FOR THIS CREATION YOU WILL NEED...
1. Pros-aide glue. 2. Cabosil (Fumed Silica) or Thickend Pros-aide (Cabopatch or Bondo).
3. Spirit gum. 4. Spirit gum remover. 5. Paper cups with lids. 6. Tongue depressors (from a hobby shop), or just plastic spoons.
7. Latex. 8. Artist’s Paint brushes. 9. Translucent powder, or just Talcum Powder.
10. Woochie space ear tips. 11. The teeth I used were called Craven Vampire fangs, and I got
them from:
http://www.fxwarehouse.info/mm5/ merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_ Code=FW&Product_Code=FXF-
010&Category_Code=Fang
12. Contact lenses (optional). I use some cool red ones called ‘Darth Maul’ from FX eyes. Available from here:
http://www.fxeyes.com/ 13. Cotton buds.
14. False fingernails (if you are going to show the hands). 15. Proclean. 16. Hair gel.
17. Rubber mask Grease Paint. 18. A water spritzer. 19. Scissors. 20. A fine-toothed comb.
21. Soccer ball – to make a bald cap. Alternatively, you can buy a bald cap from the makeup store.
Ian Mutch from The Propstore of London prepares to channel his inner bloodsucker....
FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND • MAR/APR 2012 59
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et me lay my Tarot cards on the table here. There’s no point in creating a Vampire unless you create something to chill the blood in the veins. Forget pale, romantic, sparkling Vampires. I want to go back to basics.
Here’s a little Vampire background. Quite possibly the first and most influential piece of literature was John Polidori’s THE VAMPIRE in 1819. Then came the penny dreadful VARNEY THE VAMPIRE in 1847, followed by Bram Stoker’s iconic DRACULA, published in 1897. Movies really fixed Vampires in the public mind, and it’s impossible
not to mention the power of Bela Lugosi’s portrayal of Dracula when talking about the history of these beasts. He set the mold for most adaptations of Stoker’s eponymous character right up to the present day. Christopher Lee’s Count was equally striking—and, in 1958, glowed in full color for the first time so that Hammer films could allow its audiences to revel in Technicolor bloodshot eyes and dripping fangs. As Dracula he burned with a violent intensity that was as dangerous as it was sexual. Lee’s portrayal was by turns charming, ferocious, and genuinely creepy. Before all of the other movie vampires was Murnau’s NOSFERATU.
The film was made in 1922, years before Universal’s DRACULA, which didn’t come out until 1931 and takes the cake in chilling performances. Many modern Vampires would get their sparkly arses kicked by Max Schreck’s rat-like bloodsucker! The makeup is striking and influenced many other shows, including another fantastically disturbing vampire (and one of my favorites!), Mr. Barlow, played by Reggie Nalder, from Stephen kings SALEM’S LOT (below). Nalder was a very under appreciated actor with a mysterious past. He had a very cadaverous look, very suited to bad guys. The lower third of his face had been badly scarred by a burn, leaving sinewy wrinkles. The scar left him an interesting and unique look that really complimented the makeup. All of these creatures and more
were going through my fevered brain as I drove into the darkening evening to create this Monster Masterclass. When I arrived, I knew what I had to do…
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