Friday, 21 April 2023
Werewolf: The Devil's Hound (2007)
A film where a werewolf stalks a special effects artist, how meta! The special makeup effects were realized by Keith Palmer. The actual werewolf was a furred bodysuit with prosthetics over the face and chest; the chest was sculpted with breasts to show the werewolf was female. The plot revolves around it wanting to mate with the SFX artist it's stalking. So not only is it meta, but also sounds more than a little self-indulgent...
Never Cry Werewolf (2008)
A Fright Night wannabe that swaps the vampires for werewolves, with dubious success. The effects were realized by Paul Jones Effects Studio, with Graham Chivers and Jason Detheridge also credited among Jones' team. A misshapen half-formed werewolf prosthetic mask and hand appliance were created for the half-turned werewolf.
A full werewolf suit was also constructed, with a head fitted with mechanisms for jaw movement.
Arizona Werewolf (1996)
Immortalized thanks to its savaging on Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (that episode is far more worthwhile a watch than the actual film). Credited for 'special makeup effects' are Mark Williams and Mike Tristano, though I wonder who did what on the picture. Facial prosthetics and sculpted gloves were utilized for most of the werewolf transformations.
The fully transformed werewolf was achieved as a furred bodysuit and wolf mask; the mask had mechanisms inside allowing the eyes to swivel and jaws to open and shut.
Thursday, 20 April 2023
Dark Moon Rising (2009)
Alahozos Studios FX handled the film's special makeup effects, George Alahouzos and Dana Mennie designing the werewolves. George was also the special makeup effects supervisor, and Nikos Dresios was lead sculptor. Two separate werewolf suits were made for father and son lycanthropes Bender and Dan; the Bender suit is subtly sculpted to look more aged, with wrinkles around the musculature.
Big Bad Wolf (2006)
The werewolf form of Mitchell Toblat was a full body prosthetic suit constructed by Autonomous F/X, Inc, with Keith Christansen credited as lead designer, Ernesto Cornejo credited as lead sculptor and Elvis Jones credited as show supervisor. The suit was worn with facial prosthetics partly to allow actor Richard Tyson to emote and speak when in the full costume without being dubbed over.
The sculpts for the main suit and prosthetics were used to create a secondary bodysuit for after Toblat has been burnt, revealing the musculature underneath.
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