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Catacomb Practical
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Hype-man for practical effects, gore and goop.
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We love our big grinning lad

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theweirdling.bsky.social The Weirdling @theweirdling.bsky.social · Nov 26
The monster/demon from Smile 2, designed by Alec Gillis. In my humble opinion, it is raw nightmare fuel.
#Smile2 #Horror #HorrorMovies
January 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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An early sculpt (by Craig Reardon) and the final sculpt for the Kessler Wolf in American Werewolf in London

As the wolf would be seen mostly in glimpses, an 'evil' expression had to be sculpted in order that any shot could catch it.

#AWIL #AmericanWerewolfInLondon #RickBaker
Preliminary maquette of the Kessler Wolf being sculpted Early sculpt of the Kessler Wolf by Craig Reardon - notice the ears and slightly different face/jaw shape compared to the final version Rick Baker sculpting the finalized Kessler Wolf head, with concept art behind him The sculpted Kessler Wolf mask and musculature before having fur punched in
December 2, 2024 at 7:36 PM
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Hey @moonshiftmonsters.bsky.social did you ever run into this photo ever? The image source (Ill link it in a reply) is vague but says its from The Howling
Closeup image of a snarling werewolf mask, ostensibly Rob Bottin's werewolf mask for The Howling (1981)
December 5, 2024 at 1:49 AM
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An oldie, but a goodie makeup from over a decade ago. A design that I manifested from sculpt to makeup application. This is all my work (minus sourcing someone to run the foam prosthetics). This makeup application won me a first place spot in the ONLY makeup competition I’ve ever tried out for.
November 16, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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itsjustaname.bsky.social
I started curating a list of special make up artists and builders specialized in monsters and prosthetics.

Drop me a line if you know an account that should be on here.

#specialEffects #spfx #sfx #practicalFx #fxMakeUp #makeUpEffects #makeUpFx
#specialMakeUpFx #monsterMaker #prosthetics
November 19, 2024 at 8:55 AM
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SQUIB POWER
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speederaserhead.bsky.social christian @speederaserhead.bsky.social · Nov 14
Daily Squibs archive repost #9

MANIAC COP 2 (Lustig, 1990)
November 19, 2024 at 12:37 AM
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Margaret Qualley as Monstro ElisaSue behind the scenes of The Substance ✨
From @benditospoiler (IG)
November 19, 2024 at 12:21 AM
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Some of my infection designs from the now all-broadcast Generation-Z.

Info in alt text.
Sue Johnston in her penultimate stage of infection. Her skin is cracked and bloody, her hair is thin and falling out. She is wearing nine Prothetics on her face and another 12 on her hands. Garrick Hagon in stage 2ii infection. Garrick was the voice of the Hemulin in the British dub of the Moomins and I loved hearing him talk. A bit of infection creeps up under the of collar Rebecca Humphries. Rebecca in the chair having her makeup applied. The infection moved across the body differently differently depending on how they were infected.
November 18, 2024 at 11:40 PM
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The last episode of Generation-Z airs tonight on Channel 4 (already available on their vod platform) so here’s a puppet I designed for a previous episode that featured some self-surgery. We also made matching prosthetic versions of different stages to edit between.

Credits in alt text.
November 17, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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From @justin_s_martinez (IG) Gore effect from VHS Beyond, created by Magee FX.
November 17, 2024 at 1:31 AM
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tiffanyturrill.bsky.social Tiffany Turrill @tiffanyturrill.bsky.social · Nov 8
lets stay inside and look at some bugs
production photo of a cluttered workshop where some sculptors are working on a "Judas Breed" monster puppet for the film MIMIC (1997) detailed and painted final sculpt of the bug monster from MEN IN BLACK (1997), a good year for bugs apparently
November 9, 2024 at 12:05 AM
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Behind the scenes with the Manager Demon for Evil TV, created by Joel Harlow’s @chickenfist (IG) Morphology FX. Credits in alt text
November 8, 2024 at 10:42 PM
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Completed Raatma sculpture by @MageeFX (IG) as seen at Monsterpalooza 2022. #HailRaatma
November 7, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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Daily Squibs archive post #2

CONTRABAND (Fulci, 1980)
November 7, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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Margaret Qualley as MonstroElisaSue in The Substance, 2024. Design by Coralie Fargeat, Pierre-Olivier Persin and crew. #spoilers #gore #practicaleffects

