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The HDC Oscars award for Best SFX

Nominations are:

A Nightmare on Elm Street
Alien
An American Werewolf In London
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Eraserhead
Suspiria
The Blob
The Thing (rem)
Tim Roth/Tom Woodruff
Transformers


The groundbreaking effects in this movie are what made it stand the test of time and shocked audiences across the world

Here’s what Wiki has to say

‘The various prosthetics and fake, robotic body parts used during the film's painful, extended werewolf transformation scenes and on Griffin Dunne when his character returns as a bloody, mangled ghost impressed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences so much that they decided to create a new awards category at the Oscars specifically for the film – Outstanding Achievements in Makeup’

The transformation scene was excellently done, the pain endured by the character comes across well and, in the opinion of the judges, has yet to be bettered,

The winner is:

An American Werewolf In London

It is still a favourite movie for many even today, and a ‘must have’ in any horror fan’s collection

A well deserved award