, several scenes were removed or shortened to satisfy censors and test audiences. Most of these remain lost, though some have been partially restored in modern home video releases like the Arrow Video 4K/Blu-ray . 🐺 The "Lost" Scenes

Fans of An American Werewolf in London know that the titular monster kills several people. But the final cut is remarkably restrained regarding innocent victims. The deleted pre-credit sequence, however, was not.

: Rick Baker initially sculpted a very extreme, snarling expression for the wolf to ensure its "evil" nature was clear in brief shots. Landis later felt he showed the creature too much and cut several static shots of the wolf to maintain mystery.

In the early 1990s, some TV broadcasts (notably Detroit's TV-50) replaced Van Morrison's "Moondance" with "Happy Together" by The Turtles during the love scene.