Horror Movie Makeup Part 2

I previously made a post about horror movie makeups. You can check that out right here. I'd like to change it up a little bit and talk about movies that are a little more recent than the Classic Universal Movie Monsters that I mentioned before. While those are great considering the overall limited experience that the world had with horror movie makeup in films, things really started to pick up once more advanced techniques popped up.

An American Werewolf In London

Have you ever seen a movie and just been so impressed by the detail that it on that character? Well so have I and one of my favorites is..

An American Werewolf In London

An American Werewolf in London. Not only was this one of the first films that used robotics to show a human to wolf transformation, but the make up was on point. They threaded tons of individual hairs and applied direct makeup onto the actor and the robotic. This is an older movie, but has always been one of my favorite because for its time, it is greatly advanced.

The Exorcist

Another classic movie with great makeup is the exorcist. Even if you're not familiar with the movie, there are few people who have not seen the iconic image of Reagan, the girl who becomes possessed in the film. Again, like AAWIL, this film was ahead of its time. It came out in 1973, and if I was around then, i'm sure I would have been amazed by the detail. Compared to what we have now, I understand why people see older movies as "low budget" but they are all amazing. The makeup artists of these movies used the most high end techniques of their time, and as a result created an iconic, unique, and memorable character. Here is one of my favorite older characters...




You may or may not agree that the above makeup works are great quality, but the matter of the fact is that for their time, these movies were great. They brought immense fear to the public, and were highly technical and advanced for their time also. Even though they are old, does not mean that they should be forgotten due to newer advancements.

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