Robert Kurtzman: Legendary FX artist discusses his career making monsters for the movies Mention the name Robert Kurtzman to any self respecting horror fan and their eyes will immediately light up. The special-FX maestro, who co-founded the now legendary (and still prolifically active) KNB Effects Group, has worked on everything from Evil Dead 2, Misery and Pulp Fiction, to more recently, Kevin Smith’s Tusk and the recent The Bye Bye Man.