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Margaret Qualley in a grotesque mutant costume inspired by David Cronenberg's The Fly and David Lynch's The Elephant Man Margaret Qualley in a grotesque mutant costume inspired by David Cronenberg's The Fly and David Lynch's The Elephant Man Margaret Qualley in a grotesque mutant costume inspired by David Cronenberg's The Fly and David Lynch's The Elephant Man Three nearly identical head sculpts for MonstroElisaSue on an FX workshop table, intended for different angles and shots
November 7, 2024 at 7:33 PM
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Crow deity costume from Neil Blomkamp's Demonic (2021). Amazing Ape Productions, 2021
Costume of a raggedy, decayed-looking avian human creature with a fleshless crow skull head
November 7, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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Black Noir's head ripping gag from The Boys Season 2. From Mindwarp FX, 2019.

Credits:
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Cast, painted and hair-punched mould of an actor's head and upper torso, with a grimacing expression and closed eyes. The material (likely silicone) has telltale cracks across the cheeks and down the neck Fake body with the head and torso attached, and an actor dressed as Black Noir from The Boys is grabbing him by the throat Internal shot of the head after it's been half torn off at the mouth. All the palate, throat, spine and jaw meat gross stuff is visible Internal shot of the head after it's been half torn off at the mouth. All the palate, throat, spine and jaw meat gross stuff is visible
November 7, 2024 at 1:24 AM
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speederaserhead.bsky.social
Probably gonna port Daily Squibs over here properly on the first of the year because that's when I first started it and I like the symmetry but before then I'll do some reposts from the Daily Squibs archive:

SCORE (Muroga, 1995)
November 6, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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Close-ups of the Cello Man from NBC's Hannibal (Fromage, S01E08). Cast of actor Douglas Siddall, by Mindwarp FX (@nomad11, @10.shock IG).

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Detailed painted cast of an actor as a corpse with a cello neck jutting from his mouth and the strings visible from his flayed throat, where his vocal cords would otherwise be Detailed painted cast of an actor as a corpse with a cello neck jutting from his mouth and the strings visible from his flayed throat, where his vocal cords would otherwise be Detailed painted cast of an actor as a corpse with a cello neck jutting from his mouth and the strings visible from his flayed throat, where his vocal cords would otherwise be
November 6, 2024 at 12:47 AM
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Emma (Martha Holland) make-up process from The Gravedancers (2006). ⁣⁣⁣

Make-up and creature effects by Rebecca Wachtel, Mike Elizalde’s Spectral Motion, and Norman Cabrera
Six stages of prosthetic application to an actor's face to create a bug-eyed ghoulish face with jutting teeth and long stringy hair
November 6, 2024 at 12:34 AM
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Testing the arm rip from Gen-Z at the workshop. Elliot and Becca having a right old time.
November 5, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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Dee Sherwood Wallace in costume on set of The Birch (2016 short film). Effects by Cliff Wallace and Jessica Tay.
A camera points at a woman in a costume of a skull-faced birch dryad entity The head of a woman in a costume of a skull-faced birch dryad entity. Birch branches and vines curl around a huge crown-like protrusion that makes up most of her head Close-up of The Birch with her mouth open, showing off rotten teeth and slime Whole body of The Birch, a human-like torso emerging from the thick stump of a birch tree in remote woods.
November 4, 2024 at 9:11 PM
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Preparing the Beast from Hell Hole (2024).

Todd Masters FX (@mastersfxstudios on IG)
Studio sculpt of a Lovecraftian, cephalopod-like creature about the size of a person's head and torso Studio sculpt of a Lovecraftian, cephalopod-like creature, now painted in fleshy colours, with 4 effects technicians standing around it An effects technician works on details of the creature, whose tentacles and fanged mouth are now attached. Creature on set of Hell Hole, fully painted and covered with bloody slime, sitting on rocks and piles of gore in a grassy field. A puppeteer has his hand in it up to the shoulder.
November 4, 2024 at 1:52 AM
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Behind the scenes shots from Gutterballs (2008). Effects by director Ryan Nicholson and team
Man with a pained expression and a gruesome slit throat effect, spraying blood up toward the ceiling Masked killer drives a broken bowling pin into someone's eyesocket, causing a big spurt of blood Rear angle of the slit throat effect as goopy blood flies toward the camera Woman fires a shotgun and closes her eyes against the blood squib on the floor launching big arcs of blood up at her
November 3, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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Another stunning gore effect from @roligore (IG). #practicaleffects #gore #prosthetics

www.instagram.com/roligore/
November 3, 2024 at 8:05 PM