An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)

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An American Werewolf in Paris movie 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…

An American Werewolf in Paris is a 1997 comedy horror film directed by Anthony Waller, co-written by Tim Burns, Tom Stern, and Waller, and starring Tom Everett Scott and Julie Delpy. In development for six years, it follows the general concept of, and is a loose sequel to, John Landis’ 1981 film An American Werewolf in London. The film is an international co-production between companies from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the United States, and France.

The title of this film has its roots in the production of its predecessor; when production of the original London film ran into trouble with British Equity, director John Landis, having scouted locations in Paris, considered moving the production to France and changing the title of his film to An American Werewolf in Paris.

Filming took place in Amsterdam, Luxembourg, New York City, and on location in Paris. An American Werewolf in Paris opened theatrically in the United Kingdom on October 31, 1997, in the United States on December 25, and in France on May 6, 1998.
Box office In its opening weekend, the film ranked seventh in the North American box office and third among new releases, earning $7,600,878. By the end of its run, Paris grossed $26,570,463, slightly surpassing its $25 million budget and making it a minor box office success.

About the Story

Andy McDermott is a tourist seeing the sights of Paris with his friends Brad and Chris. When Serafine Pigot leaps off the Eiffel Tower just before Andy is about to bungee jump, he executes a mid-air rescue. She vanishes into the night, leaving Andy intrigued – unaware that she is the daughter of David Kessler and Alex Price, the couple seen 16 years earlier in the first film.

That night, Andy, Chris, and Brad attend a night club called “Club de la Lune”. The club’s owner, Claude, is actually the leader of a werewolf society that uses the club as a way to lure in people (preferably tourists) to be killed. Serafine arrives, tells Andy to run away and transforms into a werewolf. The club owners transform into werewolves, as well, and butcher all the guests. Chris escapes and goes back to Serafine’s house. Brad is killed by a werewolf, and Andy is bitten by another werewolf.

The next day, Andy wakes up at Serafine’s house. He is still in shock, but Serafine allows him to feel her breasts to calm him down. She tells him he’s transforming into a werewolf. This is interrupted by the sudden appearance of the ghost of Serafine’s mother Alex. Andy jumps out the window in sheer panic and begins running away. Chris tries to get his attention, but Claude grabs him and holds his hand over his mouth and takes him to the basement.

Soon, Brad’s ghost appears to Andy and explains Andy’s werewolf condition. For Andy to become normal again, he must eat the heart of the werewolf that bit him; and, for Brad’s ghost to be at rest, the werewolf that killed him must be killed, too. After developing an appetite for raw meat, Andy hooks up with an American tourist named Amy (Julie Bowen), but he transforms and kills her. Andy also kills a cop who had been tailing him, suspecting Andy was involved in the Club de la Lune massacre. Andy is arrested but escapes. He begins to see Amy’s ghost, as well; and she begins trying to kill him.