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Article updated May 29, 2018: Few artistic collaborations are truly collaborative to the extent that From Dusk Till Dawn was, with the 1996 film quite literally coming to the screen as a Quentin Tarantino movie mashed together with a Robert Rodriguez movie. Tarantino wrote the script with Rodriguez directing, and the film was nothing if not a true hybrid of their individual work.

But From Dusk Till Dawn all began with one man: Robert Kurtzman.

Kurtzman (who now owns MUFX) conceived the concept and hired Tarantino to write the script. On the effects front, Kurtzman and the rest of the effects team sure as hell had their hands full, tasked with designing all sorts of vampire creatures and executing wild gore gags.

Hanlin’s Hollywood Memorabilia will be auctioning off many items from Kurtzman’s personal collection next month, and included will be several relics from the production of From Dusk Till Dawn. Ahead of the auction’s catalog being made public this coming Monday, we’ve got our hands on several pieces of Kurtzman’s creature concept art, some of it depicting blood-sucking creatures that never actually ended up making it into the film – at least not as originally designed.

Kurtzman explained to us, “The biggest [creature] left out was my pencil sketch I did of the subterranean rat/bat creature which was in the original drafts of the story and script. Later, that design was used as the creature that Tom Savini turned into.”

Also going up for auction is a mold of Quentin Tarantino’s skull, which was created for the scene where his character is staked in the heart; only 3 replicas of the skull were made, one for each member of the company, with the original skull thought to be destroyed.

After [Quentin] was cast for the makeup, we then sculpted the skull to scale and to accentuate his big chin,” Kurtzman recalls.

Check out the concept art and Tarantino’s skull below!

Hanlin’s Hollywood Memorabilia is proud to present the creatures of Robert Kurtzman at an auction taking place June 2, 2018 at 11am.

The full catalog for the auction will be available this coming Monday.

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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‘Late Night With the Devil’ – Exclusive Clip Begins the Supernatural Horror on Halloween 1977

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The upcoming Late Night With the Devil is one of the most buzzed about horror movies of the year, currently 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and earning rave reviews from both Stephen King and Kevin Smith. King raves that the film is “absolutely brilliant,” adding that he couldn’t take his eyes off it. Smith comments, “I love it. It’s Rosemary’s Baby meets Network.”

David Dastmalchian (Dune, The Suicide Squad) stars as the host of a late-night talk show that descends into a nightmare in the Ghostwatch and WNUF Halloween Special-inspired film.

IFC Films & Shudder will release the hotly anticipated Late Night with the Devil theatrically on March 22 before it heads to Shudder exclusively on April 19, 2024.

Begin the horror with a brand new EXCLUSIVE clip below…

David Dastmalchian stars as Jack Delroy, the charismatic host of “Night Owls,” and the film traces the ill-fated taping of a live Halloween special in 1977 plagued by a demonic presence.

The energetic and innovative feature hails from Australian writing-directing team Colin and Cameron Cairnes (100 Bloody Acres, Scare Campaign). 

The film premiered last year at SXSW. Meagan wrote in her review out of the fest, “Late Night with the Devil captures the chaotic energy of a late night show, embracing the irreverent comedy and stress of live television with a pastiche style. It’s a clever trojan horse for a surprising horror movie that goes full throttle on unhinged demonic mayhem.

“The ingenuity, the painstaking period recreation, a riveting performance by Dastmalchian, and a showstopper of a finale make for one Halloween event you won’t want to miss.”

Spooky Pictures founders Roy Lee (It, The Grudge, The Ring) and Steven Schneider (Pet Sematary, Paranormal Activity, Insidious), Derek Dauchy (“Al Kameen”) and Future Pictures’ Mat Govoni (“Lone Wolf”) and Adam White (“Lone Wolf”) and John Molloy are all producing.

Joel Anderson (Lake Mungo), Rami Yasin, and David Dastmalchian executive produce.

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