Movies and Television Shows
The Exorcist (1973) With the Linda Blair head turn and accompanying effects, this film inspired many film makers.
Martin (1978) This may not be a particularly fantastic movie, but the scene where Martin, the title character, slits the wrist of an unconscious girl shows a clever trick used to fool the audience into believing in the realism of the action.
Dawn of the Dead (1978) This film was very original. In fact, according to effects man Tom Savini, this film was largely improvised during its making. “We’d be sitting around thinking of ways to kill a zombie.” These ways include stabbing one in the ear with a screwdriver, and cutting one’s head to pieces with a helicopter’s rotors.
Halloween (1978) and sequels
Friday the 13th (1980) and sequels
The Howling (1981) With its full on screen transformation and a scene where Eddie Quist gets acid flung into his face before a transformation, this movie shows the human body realistically distorted, and mutilated in the case of the acid, in a way new to film at the time.
An American Werewolf in London (1981) Released in the same year as The Howling, this movie also showed the change from man to wolf. It also shows some pretty gruesome undead. While released later than The Howling this movie used some innovative techniques developed by Rick Baker and who went on to win an Oscar for his makeup on the film. (Hollywood tricks of the trade page 133)
The Evil Dead (1981) This movie may not have been particularly successful or popular, but the makers were creative when faced with production problems, including having to come up with their own formula for fake blood. This consisted of corn syrup, food coloring, and instant coffee to thicken it (Multimedia Publications 1986).
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and sequels
Scream (1996) and sequels
ER (1994-2009)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000- ) and spin offs (Miami, New York, etc.)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Saw (2004) and sequels
Hostel (2005) and sequels
Hatchet (2006) and sequels
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