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2 days ago · As a sculptor, he’s uniquely qualified to make horror - monsters, but few would consider what Rob Bottin does “fine art” (despite terrifying audiences with his made-up prosthetics in The Thing, and animating dozens of “bruised forearm movies” - to quote Roger Ebert). But that’s what brothers (sometimes) do.
3 days ago · (He tried convincing the studio to push it back to Halloween — a more familiar time for him, of course.) F/X innovator Rob Bottin worked so tirelessly on “The Thing”’s stomach-churning effects, he ultimately checked himself into a hospital for, among other things, exhaustion.
3 days ago · Rob Bottin led development of practical effects. He researched crime-scene photographs and police evidence files, observed an autopsy, and studied the effects of obesity to realize his designs. For the gluttony victim, Mack spent up to 10 hours a day having makeup and prosthetics applied.
4 days ago · John Carpenter's suspenseful direction and Rob Bottin's groundbreaking practical effects created a terrifying alien that has become a genre icon. 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan' saved the iconic franchise by sidelining Gene Rodenberry and delivering a thrilling space adventure with action, character development, and the death of Spock.
2 days ago · By 1996, Demon Knight scribes Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff were commissioned by Cunningham to write a new script, under the title Freddy vs. Jason: Millennium Massacre, with Rob Bottin, known for his make-up work on The Thing and Total Recall, directing.
2 days ago · I love the sub-zero sense of paranoia and claustrophobia; I love all of the actors' performances; I love how it's directed for maximum tension and scares; I love the South Pole setting; I adore Kurt Russell as a leading man from this period, and of course I am still slack-jawed when I watch Rob Bottin's gooey, gory practical make-up f/x.
2 days ago · With its creepy, isolated atmosphere, paranoid overtones (when any of the men could be the alien, who is there to trust?) and gruesome, still-shocking make-up effects by Rob Bottin, The Thing is ...
