Yes, there is lost footage of Griffin Dunne in a full skeleton makeup suit, rattling his bones at David in the Tower Cinema. The dialogue was darkly comedic: "You think this is bad? Wait until my teeth fall out and I have to whistle for a cab."
In the pantheon of horror-comedy, few films cast a longer shadow than John Landis’s 1981 masterpiece, An American Werewolf in London . Celebrated for its Oscar-winning practical effects (the first of its kind for Best Makeup), its perfect tonal balance of slapstick and dread, and its haunting use of a moon-themed soundtrack, the film is a sacred text for genre fans. Yet, like many great works of chaos, the final cut of Werewolf is only half the story. an american werewolf in london deleted scenes
The effects team, led by Rick Baker, built a five-minute sequence of the werewolf systematically tearing apart orderlies and patients. One shot—described in Baker’s diary as the "Ward Scene"—showed the wolf pulling a nurse through a sliding glass window. Yes, there is lost footage of Griffin Dunne
Landis felt it broke the momentum. The film already has a surreal dream sequence (the Nazi demon dream). Adding another hallucinatory set piece felt repetitive. Furthermore, test audiences were confused, thinking Jack had somehow survived and cloned himself. The footage was reportedly destroyed in the early 80s to free up vault space—a common, tragic practice of the era. The Extended "Slaughtered Lamb" Exposition The opening of the film is iconic: David and Jack walking the moors, ignoring the advice of the locals at the Slaughtered Lamb pub. However, the shooting script included a much longer dialogue between the American tourists and the "Five Blokes" at the pub. One shot—described in Baker’s diary as the "Ward