10 Films That Could Easily Be Converted into Horrors

8. Withnail and I

Or should that be €˜Were-nail and I€™? The tale of two stoners going off for a weekend in the countryside takes a terrifying turn when it turns out that Withnail is a werewolf. I finally realises just how Withnail could stay alive even when he was drinking anti-freeze €“ a bolstered, bestial immune system will do that to you. After not being content with just chowing down on the neighbours' chickens and hares, Withnail soon begins chomping on the actual neighbours. Jake the Trapper gets shredded like yesterday€™s paper, and in a darkly funny scene in a cake shop, Withnail dismembers all in attendance before kicking back with I for some Devonshire tea and crumpets. Oh, and we can€™t forget dear Uncle Monty. The corpulent old character soon becomes a corpse, the cabin splashed with crimson. It brings a whole new level to the term €˜plasma screen€™. I is the only person in the whole film who escapes Withnail€™s wrath €“ why bite your best friend when you could get as high as a kite with them instead?
 
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