Visual Effects

David Allen

Born October 22, 1944 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Died August 16, 1999 · aged 54

David W. Allen (October 22, 1944 – August 16, 1999) was an American film and television stop motion model (puppet) animator. Allen provided special effects on such productions as The Howling, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Young Sherlock Holmes (for which he earned an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects nomination), Willow and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. He also had a long association with producer Ch…

Known For

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie · 1983

Twilight Zone: The Movie

MovieHorrorFantasy

An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."

Young Sherlock Holmes

Young Sherlock Holmes · 1985

Young Sherlock Holmes

MovieMysteryAdventure

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.

The Hunger

The Hunger · 1983

MovieHorrorDrama

Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.

The Howling

The Howling · 1981

After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.

Caveman

Caveman · 1981

MovieComedyAdventure

Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.

Freaked

Freaked · 1993

MovieComedyScience Fiction

A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.

The Stuff

The Stuff · 1985

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. Nobody knows how it’s made or what’s in it, but people are lining up to buy it. It's got a delicious flavor to die for!

Dolls

MovieFantasyHorror

A precocious girl, her nasty parents, two punk-rock losers and a weak-kneed salesman inadvertently become the guests of two ghoulish senior citizens in their dark, haunted mansion.

Filmography

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Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie · 1983

Twilight Zone: The Movie

MovieHorrorFantasy

An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."

Visual Effects

Young Sherlock Holmes

Young Sherlock Holmes · 1985

Young Sherlock Holmes

MovieMysteryAdventure

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Hunger

The Hunger · 1983

MovieHorrorDrama

Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.

Special Effects

The Howling

The Howling · 1981

After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.

Visual Effects

Caveman

Caveman · 1981

MovieComedyAdventure

Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.

Visual Effects Supervisor

Freaked

Freaked · 1993

MovieComedyScience Fiction

A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.

Animation

The Stuff

The Stuff · 1985

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. Nobody knows how it’s made or what’s in it, but people are lining up to buy it. It's got a delicious flavor to die for!

Visual Effects

Dolls

MovieFantasyHorror

A precocious girl, her nasty parents, two punk-rock losers and a weak-kneed salesman inadvertently become the guests of two ghoulish senior citizens in their dark, haunted mansion.

Visual Effects

Flesh Gordon

Flesh Gordon · 1974

MovieComedyScience Fiction

Emperor Wang (the Perverted) is leader of the planet Porno and sends his mighty "Sex Ray" towards Earth, turning everyone into sex-mad fiends. Only one man can save the Earth, football player Flesh Gordon. Along with his girlfriend Dale Ardor and Professor Flexi-Jerkoff, they set off towards the source of the Sex Ray, unaware of the perils that face them!

Visual Effects

The Dungeonmaster

The Dungeonmaster · 1984

The Dungeonmaster

MovieHorrorFantasy

A computer whiz is yanked into a twisted digital world by the sadistic wizard Mestema and forced through a gauntlet of wild, deadly trials, from mutant goblins to metal mayhem, with his girlfriend’s soul on the line.

Director

Highway to Hell

Highway to Hell · 1991

Highway to Hell

MovieFantasyAction

Charlie and Rachel run away from home to get married in Las Vegas. But they get attacked by a zombie who takes Rachel with him to hell, where she will become one of Satan's brides.

Thanks

MovieCrimeHorror

A fleeing gangland flunky discovers the New York nest of Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl, the man-eating flying serpent.

Visual Effects

Vincent

Vincent · 1982

MovieAnimationFantasy

Young Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams that annoy his mother.

Thanks

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge · 1992

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge

After hearing that mystical toymaker Andre Toulon has managed to create a troupe of sentient, living puppets, Nazi underling Dr. Hess sets his sights on exploiting Toulon's powers for the glory of the Reich.

Visual Effects

Crash and Burn

Crash and Burn · 1990

MovieScience FictionThriller

Unicom is a powerful organization overseeing most of the world after its economic collapse. They have banned computers and robots in an attempt to insure "life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic stability". When a Unicom Synth robot infiltrates a southwest TV station and kills the manager, a revolutionary against the gestapo-like corporation, a lowly Unicom delivery man must help the rest of the station survive through the incoming "thermal storm".

Special Effects

Puppet Master 4

Puppet Master 4 · 1993

Puppet Master 4

Blade, Tunneler, and Pinhead go toe-to-toe with a team of terrifying, gremlin-like creatures known as "Totems" that are sent by the Egyptian demon Sutekh to recapture the magic stolen by Toulon.

Visual Effects

Puppet Master II

Puppet Master II · 1990

Puppet Master II

A new team of paranormal researchers has come to the hotel to investigate its murder-soaked past; the puppets -- led by a new member, Torch -- shed some light on the matter, as they tunnel, burn, strangle and hook to survive.

Visual Effects Supervisor

Puppet Master 5

Puppet Master 5 · 1994

Puppet Master 5

Sutekh, the dark pharaoh from another dimension, sends his own puppet, Totem, to continue his quest to kill Rick and steal the magic which animates the puppets.

Visual Effects

Laserblast

Laserblast · 1978

MovieScience FictionHorror

Happy go-lucky teen Billy Duncan discovers an otherworldly laser gun in the southern California desert, making him the target of a pair of aliens who had recently executed its previous owner.

Visual Effects

Subspecies

Subspecies · 1991

Three students get caught in the struggle between a good vampire and his evil brother in the Transylvanian mountains.

Visual Effects

Galgameth

Galgameth · 1997

MovieAdventureFamily

The kingdom of Donnegold is being subverted from within, and young prince Davin must defend against the traitors with the help of a legendary, metal-eating dragon called Galgameth.

Visual Effects Supervisor

Robot Wars

Robot Wars · 1993

MovieActionThriller

In the year 2041, the rebel Centros are a plague to the survivors of the great toxic gas scare of 1993. A renegade Megarobot pilot and an archaeologist must team up (despite personal differences, a reluctant romance, and official pressure to cease and desist) to thwart the Centro's attempts to resurrect a hidden Megarobot, with which they can challenge the prevailing order.

Visual Effects

Oblivion

Oblivion · 1994

MovieAdventureScience Fiction

On another planet which resembles the Old West, a die-hard pacifist is forced to re-examine his ways after an evil alien bandit and his gang murder his estranged sheriff father, take over his home town, and threaten his friends.

Visual Effects Director

Doctor Mordrid

Doctor Mordrid · 1992

MovieFantasyAction

Bound by hate and a mystical amulet that holds the powers of life and death, two immortal wizards meet for the last time in an ancient struggle of good versus evil.

Animation

The Gumby Show

The Gumby Show · 1956

SeriesFamilyAnimation

Innovative "Claymation" adventures of Gumby and his horse Pokey.

Special Effects