Collections/October 2024

Horror F/X

Featuring a new introduction by special-effects makeup artist Howard Berger, owner of KNB EFX Before CGI, the art of horror was defined by pioneering makeup and effects artists who brought monsters, gore, and uncanny terror to life through genre-defining ingenuity and imagination. While Universal Pictures laid the foundations for Hollywood horror cinema in classic monster movies like Frankenstein and Creature from the Black Lagoon , the art of horror effects underwent a renaissance in the 1970s and ’80s, when visionary artists like Dick Smith ( Scanners ), Rick Baker ( An American Werewolf in London ), Rob Bottin ( The Fog ), and Tom Savini ( Day of the Dead ) took the genre to new heights of splattery realism. This selection brings together some of the most audacious triumphs of practical-effects innovation from across horror history, from the genre’s creature-feature origins to the bloody nightmares of the home-video era.

15 films — 3 on the Channel, 12 unavailable