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That made these films more profitable than ever before, and inspired countless directors to turn to horror to jumpstart their careers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead More: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/screencrush.com\/best-80s-horror-by-year\/?utm_source=tsmclip\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\"\u003eThe Best Horror Movies of the ’80s By Year\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"american-werewolf-in-london-1981","title":"American Werewolf in London (1981)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the greatest directors of the 1980s, John Landis (The Blues Brothers, Trading Places), expertly combines macabre horror with dark humor in the lycanthropic classic, An American Werewolf in London. American tourists David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne) are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. David awakes in a London hospital to find his friend dead and his life in disarray. Retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse (Jenny Agutter, Walkabout) to recuperate, he soon experiences disturbing changes to his mind and body, undergoing a full-moon transformation that will unleash terror on the streets of the capital... An American Werewolf in London had audiences howling with laughter and recoiling in terror upon it's cinema release. Landis' film has gone on to become one of the most important horror films of it's decade, rightly lauded for it's masterful set-pieces, uniquely unsettling atmosphere and Rick Baker's truly ground-breaking, Oscar-winning special make-up effects. 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