He’s launched Creature Corps., a division of Precinct 13 Entertainment which he founded when he parted ways with KNB EFX years ago. And the purpose of this new outfit is to create a costume line and original twisted creations which were on display at this year’s National Haunters Convention in St. Louis.  See more pictures at http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14723

In addition to designing fantastic creations for the haunted attraction industry, the Creature Corps Team is currently busy creating FX the upcoming Bollywood superhero film RA-One staring India Superstar Shahrukh Khan, as well as the horror projects Jinn from director Ajmal Ahmad and Sucker with director Michael Mansasseri.

For more, visit CreatureCorps.net.

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K.N.B. EFX Group background:

In 1988, Robert Kurtzman along with Gregory Nicotero and Howard Berger, formed K.N.B. EFX Group, a special effects studio which has gone on to work on over 600 film and television projects. K.N.B. has won numerous awards, including an Emmy Award in 2001 for their work on the 2000 Sci Fi Channel miniseries Frank Herbert’s Dune.  They were awarded an Academy Award in 2006 for achievement in makeup for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

In 2002, Kurtzman left K.N.B. EFX Group. Kurtzman and his wife, relocated their family to Crestline, Ohio, and started their own production company, Precinct 13 Entertainment. Founded in 2003, Precinct 13 is described as a Film/Television and Radio Commercial/Visual Effects production facility.

From the current K.N.B. website: http://www.knbefxgroup.com/

Transformers, Pulp Fiction, Dances with Wolves, Land of the Dead, The Green Mile, Sin City, Spy Kids, The Chronicles of Narnia, Army of Darkness; The Island….These aren’t merely the names of great genre films; they’re iconic interpretations of some of the most imaginative and groundbreaking special makeup effects ever created.  KNB EFX Group is the force behind some of the most memorable effects put on film.  With work on over 600 films, including 5 Oscar winners, and dozens of awards; including an Oscar of their own, one Emmy, one BAFTA award, and a whole host of Saturn’s, KNB is the culmination of two decades of creative passion for making real what was previously unreal and unimagined.  Over the last 20 years, Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger’s company has grown and matured within the ever changing landscape of makeup and creature effects.  KNB’s principal philosophy has remained consistent: deliver ground breaking visually spectacular EFX while breathing life into the illusion of what is seen on the screen.

K.N.B. EFX Group Howard Berger and Gregory Nicotero

Night of the Creeps

 

 

 

Night of the Creeps is a 1986 horror film written and directed by Fred Dekker.  Night of the Creeps stars Tom Atkins, Jason Lively and Jill Whitlow. The film is notable as an earnest attempt at a B movie and a spoof of the genre. While the main plot of the film is related to zombies, the film also mixes in takes on slashers and alien invasion films.

Tagline: “The good news is your dates are here. The bad news is… they’re dead.”

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Alien brain parasites, entering humans through the mouth, turn their host into a killing zombie. Some teenagers start to fight against them.

Night of the Creeps (1986)

Make Up Department
  Howard Berger … makeup effects artist
  Frankie Campbell … hair stylist
  Bonita M. DeHaven … set hair stylist
  Bonita M. DeHaven … set makeup artist
  Earl Ellis … makeup effects artist
  Robert Kurtzman … makeup effects artist
  Tim Lawrence … makeup effects artist
  Charles Lutkus … makeup effects artist
  Mark Maitre … makeup effects artist
  Shawn McEnroe … makeup effects artist
  David B. Miller … makeup effects and creeps design
  Kyle Rae Tucy … makeup artist
  Bruce Zahlava … makeup effects artist

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Special Effects Department
  Roger George … special effects
  Anthony Laudati … dimensional animation effects
  Todd Masters … dimensional animation effects
  Lise Romanoff … special effects assistant
  Anton Rupprecht … dimensional animation effects
  Diana Allen Williams … special effects technician
  Diana Williams … dimensional animation effects

Visual Effects Department
  Michael Karp … motion control operator
  David B. Sharp … supervisor: spaceship interiors
  David Stipes … visual effects supervisor: David Stipes Productions

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) is an American slasher film. It is the fifth film in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series. The film’s general tone was much more gothic and dark than the films before, and used a blue filter lighting technique in most of the scenes. The film’s main titles do not display the “5″ which was used in all of the promotional material, TV spots, trailers, and merchandise. The main titles simply say “A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child“.

Tagline: It’s A Boy!

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Freddy Krueger returns to deliver a whole new breed of terror in his most fiendishly perverse frightfest yet!

Unable to overpower the Dream Master who vanquished him in A Nightmare of Elm Street 4, Freddy (Robert Englund) haunts the innocent dreams of her unborn child and preys upon her friends with sheer horror. Will the child be saved from becoming Freddy’s newest weapon or will the maniac again resurrect his legacy of evil?

On DVD here!

For this eye-popping installment, director Stephen Hopkins (Lost in Space, Predator 2) enlisted make-up wizard David Miller (The Terminator), original creator of Freddy’s hideous visage. The result: a face that not even a mother could love, and terror beyond your wildest nightmares!

Trivia:

• This is one the only “A Nightmare On Elm Street” movie where the famous song is changed. Original: One, two, Freddy’s coming for you. Three, four, better lock your door. Five, six, grab your crucifix. Seven, eight, gonna stay up late. Nine, ten, never sleep again. Edited: One, two, Freddy’s coming for you. Three, four, better lock your door. Five, six, grab your crucifix. Seven, eight, better stay up late. Nine, ten, he’s back again…
• Both horror author Stephen King and comic book writer Frank Miller were offered the job of writing and directing this movie.
• During the sequence in which the nun (Amanda) is raped by the criminally insane, Robert Englund is wandering around in the background without his Freddy makeup—including one shot in which the camera lingers on him for a few seconds.
• Lisa Wilcox’s name appears on the opening credits, but not on the ending credits. Due to this mistake, New Line offered her top billing on all promotional materials in fear of her suing them.
• Bruce Dickinson, famed singer of heavy metal band Iron Maiden, wrote and performed the song Bring Your Daughter… to the Slaughter for this movie’s soundtrack. The song, later re-recorded by the band Iron Maiden itself, went on to be their first (and so far, only) #1 UK single.

