‘When there’s no more room in hell the dead will walk the earth’ Dawn of the Dead is a 1978 American zombie horror film written and directed by George A. Romero. It was the second film made in Romero’s Living Dead series but… Read More ›
makeup/special effects artist
Bud Westmore – make-up artist
Bud Westmore (13 January 1918 – 24 June 1973) was a make-up artist in Hollywood and son of George Westmore, a member of the Westmore family prominent in Hollywood make-up. He is credited on over 450 movies and television shows, including The… Read More ›
Rick Baker – makeup artist
Richard A. “Rick” Baker (born December 8, 1950 in Binghamton, New York) is an American special makeup effects artist known for his creature effects. As a teen, Baker began creating artificial body parts in his own kitchen. He also appeared briefly in the fan production “The… Read More ›
Paul Blaisdell – artist, sculptor and actor
Paul Blaisdell was an American artist, sculptor and actor, best known for his creations for some of the early Science Fiction creature features made by Roger Corman. Despite the meagre budgets he was confined to, he is responsible for some… Read More ›
Dick Smith – special effects makeup artist
Richard Emerson “Dick” Smith (born June 26, 1922, died July 30 2014) was an American special effects make-up artist (nicknamed “The Godfather of Make-Up”) known for his pioneering work on such films as Little Big Man, The Godfather, The Exorcist, Taxi Driver, Ghost Story (1981) and Scanners. On July 31… Read More ›
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th – USA, 2013
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th is a 2013 American documentary – based on the book of the same title by Peter M. Bracke – about the Friday the 13th film franchise written and directed by Daniel… Read More ›
Mike Hill – artist/sculptor
Mike Hill is a Los Angeles-based sculptor, originally from Warrington, Cheshire in England, who specialises in ultra-realistic models of monsters from classic horror films. His work includes small figures for model kits to busts to life-size representations of monsters in… Read More ›
Don Post Studios’ The Facehugger
Don Post Studios were known in the 1970s and 80s as the manufacturers of top quality masks. Not your cheap and nasty latex (or plastic!) novelty items that you would find in seaside novelty shops, fancy dress suppliers or sold… Read More ›
Stuart Freeborn (make-up artist)
Stuart Freeborn (5 September 1914 – 5 February 2013) was a veteran British motion picture make-up artist who died recently. He has been referred to as the “grandfather of modern make-up design” and is perhaps best known for his work on the original Star Wars trilogy, most notably… Read More ›
Jack P. Pierce – makeup artist
Jack P. Pierce (born Janus Piccoula; May 5, 1889 – July 19, 1968) was a Hollywood makeup artist most famous for creating the iconic makeup worn by Boris Karloff in Universal Studios’ 1931 adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, along with various other classic monster make-ups for Universal Studios. Born in Greece,… Read More ›