took your coins and the draw was jammed.
@@n_.i._n idk if PEPPER spray would work it's a werewolf plus I would rather not be that close with PEPPER spray PEPPER spray pisses bears off now imagine this thing I would rather climb a tree cause those types of werewolves cant climb trees
3:30 Here he was lying there on the stairs in consciousness and saw that a werewolf was about to approach him... couldn't he get up and run on???/Вот лежал он там на лестнице в сознании и видел что на него оборотень вот вот подойдет ... Couldn't he get up and run on???/Он что не мог поднятся и побежать дальше??? in the London underground that there is no clock over the tonelle as in the Moscow subway???/в Лондонском метро что нету часов над тонеллем как в Московской подземке??? 1:58 why is there no scoreboard with a time by which it would be possible to determine because the London Underground works until 00:30/почему нет табло с временем по которому можно было бы определить ведь Лондонское метро до 00:30 работает
It all depends on an individual and how that person reacts in any given life threatening situation. Folk will fight, flee, or freeze! If that were me, my adrenaline would have kicked in and I would have sprinted all the way home!
@@JosephMulvihill Right. From a nation that created Subway 'sandwiches', hot dogs, scrapple, an endless choice of frozen tv dinners and seven 11 'pizza...'
The good ole days of London when the underground was good and they had the RT Buses still and Routemasters near 20-30 years of age and the general layout of London no congestion Charge no ULEZ, the very early 80s was very like the 70s in a way up till 83 they say
You had smokers' carriages back then., and those infamous wooden escalators. On the last day before prohibition, on the platform, took the last drag of my cigarette, and then flicked the dog end away as you do. Never again down there.
This scene is brilliant. The cinematography is perfect in building up the tension.
We need more werewolf movies like this
sweetcinnamonpnchkin I agree.
@Fatty Drake actually it works better to not see it until the man collapses. The eeriness of those legs appearing under the sign... chills
This movie from the 80s
Oh yes, not seeing and only hearing the creature is terrifying as hell. These growls are nerve wracking....
This is my favorite scene in the whole movie. The tension, the pacing, the cinematography is perfect down to a T. Also, the fact that you don't see David's Werewolf hardly at all during the chase without any music is almost something straight of Hitchcock
I agree Mr. Multiverse (Deadpoolzilla).
Makes it feel more real. If you were in his shoes getting chased, there wouldn’t be a dramatic Hollywood orchestra in the background, just your heavy breathing and footsteps followed closely behind by the beast’s growling and snarling.
The people who boarded the train are the luckiest people in the movie. They narrowly avoided being victims of the werewolf.
My thoughts exactly
The best thing about this scene is the last frame. Throughout it the element of panic is never seen, leaving the viewer in full tension during the journey. But right at the end the director gives us something of that horrifying morbidity: finally seeing the monster walk towards its victim, only for a few seconds and ambiguously at the vanishing point of the frame. This is the high point of Landis's photographic mastery on film. One of many that has between the excellent violent comic writing and its special effects.
Thx for repeating what all of us saw anyway.
IIRC they originally filmed the scene with more shots showing the werewolf, but didn’t like them because it was too obvious that the werewolf was a puppet, so they ended up scrapping them and instead doing this POV style, which like you said actually turned out better for building tension.
Who here thinks this werewolf is the scariest out of all werewolves?
You got that right I seen this when I was 8 or 9 the werewolf howl alone was scary and seeing jack get ripped to pieces was scary and cool the rest of the movie is killer
Agree. This and the werewolves from the first Howling are the scariest for me.
I'd seen so many crap werewolf movies that I thought I didn't like the genre. This is the first werewolf movie that I liked.
@@zoyadulzura7490 Agree. My favorite werewolf movies are this, the First Howling, The Wolfman(1941), and Silver Bullet(1985).
I like this one, but I'm more of a fan of the more humanoid Werewolf myself, For me my favorite Werewolf design is The Wolfman and all of the of the Werewolves in the movie Van Helsing. They are all CGI which is also not as great as practical in my book too, so this one has that advantage, but damn, I just love the overall creature design of the Van Helsing werewolves.
I'll bet that werewolf roar, and the sound of the subway back to back made moviegoers jump back in 81.
