An American Werewolf in London (1981)
John Landis' 1981 horror-comedy. Rick Baker transformation effects won first Best Makeup Oscar.
Jenny Agutter was a child star in The Railway Children, which remains a fixture of British television scheduling, and then took distinctly adult work.
Walkabout, Logan’s Run and An American Werewolf in London followed, the last giving her a nurse whose relationship with the lead makes his transformation land. She won a BAFTA for Equus and has appeared in the Marvel films and Call the Midwife.
David NaughtonJohn Landis' 1981 horror-comedy. Rick Baker transformation effects won first Best Makeup Oscar.
Jenny AgutterThe film that executes the concept earns a 6, primarily because of an ending that retreats from the horror it spent ninety minutes building. The domed city is a closed system, finite resources, finite population, managed by a computer that…
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