Japanese movie poster for American Werewolf in London

Here’s the fun Japanese version of the movie poster for the cult comedy horror hit of the 1981 American Werewolf in London. The original movie was directed by John Landis and starred David Naughton and Jenny Agutter. The film was followed up by the 1997 American Werewolf in Paris .
The Japanese movie poster for American werewolf in London portrays the movie as a straight comedy.
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September 20th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
The original American werewolf in London was a better movie than American werewolf in Paris. Didn’t all movies posters in the 80s look silly like this?
September 20th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
I’m guessing the days of a custom Japanese-made poster are long gone. While I can’t compare and contrast marketing materials as I don’t see the US versions, all of the materials I see at the Japanese theaters look right in line with what I would expect the US studio would put out to promote the film.
September 22nd, 2008 at 4:20 am
[…] writing this post, I started reading through some of the usual Japanese blogs I like to read… and then I came across this. Absolutely bizzare. Since when was that film a […]