My Nominations: Dawn Of The Dead. The Fury. Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers. The Wiz.
We’re only a few years away from this category becoming official, so for now lets continue to honour those who came before. The zombies in Dawn of The Dead have a very unique look – that blue hue which makes them look very cartoonish. Depending on your personal taste, you’ll love or hate this. Beyond that, the gunshot and gore effects for the time are second to none and while much of it doesn’t hold up today thanks to the deliberate over the top colours, it’s better than anything else of the era. Rick Baker was one of those figures who ensured that this category even existed – his work on horror going back to The Exorcist and earlier lower budget movies. He picked up a Saturn Award (along with mentor William Tuttle) for The Fury in which psychic kids learn how (not) to control their powers.
The Wiz is an obvious choice with great work by Stan Winston to turn Michael Jackson and pals into The Scarecrow, The Tin Man, and The Wiz etc. Finally, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers offers some gooey alien goodness as duplicate humans in various forms try to wake up and take over the lives of everyone in San Francisco. Not to mention that dog.
My Winner: Dawn Of The Dead.
Let us know your winner in the comments!
The Spac Hole 
Even with all of the titles, I still would pick Tom Savini’s work on George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead as the winner here 🙂 Anyway, keep up the great work as always 🙂
Dawn Of The Dead has a very unique zombie look – quite cartoonish, but I love it 🙂