San Antonio-based special effects artist Sergio Guerra knows a thing or two about turning people into monsters.
In 2011, he was a contestant on the first season of the SyFy reality showwhich runs a group of prosthetic artists from across the country through a series of competitive makeup challenges. He also owns his own company, The Darkness FX, which creates creepy props for horror movies, haunted houses and theme parks., a sequel to the 1973 horror classic.
I liked them. They were mostly subtle. You could still see the girls there. For me, the whole point is that you know the demon is trying to corrupt something pure. You have to make them look scary because it's a horror movie, but you have to keep some of that humanity.Smaller faces are quicker to do, so I think a makeup artist could have applied everything in about an hour and a half. They get a lot of close ups and used a lot of silicone.
What did you think about some of the computer-generated effects they included along with the practical effects? Ultimately, I think the final look was good. I'm not sure if it was CG at the end . It looked like areas of their foreheads were growing as they were metamorphosing, but it might've been my eyes playing tricks on me. They cut away from it quickly. Do you remember the transformation scene inDo you find that younger fans watching horror movies from the 1980s find practical effects hokey?
I guess young people might. They might say,"Oh, that looks fucking hokey," but it'll still fuck them up. They know it's fake because you can tell it's fake. But a lot of them have to look away because it scares them. Sometimes, CG work looks more realistic, but it doesn't really have the same effect. will be like,"Oh, that's gross," and then that's it. If you know it's CG, your brain rests, and then the shock passes.
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