David and Jack, two American college students, are backpacking through Britain when a wolf attacks them. David survives with a bite, but Jack is brutally killed. As David heals in the hospital, he’s plagued by nightmares of his mutilated friend, who warns David that he is becoming a werewolf.

Still think the “technical” awards aren’t creative? FX legend Rick Baker won the first Best Makeup Oscar® for his ferociously inventive work in this midnight cult classic, which also finds Animal House director John Landis switching gears to make one of the 80s’ most devilishly witty horror films.