Wednesday 26 June 2024

The X-Files (2016)

The X-Files was rebooted in 2016, keeping the tradition of 'mythology' episodes interspersed with 'monster of the week' standalones. The reboot's two seasons were filmed in Vancouver, and had their special makeup effects designed by Bill Terezakis. Greys would appear again, but the actual Grey heads were entirely realized as CGI in post-production; Chris Carter was unimpressed with Terezakis' more human-like design, which can only be seen thanks to behind the scenes images.
Terezakis then designed and sculpted a more 'classic' Grey facial prosthetic to be worn with the suit in later episodes.
'Ghouli' had a brief appearance of a monster that was CGI-enhanced in the final cut; the practical monster was designed as a humanoid with a head resembling a goblin shark and fully sculpted suit but extra limbs and facial movements were overlaid digitally.
The Ghouli mask in the X-Files Preservation Collection
The episode 'Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster' had a loving tribute to the original Kolchak the Night Stalker series that inspired The X-Files in the first place, with the episode's titular 'weremonster' being a reptilian humanoid realized as a facial prosthetics and sculpted bodysuit.
'The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat' had another prosthetic makeup made for the alien visitor who gives Scully and Mulder 'all the answers'; the design is a send-up of the large cranium makeups worn by David McCallum and Richard Kiel in The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone, shows that had been inspirations on The X-Files.

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