Ten Halloween flicks to watch this weekend

An American Werewolf in London

This 1981 cult horror comedy is being re-released in select cinemas this weekend to celebrate Halloween. Directed by John Landis, it is the story of American college kids David and Jack who, while hiking in Yorkshire, ignore the warnings from locals to 'stick to the roads, lads' and 'beware the moon' and end up being savaged by a werewolf. Jack, who survives the attack, wakes up to find himself in a London hospital where he promptly falls in love with his nurse. But he is plagued by nightmares about his dead friend David, who's ghostly form warns Jack that he will turn into a werewolf. Jack transforms into a monster in what are, for the time, some pretty impressive special effects. Although more hilarity than white knuckle inducing, this cinema classic is well worth a second look this weekend.