Certainly did my Dad said it was a good Movie and still is
It just made me jump right now seeing it on my smartphone screen. I can imagine what a scare it must have been for the people who saw it on the big screen in surround sound those 41 years ago.
They only had mono sound 41 years ago...@@tsepheletseka5115
I was 12 in 1981 and loved it because my grandfather was a NYC subway dispatcher and i loved trains and tunnels. If I make it to London next year, i might check out the Tottenham Court Road station for this scene alone. Seems to be a lot of narrow corridors.
"I can assure you that this is not in the least bit amusing. I shall report this!"
-such a British thing to say.
Fun trivia fact: the actor who plays Gerald Bringsley (the subway victim)-Michael Carter-is the same actor who plays Bib Fortuna in Return of the Jedi.
nice one!
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I could INSTANTLY see that as I read that. Particularly the lower part of his face.
Till I read this comment I didn't even know the guy who played the subway victim also played Bib Fortuna from The Return of the Jedi man you learn something new every day.
@@robertpearce8204D wanna wangoa
probably one of my favorite horror movie scenes. It's suspenseful and eerie.
This movie captured calm suspense before the brutal monster slaughter PERFECTLY.
The Werewolf simply performing his ‘carnivorous lunar activities’😉
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Which is?
@@ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣΜΠΟΡΜΠΟΥΔΑΚΗΣ hmm, watch the movie and find out 😉
@@ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣΜΠΟΡΜΠΟΥΔΑΚΗΣ hmm, watch the movie and find out 😉
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This scene made me very scared to be in a subway. Jus rhe thought of a werewolf being in the dark tunnels would terrify me as a child growing up
When i saw this film around aged 6/7 the underground scene was the one that totally freaked me out.
3:11 Falling face first into the escalator like that is more painful than anything a werewolf could do to you.
"Beware the moon David..."
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Gerald got angry at David for killing him, but he’s the one who had to do the most dramatic fall onto the escalator. And then he just sat there. The STAIRS WERE GOING UP.
Shock
@@laurendaley2503 He was shocked 46 steps BEFORE he fell. At this point he just gave up.
Lol the inconvenience in these movies which still makes up tho
Maybe his cane has something to do with it? He dropped his cane and then stumbled a metre or two before he fell face first onto the escalator. Maybe he had a disability in life that gave him difficulty walking more than a short distance without an aid
Then it makes more sense why he wouldn't have bolted for his life. If he knew he wouldn't get far without falling again
@@isopodsouptemp
And he was exhausted from running too much.
The greatest ever werewolf movie! ❤
Imagine being that dude and a Werewolf running for you in a well lit tunnel. That would be terrifying... Still not as scary as him laying on the escalator, those things are dangerous.
That roar, made th hair on my forearms stand on end, literally
Love that quick glimpse at 3:23 where you get an idea of how massive it is.
It should be on a list of greatest movie shots.
3:20 It's kind of scary to think that what killed him wasn't just the wolf, it was the fact that he stood there waiting to see if the beast was following him, the chances of him escaping were slim to none, but maybe if he had gotten up after he had fallen down the escalator and kept running to the exit, he might had survived, but the power of fear was stronger
He also seemed really out of shape considering how heavy he was breathing, how he barely cleared that jump and how he just collapsed onto the escalator.
Can’t blame the guy, though. I’m pretty sure running for his life wasn’t a usual part of his nightly commute.
“I shall report this…” lamest threat ever. Especially to a werewolf!
lol, for real!
Typically English.
Still think of this scene everytime I go on the Subway, every single time 🤣🤣🤣🤣🐺🌕
Stithnk of this scene everytime l go on the Subway, every single time 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🐺🌕
Laurie • 10mo ago
@@jvsarcamo yeah 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@jvsarcamo funny right? 😄
1:54 - 2:01
I swear, those lines deserve to be a meme.
I love this scene.
I saw the movie a long time ago and it's terrifying, it's my favorite, for me the best and I see it whenever I can, it's my favorite werewolf of all the sagas.
I still think the actor for David is extremely attractive and talented.
Guy ran out of breath after a minute of running inside the tunnel. If he was in shape he might be alive.
Na, he dead regardless
The good old days as a kid on the Tube, minus the beast though.
If it's the scariest I don't know. But it's a perfect and might be one of the great low budget movies of all time!
