Shock & Horror Report · FX house

Amalgamated Dynamics

Chatsworth, Los Angeles, United States · founded 1988 by Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr.

Stan Winston alumni who own the studio-scale creature suit. ADI's work sits at the point where horror crosses into science fiction — the Alien sequels, Tremors and the Thing prequel — and their suit performers are usually inside the monster on the day.

Tracked credits
5
Credited budgets
$279M
theatrical titles only
Slate demand
35
19 2026 titles in its lanes
Slate gross exposure
$746M
reported worldwide on tracked titles

Disciplines

Creature suitsAnimatronicsSuit performancePuppeteeringMechanical effects

Credits & reported budgets

TitleYearWorkBudget
Tremors1990Graboid design, build and puppeteering$11M
Alien 31992Xenomorph suit and animatronics$50M
Alien Resurrection1997Newborn and Xenomorph effects$75M
Starship Troopers1997Practical bug builds$105M
The Thing2011Practical creature effects for the prequel$38M

5 theatrical titles with reported budgets · figures exclude marketing

Current slate exposure

Backrooms

2026 · $395 million

Disclosure Day

2026 · $241 million

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

2026 · $58.5 million

Titles on the tracked slate inside this shop's genre lanes (TECH · APOC)