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Officially Licensed An American Werewolf in London T-Shirt Artwork by Kyle Crawford Printed on our super soft 4.5oz 100% pre-shrunk ringspun cotton shirts Custom Printed on Demand Due to the custom nature of this item, we only accept exchanges on defective garments   About An American Werewolf in London (1981) John Landis wrote the screenplay for An American Werewolf in London (1981) when he was just 19 years old, though it took over a decade to get made because studios didn't know how to market a film that blended genuine scares with dark comedy. The groundbreaking transformation sequence, created by makeup artist Rick Baker, took six hours to film and earned Baker the first-ever Academy Award for Best Makeup—a category created specifically because of his work on this film. The sequence remains a benchmark for practical effects, showing every painful detail of bones cracking and flesh stretching. Landis deliberately juxtaposed the horror with upbeat songs like "Blue Moon" and "Bad Moon Rising," creating a tonal balance that influenced countless horror-comedies that followed.