The dude has no sense of survival. Prioritises his suitcase. 😳
Imagine yourself being on the London Underground during the graveyard shift and being chased by a werewolf and being paralysed by shock once it closes the gap.
Warning:
never go in a London Tube station at night
Would have broken the underground speed record on that faithful night...
Right
One thing I have always been curious about with the subway scene in this movie is how the heck did the Werewolf get into the subway without being seen I mean there are a lot of different ways into the subway system and the subway tunnels are endless and I'm sure if the Werewolf used one of the subway entrances surely someone would have seen it.
They probably thought it was a stray dog or something and didn't think much of it.
@@tsepheletseka5115 Yea something that big was a stray dog....LMAO
English people; even in the face of grave danger they speak impeccably, think of reporting to authority, and still run with their umbrellas and suitcases. He was more concerned about the London rains than saving his life.
The actor is Scottish but he perfected the middle class English accent perfectly.
I think if I was one of those homeless men, I would have been gone at the first howl.
Yep, me too .
@@lisaellis2593 The other two guys would've looked at me and seen a roadrunner cloud heading into the distance.
Dog made a good choice to run
That is what I thought at least the dog escaped
Lo mejor de esta escena es el último cuadro. A lo largo de ella nunca se ve al elemento de pánico, dejando al espectador en plena tensión durante el trayecto. Pero justo al final el director nos regala algo de ese morbo horripilante: ver por fin al monstruo caminar hacia su víctima, solo por unos segundos y de forma ambigua en el punto de fuga del cuadro. Este es el punto cúspide de la mestria fotográfica de Landis en el film. Uno de muchos que tiene entre el excelente guión cómico violento y sus efectos especiales.
What ever you do David stay out of the moonlight and don’t let it touch you
Oh no David’s left his umbrella behind
Indeed
Yes
I saw this movie much too young, must have been 6-7 years old, on pay per view back when it came out in the early 80's. Me and my twin were traumatized for years after seeing this movie lol
The sound design is incredible. Half of what makes this a classic is the film's masterful use of sound (and lack thereof) to evoke terror.
I remember those ads on the escalator
Poor man in the subway, killed by the were wolf 🐺
And his wife and kids are left without a father😳
Idiot stopped right at the escalator
You stupid, Get Out Of There!! That ain’t natural
Brother, if it were me, at the first noise I'd run out of there!
That howl is unlike any other.
Fun fact...this is the same actor who played molasar in the keep.....damned if i would have just sat there watching the werewolf climbing the elvator.
Yep. It's Scottish thespian Michael Carter. He also played Jabba the Hutt's advisor Bib Fortuna in Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi. Great actor.
You can’t see it here, but the warewolf shouts “TICKETS PLEASE?”
Who’s there?
HOWL
Yeah, time to run!☠️
Fun Star Wars Fact: The character Gerald Bringsley, the subway victim played by Michael Carter who is also the same actor who plays Bib Fortuna. "I shall report this! To Boba Fett."
From BRAZILIAN with love❤
He was in wrong place at wrong time!
Why didnt he keep moving up the stairs????!!! I will say this: that IS the most frightening werewolf scene I ever saw!
Apparently they shot a scene which showed the three tramps being killed but it never made the final cut. How I would LOVE to see that missing footage. Even just a storyboard. Anything!
Definitely!
Would be great to see
Ok know I know this movie is fiction because those chocolate bar machines they used to have in the stations 'never' worked. They always took your coins and the draw was jammed.
HIS UMBRELLA: HOW COME HE DOES NOT PICK IT UP AGAIN?
I just hope Winston the dog didnt end up on the werewolf's menu
The homeless men's dog is probably spared offscreen by the werewolf since werewolves are in fact dogs too (wild dogs) of course.
Anyone want to go to the subway alone after this scene
@Erin Tyers haha
@Erin Tyers hell no
@@n_.i._n idk if PEPPER spray would work it's a werewolf plus I would rather not be that close with PEPPER spray PEPPER spray pisses bears off now imagine this thing I would rather climb a tree cause those types of werewolves cant climb trees
@@n_.i._n lol I meant if I was out in the woods
@@n_.i._n true it took many shots with a gun to kill the werewolf that killed jack
A wolfman has more human features than wolf. What makes this werewolf scary is that it’s a monstrous canine than a bipedal wolfman.
