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The Makeup of Nightbreed
Michael_Elliott5 August 2017
Making Monsters: Makeup Effects of Nightbreed (2014)

*** (out of 4)

This forty-two minute featurette takes a look at the various makeup effects that were used in Clive Barker's NIGHTBREED. Paul Jones, Bob Keen and Martin Mercer are interviewed as they discuss various aspects of the production from how they got hired, to how important it was to work together and of course the various changes that were made throughout the film. If you're a fan of NIGHTBREED then you'll certainly enjoy this featurette. I think if you're just a fan of makeup creation then you'll enjoy it even more. There's some great stuff on display here as the men tell some terrific stories about coming up with the various suits and effects as well as talking about how each of them had to work with the director, storyboard artist and others. At forty-two minutes this thing is very detailed and there are some great clips from the movie shown and then we see how it was created. There's also some nice behind-the-scenes footage.
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8/10
Nifty little doc
Woodyanders25 October 2018
Warning: Spoilers
This 42-minute retrospective documentary covers a lot of interesting and informative ground on the making of the assorted monsters featured in "Nightbreed." Make-up artist Bob Keen admits that the film should have been called "Cabal" and honestly expresses his extreme disappointment with how Warner Brothers marketed the movie as a slasher flick instead of as a monster movie. Paul Jones shares some fun stories about creating the berserkers who Clive Barker saw as mindless pro football players. Moreover, we also learn that Barker did sketches of all the monsters and even wrote social histories for all of them, the make-up for Lylesburg took three hours to apply, and various make-up guys were deputized to portray background monsters in the movie. Worth a watch for fans of the film.
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