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2 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.
1 day ago · Alex’s sculpture - his practical special effect - is far more convincing than anything Bottin ever realized in latex. And that’s not a fair comparison, I know. We’re talking about 40 years worth of technology sea change between them. But it speaks to how The Brewer Brothers have changed Hollywood.
3 days ago · 'The Thing' offered a chilling and claustrophobic horror-sci-fi experience. John Carpenter's suspenseful direction and Rob Bottin's groundbreaking practical effects created a terrifying alien that has become a genre icon.
4 days ago · Rob Bottin’s practical effects are some of the best ever put to screen. And Kurt Russell is peak Kurt motherfucking Russell. The Thing is many things: an effects-driven creature feature and a paranoid thriller,. a heady, "elevated" horror piece and a classic monster flick. very single time you watch the nearly silent blood test scene, your ...
2 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.
1 day ago · Mapping out his claustrophobic setting before the mayhem ensues, it’s The Thing’s intense standoffs and bloody action, headlined by Rob Bottin’s pioneering special effects, that make Carpenter’s film one of the most gnarly, brilliant creature features in the history of cinema.
4 days ago · The special effects were produced by Industrial Light & Magic, with make-up effects by Rob Bottin. Rushed into production, the film was never properly finished.
