Howard Berger & Greg Nicotero: KNB EFX Group
Post Mortem with Mick Garris
Dread Central
4.9 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2023
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Howard Berger & Greg Nicotero, the 'N' and 'B' of the legendary KNB EFX Group, return to the Post Mortem slab! Their work includes 'Frank Herbert's Dune', 'Wes Craven's New Nightmare', 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe', to name only a few! They reflect on the past, present and future as one of the most respected SFX duos in cinema.
POST MORTEM WITH MICK GARRIS
NICE GUY PRODUCTIONS 2023
Recorded & Post-Produced by Christopher Leon Price
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| 0:00.0 | Don't touch that dial. |
| 0:03.0 | You're tuned in to the Dread Podcast Network. |
| 0:13.0 | You are now listening to Postmortem with Mick Garrus, |
| 0:17.0 | where the most influential voices in horror cinema |
| 0:20.0 | will spill their guts to the renowned horror director, writer, and producer. |
| 0:25.0 | Now here's your host, Mick Garrus. |
| 0:30.0 | From nice guy productions overlooking the glamorous San Fernando Valley, |
| 0:34.0 | I'm Mick Garrus, and this is Postmortem. |
| 0:38.0 | What is a monster movie without great monsters? |
| 0:41.0 | What is a slasher movie without great kills? |
| 0:44.0 | What is a horror film without the masters of makeup effects? |
| 0:48.0 | Coincidentally, the title of a book written by one of our guests on this episode. |
| 0:52.0 | The people who make us believe that horrendous creatures of the imagination can exist, |
| 0:57.0 | can convince us that we are seeing bodies rent us under, |
| 1:01.0 | show us through the fingers covering our eyes, |
| 1:03.0 | horrors beyond what we ourselves could never imagine. |
| 1:07.0 | They are artists. |
| 1:09.0 | They are master craftsmen and women. |
| 1:11.0 | They are crucial elements in the creation of our cinematic fears. |
| 1:15.0 | We've had many of the greatest makeup effects artists in the world on Postmortem, |
| 1:20.0 | and today two of them are returning together as the team that they have been for over four decades. |
| 1:26.0 | Greg Nicotaro and Howard Burger, the NNB of KNB Effects Group. |
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