A werewolf loose in Los Angeles changes the lives of three young adults who, after being mauled by the beast, learn that the only way to break the curse put upon them is to kill the one who started it all.
Seems like an apt title for everything that happened behind the scenes. If not for Justice League (which cost $250M+), this might be the poster child of what happens when a studio messes around with a project. Honestly I really hope one day we get a documentary and even some footage of the various cuts and actors who were removed. As for the movie itself, it's surprising that it at least was watchable though hardly good. 2.5/5
"American Werewolves in Hollywood" fumbles in the last act
After a young publicist and her teen brother (Christina Ricci and Jesse Eisenberg) encounter some kind of beast in Hollywood Hills, they sense strange things going on with their condition.
Helmed by Wes Craven, this comes in the tradition of the two An American Werewolf movies and The Howling series, it just had a way bigger budget compared to the sequels in the latter franchise. It was shot in March-June, 2003, with only 6 more days to shoot the climax, but top executives at Dimension Films were not happy with the final confrontation, as written, or how the F/X were progressing. So, production was shut down and recommenced the following November-February with only an es...
