{"id":2903,"date":"2026-01-21T20:30:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weirdweekender.de\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2026-08-02T20:53:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T18:53:48","slug":"american-werewolf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weirdweekender.de\/en\/american-werewolf\/","title":{"rendered":"An American Werewolf in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex wpbbe-ee2a2550\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow wpbbe-8a168acb\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-65472f6b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">21. Januar 2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse special-label-fixfont verse-fixtextcolor is-special has-dark-gray-color has-accent-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1 normal-wednesday wpbbe-flex-item-prevent-shrinking\">Normal<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse special-label-fixfont verse-fixtextcolor dynamischer-vers has-dark-gray-color has-accent-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2 show-verse\"> 0711 excl. <\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An American Werewolf in London (1981)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex wpbbe-1db0597f\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow wpbbe-751c3ad1\" 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style=\"--wp--block-button--width: 50;\" class=\"wp-block-button dynamischer-vers has-custom-width wp-block-button__width wp-block-button__width-50 not-show-verse\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tuebinger-kinos.de\/filmreihe\/weird-wednesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T\u00fcbingen<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hyphens-container is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow wpbbe-92f9b866\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Long before naive backpackers meet their doom in the Australian film Wolf Creek, two American students Jack (Griffin Dunne) and David (David Naughton) have an unpleasant supernatural encounter on the English moors.<span class=\"ellipsis\" id=\"ellipsis-1515325365\">...<\/span><span class=\"rmwp-button-wrap\" id=\"rmwp-button-wrap-1515325365\" style=\"display: none;\"><button name=\"read more\" type=\"button\" 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