Claude (American Werewolf in Paris)

Claude is the main antagonist in An American Werewolf in Paris. He is the owner of a french nightclub "Club de la Lune" and the leader of a werewolf socity. He is the Werewolf who bit Andy McDermott. He has an unknown history with Serafine Pigot.

Character Biography
Not much is known about Claude's past, other then his implied history with Serafine. It is hinted that she was his sire. At some point Claude became the leader of a werewolf socity based in Paris, and became the owner of Club de la Lune, a club which he use's to lure guest's to thier deaths.

In 1997, Claude is introduced to Andy McDermott by Serafine, who Andy has been shadowing. Claude takes a likeing to Andy and his friends saying "I love americans, they have good taste", and as a friendly gesture invites Andy and his friends to the club. That night when Serafine is told about the party by Andy's friend Chris, she rush's to the party to get Andy and Brad out of the party. Claude and some of his henchmen follow them into the catacombs, where they transform into werewolves. In the resulting chase, Brad is killed and Claude (as a werewolf) stalks and bites Andy. In the struggle, Andy stabs Claude's shoulder with a pipe, leaving a small scar.

Over the next several day's Andy would discover he is a werewolf himself and is a suspect for the club's massacre. Claude and his men run into Andy and take him to an abandond church. Claude tell's him about thier socity and how they wish to have Andy join them, ofcourse to do so Andy must kill his friend Chris as part of the initiation. Andy becomes scared and refuse's to do so, angering Claude. At that moment Serafine comes and saves Andy by blocking them away with a fire.

As it would apear, it turns out Serafine's step father was working on the cure to lycanthropy. When the cure was seemingly made, it caused an imediate transformation. Serafine and Andy discover Claude wants the "cure" to use at his club. Andy also discovers the true cure is infact eating the heart of the sire werewolf.

When Serafine and Andy find thier way to the club, they mangage to break down the locked doors just as the werewolves begin to transform. This coincides with a police raid, the police attempt to arrest Claude and his men for cult activity. Once the doors are knocked down, the party guest's (inculding Chris) manage to escape the massacre. Andy and Serafine manage to kill off the werewolves as Claude and the rest flee into the catacombs. The police follow them but are picked off by the werewolves. When Claude comes off as the last survivor, he encounters Andy and a stand off esue's between the two. The confrontation takes to a subway trian tracks, Claude is hit by the trian but survives and he and Andy continue fighting on the trian itself. Andy falls and lands on the false cure which sparks a transfomation. Claude (who was stuck in human form) attempts to flee but is mauled and killed by Andy, who procedes to eat his heart, curing him.

Trivia

 * Acrodeing to a deleted scene, the werewolf socity existed for ceturies, and the werewolf that bit David Kessler was a former member.