An American Werewolf in London: parents' guide

Frenzied werewolf maulings with plenty of blood, a dead friend whose torn face decays further on each visit, nightmare killings that include bloodied children, a slit throat, pedestrians hit in a street pileup, and a police shooting.

Plenty of strong language: f-words, s-words and a--hole, one use of the c-word, a homophobic slur, and British terms such as bloody.

A nurse and her patient kiss in the shower and then have sex, with bare breasts shown. A man wakes naked and runs nude through a zoo, with genitals briefly visible, and an adult film in a porn theater shows topless women.

Adults drink beer in a village pub and elsewhere. No drunkenness or drug use is reported by the guides we checked.

Sustained horror: a stalking on fog-bound moors, a long and painful on-screen transformation, a corpse-like friend who keeps returning, a chase through a subway station, and nightmares of monsters in Nazi uniforms massacring a family. Jump scares throughout.