Nightmare Factory, is a 90-minute documentary about the acclaimed Osca-winning Hollywood special effects house KNB, responsible for creating The Walking Dead zombies and the makeup effects for close to 1000 feature films.
Directed by Donna Davies (Zombiemania), the doc is the story of how one Pittsburgh boys fascination with monsters drove him to the very top of the Hollywood food chain. In 1989, Greg Nicotero, much to his parents chagrin, quit medical school and headed for Hollywood to pursue a dream of making monsters.
Together with gore masters Howard Berger and Robert Kurtzman, Nicotero went on to create KNB EFX Group, one of the most prolific makeup effects studios in the world.
After twenty years as the go to guy for the worlds most successful horror/sci-fi films, Greg Nicotero is the first one directors like Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez call.
Those appearing in Nightmare Factory include George A. Romero, John Carpenter, John Landis, Tom Savini, Frank Darabont, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez and The Walking Deads Norman Reedus and Laurie Holden.In addition to Nightmare Factory, the evening of horror and ghoulish makeup effects include the films Evil Dead II (featuring effects from KNB); Paranormal Activity 3, Pumpkinhead, Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings, The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia, The Bay, The Devil Inside and Cheerleader Massacre.
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