Chatsworth, Los Angeles, United States · founded 1988 by Robert Kurtzman, Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger
The most-credited practical shop in modern horror. KNB built the reference language for slasher kills and zombie makeup, then industrialised it for episodic television on The Walking Dead — the show that proved feature-grade prosthetics can be delivered on a weekly cadence.
| Title | Year | Work | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evil Dead II | 1987 | Deadite makeup and creature gags (Kurtzman/Nicotero/Berger pre-KNB) | $3.6M |
| Misery | 1990 | Hobbling and injury prosthetics | $20M |
| From Dusk Till Dawn | 1996 | Vampire transformations and creature builds | $19M |
| Scream | 1996 | Ghostface kill effects and blood rigs | $14M |
| The Mist | 2007 | Creature design and practical elements | $18M |
| The Walking Dead | 2010 | Walker makeup pipeline, ~11 seasons | TV · reported ~$3M+ per episode |
5 theatrical titles with reported budgets · figures exclude marketing
2026 · $213.8 million
2026 · $58.5 million
2026
Titles on the tracked slate inside this shop's genre lanes (SLSH · APOC)