Here genre fans can rejoice, Greg Cannom brought home the gold, again, for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Cannom, a genre elder, worked alongside (just to name a few) Fincher, Coppola, Landis, Dante, Blatty, and Cohen creating all sorts of character and creature make-ups.
This part of the list also has a Lost Boys connection; Cannom designed the make-up and Thomas Newman, nominated for WALL·E created the score. Elfman also makes the list under score, his achievements already rock and I love to mention Nightbreed when I can.
Onto the list… (and may the Tribes of the Moon embrace you.)
Best Achievement in Makeup:
Special Effects:
“Werewolf”
Miscellaneous Crew:
The Lost Boys (Vampire Prosthetics and Effects)
Actor:
Michael Jackson’s Thriller
It Lives Again (Larry Cohen at the Oscars!)
Director:
“Monsters”
Special Effects:
Amityville II: The Possession
Make-Up Department:
Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Blood: The Last Vampire (Creature & Makeup Effects Designer), The Gravedancers, Hellboy (Makeup Supervisor), Howling V: The Rebirth, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (Puppeteer)
Miscellaneous Crew:
Mighty Joe Young (Remake)(Puppeteer), The Cellar (Animatronics Engineer)
Special Effects:
Hellraiser: Bloodline (Additional Effects Crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.), Se7en* (Painter: Rob Bottin Production Crew), Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (Crypt Keeper Effects Crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.), A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (Cosmetics Creator: Todd Masters Company), Ghoulies II, Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (Special Effects Makeup Assistant: Reel EFX, Inc.), From Beyond (Fabrication Crew: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries)
Miscellaneous Crew:
Man’s Best Friend (Puppeteer), From Beyond (MMI crew)
Visual Effects:
Ghostbusters II
Composer:
I Am Legend, King Kong (Remake), The Village*, Dreamcatcher, Signs*, The Sixth Sense*, Stir of Echoes*, The Devil’s Advocate*, Flatliners
Composer:
The Wolfman, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Corpse Bride, Sleepy Hollow, A Simple Plan (Not horror, but Raimi), Mars Attacks!, The Frighteners, Dolores Claiborne, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Nightbreed, Beetle Juice, Summer School, “Amazing Stories”, “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, Forbidden Zone
Soundtrack:
Corpse Bride, Donnie Darko, Army of Darkness, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ghostbusters II, Teen Wolf Too, Summer School, Forbidden Zone
Actor:
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Voice), Forbidden Zone
Soundtrack:
The Lost Boys (Music: “Back To The Carnival,” “To The Shock Of Miss Louise”)
Lastly, part 3 (The Marsupials) will focus on visual effects and sound with a touch of the Technical Awards, which were wrongfully left out of the Oscars this year. All this and a whole lot more, for you, the kids I love. Stay tuned and stay scared.
– Heather Buckley