An American Werewolf in London (T.V. Series)

An American Werewolf in London is a 2018 British-American horror television series created by Max Landis and based on his father's 1981 horror film An American Werewolf in London. Its first season, consisting of 10 episodes first aired

Season 1
Two American Backpackers David Kessler and his best friend Jack Goodman are on a backpacking holiday in Yorkshire England. Whilst at a local pub, when they ask about a sign on the pub's wall the locals become hostile, when the two boys decide to leave the locals give them a strange warning "whatever happens boys, keep clear of the moors and beware the moon".

Whilst out a thunderstorm causes the boys to wander onto the moors by mistake, after being spooked by a sinister howl they are then attacked by a wolf like creature. Jack is brutally killed and David is badly injured and goes into a coma, David wakes up two weeks later in a hospital in London in the care of kindly Doctor Hirsch and beautiful nurse, Alex Price. After being interviewed by the police who claim that David and Jack were attacked by a man, despite David's insistence that he and Jack were attacked by an animal. As David recovers over the next few days, he begins having visions of Demonic Nazis attacking the hospital and killing his family. He is then visited by an undead Jack who informs him that they were attacked on the moors by a werewolf and that he needs to kill himself before the next full or else he'll transform and kill other people.

Main Characters, Season 1

 * Charlie Heaton as David Kessler - A young American man on a backpacking vacation with his best friend Jack Goodman. Whilst on some moors in Yorkshire, he and Jack are attacked by a werewolf which kills Jack and badly injures him. He later recovers in a hospital in London where he falls in love with the beautiful nurse Alex Price, whilst at the hospital however he is visited by an undead Jack who warns him that they were attacked by a werewolf and that he must take his own life before he can transform and kill people.
 * Natalia Dyer as Alex Price - A beautiful young nurse who works in a hospital in London and the love interest of David. She is the career of David whilst he is in the hospital, she and David become close and when he's released invites him to stay with her in her flat. However she later becomes concerned for David when he starts rambling about turning into a werewolf and being visited by Jack, she eventually reluctantly kicks him out. However she soon learns the truth and tries to help him.
 * Joe Keery as Jack Goodman - Davids best friend since childhood. Whilst on a backpacking holiday in Yorkshire England with David, he was concerned about meeting his girl interest Debbie Kline in Rome. Whilst on the moors Jack is attacked and killed by a werewolf, he comes back as a ghost and tries to warn David that he has to commit suicide before the next full moon and kills people, he is also stuck in limbo due to being killed by a supernatural creature and cannot move on until the werewolf's curse is broken.
 * Idris Elba as Dr. Hirsch - A kindly doctor who takes care of David whilst he was in the hospital following his werewolf attack. He is at first skeptic about David's claims that he and Jack were attacked by an animal, however when David begins rambling about East Proctor, he decides to visit and find out for himself. Only when the locals pretend that they know nothing about the boys or their attack, does Hirsch begin to suspect something.
 * Simon Pegg as Inspector Villiers -
 * Nick Frost as Sergeant McManus -

Recurring Characters

 * Peter Mullan as George Hackett - The special constable of East Proctor. He like the other inhabitants of the remote English village want to keep the existence of werewolves hidden,
 * TBA as Nurse Gallagher -
 * TBA as Mr Collins -
 * Sean Bean as "Larry Talbot" - The brother of George Hackett and the werewolf of killed Jack and bite David.

Differences from the Original Film
The television series, whilst largely to the original film the series has several differences.
 * The Werewolves in the series are bipedal.

Soundtrack

 * 1) Moonlight Lady - Julio Iglesias
 * 2) Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
 * 3) Blue Moon - Bobby Vinton
 * 4) Blue Moon - The Marcels
 * 5) Moondance - Van Morrison
 * 6) Moonshadow - Cat Stevens