Animal House (1978) movie poster

Animal House (1978)

"It was the Deltas against the rules... the rules lost!"
ThumbScore
👍 80%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 85%
Comedy

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Director
John Landis
Runtime
1h 49m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.0/10 (1,643 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
Metacritic
79

Cast

John Belushi as John 'Bluto' Blutarski · 76% avg
Karen Allen as Katy · 74% avg
Tom Hulce as Larry 'Pinto' Kroger · 75% avg
Stephen Furst as Kent 'Flounder' Dorfman
Mark Metcalf as Doug Neidermeyer
Mary Louise Weller as Mandy Pepperidge
Martha Smith as Barbara Sue 'Babs' Jansen
John Vernon as Dean Vernon Wormer · 75% avg

Is Animal House good?

Most people think so. 80% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 85%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#936 / 2672 · Comedy
Rank in its year
#13 / 21 · 1978
Rank among its director's films
#6 / 12 · John Landis

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him. Wikipedia ↗

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In the credits of Animal House (1978) it says Douglas C. Neidermeyer was killed in Vietnam by his own troops. In Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) during the “Time Out” segment, a soldier says, “I told you guys we shouldn’t have shot Lieutenant Neidermeyer.” Both movies were directed by John Landis.
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In National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978), when Flounder (played by Stephen Furst) goes to buy 10,000 marbles, the cashier he asks is played by Lorraine Furst, his real-life wife.
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