Let’s sit with that. Claude is her stepfather. The film previously implied a history of abuse, but it was always vague. The suggestion that Serafine might be carrying Claude’s incestuous, non-consensual offspring is dropped as a casual plot twist during the final battle. It’s a line so shocking and out of place that most viewers laugh in disbelief. The film never resolves this. It’s mentioned, Andy looks confused, Claude growls, and then the action resumes. The emotional implications are simply… abandoned.

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The protagonist, Andy (Tom Everett Scott), who has been infected earlier in the film, finds himself caught between his budding love for Serafine (Julie Delpy) and the primal urge to kill. In the chaotic final act, the club becomes a bloodbath.

An American Werewolf in Paris was a critical and commercial dud. Rotten Tomatoes scores it at 6%. Yet, the ending has become a minor legend among horror fans.

And that, dear readers, is why we are still howling about it 25 years later.

The final shot shows Andy and Serafine with their newborn child, whose eyes shift to reveal that the werewolf curse has been passed down to the next generation.