Yeah and instead they should have called this werewolf a demon wolf
The one time it would have been good to have missed your stop....
Hahahaha ain't hellhound that charming? XD
And that ladies and gentlemen is why I never travel on the tube at night.
first time you fleetingly see the hugeness off the wolf, amazing sceene.
The actor playing the gentleman in the underground also played, Bib Fortuna from Return Of The Jedi.
That station was quiet for 1pm.
Without music film is way more creepier and scarier
Damon the trains in London looked so doom colourless
Imagine that underground today be 500 people down there
If you hear a roar that sounds like a demonic bear dont YELL at it, Spedwalk the fk out of there quietly.
The man in the subway. Keep running for your life. Don't stay on the escalator. You are in great danger.
No I was too late for him he was dead long before he got to the escalator
Spielberg ruined going in the sea and Landis ruined going on the Underground at night lol 🦈😲🐺
For me Arachnophobia ruined getting into bed!!! 🕷️
Está película la vi de chiquita,me dio terror ese lobo y su aullido,ahora de grande,tengo miedo igual
3:30 Here he was lying there on the stairs in consciousness and saw that a werewolf was about to approach
him... couldn't he get up and run on???/Вот лежал он там на лестнице в сознании и видел что на него оборотень вот вот подойдет ...
Couldn't he get up and run on???/Он что не мог поднятся и побежать дальше???
in the London underground that there is no clock over the tonelle as in the Moscow subway???/в Лондонском метро что нету часов над тонеллем как в Московской подземке???
1:58 why is there no scoreboard with a time by which it would be possible to determine because the London Underground works until 00:30/почему нет табло с временем по которому можно было бы определить ведь Лондонское метро до 00:30 работает
It all depends on an individual and how that person reacts in any given life threatening situation. Folk will fight, flee, or freeze! If that were me, my adrenaline would have kicked in and I would have sprinted all the way home!
That werewolf 🐺 is so scary 😱
the place is very fearful
It's okay, folks. He'll be reincarnated as Bib Fortuna.
Overly polite English man. This sorta thing most definitely wouldn't happen in an American subway.
The best film than see
I LOVVVVVVVVVVVVVE IT
You made me miss!
Beware of the moon David
I was 7 when I saw this scene couldn't go on trains for a long time
1:41
Hello?
Is someone there?
1:51
I can assure you that this is not the least bit amusing.
I shall report this.
From India🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 with love..
I don't blame the people of East Proctor covering up a werewolf attack.
Even if they were to tell everyone, do you really think they would've believed them?
The best in the life..
Eu tinha tanto medo quando era criança.
1981.
I think the werewolf in London was Margaret Tatcher
Since when was there’s a Wendy’s in England? 🍔
I have no idea but I must say that it would be an improvement to their food.
There was one on Shaftesbury Avenue when I was a kid in the 80s
@@christopherchristos7275 That must have been an interesting and fun experience away from bangers and mash for a kid
@@JosephMulvihill
Right. From a nation that created Subway 'sandwiches', hot dogs, scrapple, an endless choice of frozen tv dinners and seven 11 'pizza...'
I should report this.😂😂😂
Werewolf takes london
A good pair of Nikes is whats needed :)))
Full Moon Nights Aré Fearing And unsafe As The Werewolf Attacks
Scarier than Godzilla!
Do you really have to compare two famous movie monsters? Especially if they are made by TWO... DIFFERENT... COMPANIES!!?!
The good ole days of London when the underground was good and they had the RT Buses still and Routemasters near 20-30 years of age and the general layout of London no congestion Charge no ULEZ, the very early 80s was very like the 70s in a way up till 83 they say
You had smokers' carriages back then., and those infamous wooden escalators. On the last day before prohibition, on the platform, took the last drag of my cigarette, and then flicked the dog end away as you do. Never again down there.
@@horserous I can imagine and how it was all so different but definitely all before my time
NATIVIDAD MARTINEZ WEREWOLF
I can assure you it's not the least bit funny.
"I shall report this."
@@somerandolad . Why?
Good lord!
I shall report this
Good. More food
no WAY the underground was ever completely empty
Yes the friday the thirteen savino is his lastname