Make Up Department
  Howard Berger … special makeup effects artist
  R. Christopher Biggs … special makeup effects artist
  Lynne K. Eagan … key hair stylist
  Kathryn Miles Kelly … key makeup artist
  Nedra Hainey … makeup artist: second unit
  Robert Kurtzman … special makeup effects artist
  David B. Miller … makeup artist
  Gregory Nicotero … special makeup effects artist
  Louis Lazzara … makeup artist: Robert Englund (uncredited)
  Brian Wade … special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Special Effects Department
  Gino Acevedo … effects crew: David Miller Studio
  David Beneke … effects crew: Art and Magic
  Howard Berger … supervisor: Freddy’s head de-merge effects
  Paul Berg … prosthetics creator: Todd Masters Company
  Doug Beswick … supervisor: “Diving Board” and “Phantom Prowler” sequences
  R. Christopher Biggs … creator: Dan’s mechanical suit and Freddy’s bike
  R. Christopher Biggs … special effects makeup
  Brian Blair … effects crew: David Miller Studio
  Theresa Burkett … fabricator: Doug Beswick Productions
  Camille Calvet … effects crew: Art and Magic
  Yancy Calzada … stop-motion effects animator: Doug Beswick Productions
  Helen Cohen … special effects coordinator: Todd Masters Company
  Mitchell J. Coughlin … effects crew: Art and Magic
  Barry Crane … moldmaker: Todd Masters Company
  Lisa Doering … effects crew: David Miller Studio
  Ryan Effner … special effects
  Mike Elizalde … effects crew: David Miller Studio
  Mike Elizalde … sculptor: Todd Masters Company
  Earl Ellis … sculptor: Ted Rae Effects Crew
  Thomas Floutz … cosmetics creator: Todd Masters Company
  Bruce Spaulding Fuller … sculptor: K.N.B. Effects Group
  Mark Garbarino … prosthetics creator: Todd Masters Company
  Mecki Heussen … effects crew: David Miller Studio
  Robyn Jacobs … special effects coordinator: Todd Masters Company
  Robyn Jacobs … special effects technician
  Bradford Johnson … special effects technician
  Lynette Johnson … miniature costuming: Ted Rae Effects Crew
  Adam Jones … effects crew: The Character Shop Inc.
  Robert Kurtzman … supervisor: Freddy’s head de-merge effects
  Rick Lazzarini … creator: womb with a fetal view canal
  Mark Maitre … sculptor: K.N.B. Effects Group
  Robert J. Marino … prosthetics creator: Todd Masters Company
  Todd Masters … “Gretta” prosthetics and supplemental prosthetic effects
  Bud McGrew … effects crew: Art and Magic
  Mike Measimer … moldmaker: Todd Masters Company
  David Mesloh … armature machinist: Ted Rae Effects crew
  David B. Miller … creator: Freddy’s baby and resurrection sequence
  Dave Nelson … effects crew: David Miller Studio
  Gregory Nicotero … supervisor: Freddy’s head de-merge effects
  Scott Oshita … lab technician: K.N.B. Effects Group
  Ron Pipes … lab technician: K.N.B. Effects Group
  Jon Curtis Price … effects crew: The Character Shop Inc.
  Ted Rae … stop-motion animation
  Joe Reader … effects crew: The Character Shop Inc.
  Mike J. Regan … effects crew: David Miller Studio
  James Rohland … effects crew: Art and Magic
  William Russell … special effects camera assistant
  Andy Schoneberg … additional special effects assistant: Todd Masters Company
  Stacie Sharp … special effects coordinator: Ted Rae Effects Crew
  Shannon Shea … effects crew: The Character Shop Inc.
  Brian Simpson … effects crew: The Character Shop Inc.
  Mark Sisson … effects crew: David Miller Studio
  F. Lee Stone … mechanical effects: K.N.B. Effects Group
  Mark Tavares … lab technician: K.N.B. Effects Group
  Candace Van Woerkom … seamstress: Todd Masters Company
  Steve Wang … sculptor: Ted Rae Effects Crew
  Chuck Williams … sculptor: Ted Rae Effects Crew
  George Wong … effects technician: Doug Beswick Productions
  Brannon Wright … effects crew: Art and Magic
  Roland Blancaflor … special effects technician (uncredited)
  Sandy Collora … creature effects crew (uncredited)
  Richard Miranda … special effects assistant (uncredited)
  Anthony Simonaitis … special effects foreman (uncredited)
  Don Waller … special effects technician (uncredited)
  Tom Williamson … animatronics (uncredited)
  AJ Workman … special effects design: Chris Biggs shop (uncredited)

Visual Effects Department
  Robert D. Bailey … titles & opticals
  Jammie Friday … animator
  Tom Gleason … model maker
  Peter Kuran … special optical effects photography
  Jeff Matakovich … visual effects optical supervisor
  Alan Munro … visual effects supervisor
  Jim Aupperle … stop-motion crew (uncredited)
  Chris Dawson … effects camera assistant (uncredited)
  Robert Stromberg … matte paintings (uncredited)
  Don Waller … stop motion animator (uncredited)

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