#kessler wolf

[crow-thing]

Not a thought behind those eyes

[simbii]

Posting a 2am artwork for the aawil fellows

[1428elmstrt]

An American Werewolf in London (1981) x Wolf Man (2025)

[dobescrusher2]

The David Kessler wolf from An American Werewolf in London. Continuing on with my werewolf film series

[kenarmin]

going back home from vacation 💗

[makeupeffectsarchive-old]

The final form of David Kessler was originally intended to be bipedal, like the werewolves Rick Baker was previously designing on The Howling; however, John Landis was insistent that the final film's beast be 'a four-legged hound from hell'.

The inspiration for the Kessler Wolf's final design came from none other than Baker's pet Keeshond, Bosco. Keeshonds have a very shaggy mane of fur, something that was added to the werewolf around its furless face. The face itself would never be shown fully except for some brief frames, so Baker had a vicious expression sculpted for the face so that any shot would catch it.

Being a quadruped presented problems for Baker; he was anxious about not wanting to have it be 'two men in a suit' a la a pantomime horse. Baker remembered wheelbarrow races he had done as a kid, and thus decided the werewolf was to be a man on a wheeled board, wearing the main wolf suit. The suit's arms had the actors own inside them, but the back legs were puppeteered. Three heads were made, with a hero animatronic head able to do snarling expressions and two stunt heads for the attack sequences. All the heads were able to have their jaws open and close for the snapping.

[doomfox]

Some kinda mad dog

[sylensombrr]

Since there is no way in hell kessler wolf didn't make a huge fucking mess leaving Alex's house, assuming that Jack can actually interact with the living world and its not just in David's head, I like to think that while kessler wolf was going on his rampage Jack stayed back to clean up cause I mean what else is he supposed to do XD