HORROR HORROR HORROR!!

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HORROR HORROR HORROR!!!

If U don’t have the stomach for gore & blood then I suggest U don’t go & see the latest thriller I just worked on...

“THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT”

In March last year I had the awesome challenge of doing an outrageous Horror film produced by the horror icon himself, Wes Craven (with Universal’s Rogue Pictures). This was a remake of the original 1972 horror that was banned from the UK for 35yrs because of its gruesome content.

For a team of Make-up artists/friends it was a dream job. We had so much FUN that we called it 'Our Joy Movie!'

The Team: Simone, Meg, Kerry & Chiara

We each designed the looks for our actors from their beauty make-up & hair to the special effects & blood. I designed the make-up for Emma Collingwood (played by Monica Potter) & Paige (played by Martha MacIsaac) both of whom had countless cuts/ scratches/wounds & dirt, as well as being wet for most of the movie. All of these effects ‘of course’ are created by the make-up artists, not only once, but again & again back & forth throughout the filming process, it’s called ‘Continuity’.

My prep began with making THE BLOOD needed for the movie ( litres & litres) , not only for the make-up department, but the props, set dressing, special effects & prosthetics departments too.
As the blood featured so much in the movie (a lead character all on its own) I had to make the perfect colour, depth & consistency needed for the specific lighting & technical camera work being used. If that wasn’t difficult enough I had to get the blood to look realistic moving in the water, as well as adhere to the actor’s skin… in the rain. Needless to say I was kept very busy & quite enjoyed the passing comments from the crew, all of whom thought I looked like a witch brewing her cauldron! ‘Boil, boil… toil & trouble’ What FUN!

Despite the content we were filming the crew & actors had huge amounts of fun, laughing in between takes & playing pranks during the most horrific of scenes.

This is just one example of how the audience never knows what actually goes on behind the scenes. After working on movies like this I have just one thing to say…

‘I love my job’

by Simone Stubbs

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