The special-effects expert and executive producer of the hit TV show The Walking Dead has always gravitated toward the darker sides of human nature—but there are some creepy-crawlies even he can’t stomach. (Hint: anything with eight legs.) Here, Greg Nicotero spills secrets about a terrifying experience he had in a real haunted house and what Steven Spielberg’s Jaws taught him about scaring the bejesus out of film and TV audiences.
