Deleted Tramp Scene


This question is aimed at the real diehard fans of the film. Does anyone have any further info on the graphic murder of the tramps which was deleted after the US test screenings?? It's interesting that the only real mention of this scene anywhere is in the Beware The Moon documentary when Landis talks about the werewolf grabbing one of the tramps taking it offscreen then throwing it back into shot missing limbs etc

Paul Davis who created Beware The Moon says that he interviewed 25 people for the doco but Landis was the only one who could recall the scene or remember anything about it. It's interesting that for what seems like such an impressive effects scene with missing limbs etc and which caused the audience to gasp and chatter among themselves for minutes afterwards, that there's no behind the scenes shots, publicity stills or further discussion about the scene from Rick Baker or the crew. Hopefully the new Beware The Moon book will shed more light on this scene.

If anyone out there has further info about this scene I'd love to know more details. It's starting to rival the lost spider pit scene in King Kong for missing scenes that horror fans would love to see.

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A crew member on an American Werewolf Facebook group said that Landis made it up and no scene was ever shot. I hope Paul Davis' upcoming book gets to the bottom of this scene!

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Thanks for that. I just joined a facebook group for American Werewolf and I think I found the thread your referring to. Very interesting and it certainly looks like Landis may have made this whole thing up.

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Why would he do that?

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Because he's a bad person. I mean, he's already killed people, so it wouldn't really be mean that much to Landis to tell lies.

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Landis does come across as a pompous blowhard in many interviews, so it doesn’t surprise me that he would embellish & exaggerate things for dramatic effect.

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Continuity wise, him being ripped apart wouldn't make sense as all three of the tramps are intact during the theater scene.

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