Chris Walas

Gremlins: A Puppet Story

Chris Walas

Chris Walas

Take a unique behind-the-scenes journey (made especially for the Hollywood Theatre) with special effects legend Chris Walas on the making of Joe Dante's 1984 seminal film GREMLINS. Narrated by Walas, and featuring incredibly rare photos and video from his personal archive, witness the creation of this pioneering, effects-laden classic.

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

Gilles Penso, Alexandre Poncet

Alec Gillis, Chris Walas

The Frankenstein Complex takes a historical as well as a creative perspective, with a mix of fascinating scenes behind the camera, film clips, and dozens of interviews with all the big names in the industry. In addition to the many wonderful anecdotes, the film also offers a wealth of beautiful test material, while along the way showing how the art of filmmaking has changed over the years. An affectionate ode to monster makers throughout history.

From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures

Laurent Bouzereau

Chris Columbus, Michael Finnell

Chris Walas and Howie Mandel, the voice of Gizmo, describe the laborious development of Gizmo and the Gremlins and the painstaking work required to bring them to life in the pre-digital age.

Long Live the King

Frank Dietz, Trish Geiger

Joe Dante, Brian Howe

A feature documentary about the enduring appeal of the character King Kong, and how he has inspired so many of the great filmmakers and artists since 1933.

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

Gilles Penso, Alexandre Poncet

Phil Tippett, William R. Stromberg

An in-depth, sad, and beautiful documentary about the stop motion and VFX artist Phil Tippett, a man who changed the landscape of visual effects in film.

It's Getting Weirder! The Making of "House II"

Sean S. Cunningham, Ethan Wiley

Retrospective documentary featuring interviews with Ethan Wiley, Sean S. Cunningham, Arye Gross and Jonathan Stark, among others.

The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect

Leonard Nimoy, Ray Bradbury

A documentary on The Fly

The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners'

Michael Lennick

Chris Walas, Gary Zeller

This Documentary goes over how the special effects in the 1981 film "Scanners" were done.

The Brundle Museum of Natural History

David Prior

Chris Walas, Bob Burns

Charlie Gemora: Uncredited

J. L. Barnett

Rick Baker, Bob Burns

A portrait of painter, sculptor, makeup artist, set designer and inventor Charlie Gemora.

The Vagrant

Chris Walas

Bill Paxton, Michael Ironside

A business man buys a house, but he has a hard time trying to get rid of its previous tenant, a dirty bum.

Made You Look

Justin Zimmerman

Kian Doughty, Chris Walas

In the film MADE YOU LOOK, nothing is as it seems. Better keep your eyes wide open. Written and directed by Justin Zimmerman, featuring special effects by Academy Award-winner Chris Walas, and co-written by and introducing Kian Doughty, MADE YOU LOOK is simply spooky fun.

The Fly II

Chris Walas

Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga

Martin Brundle, born of the human/fly, is adopted by his father's place of employment (Bartok Inc.) while the employees simply wait for his mutant chromosomes to come out of their dormant state.