“That Is Genius, That Really Helps Sell It”: '80s Cult Classic Horror Movie Leaves VFX Artists Shocked 42 Years Later

The '80s was a big decade for horror. Stanley Kubrick's The Shining started the decade off in 1980, and it's now widely regarded as one of the most important horror movies ever made. John Carpenter's The Thing (1982), too, has gone down in history as a horror classic. Other notable entries from the genre include Friday the 13th (1980), Cujo (1983), Halloween 2 (1981), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), and Child's Play (1988), among others.