Cool Horror Videos: Look at the early Predator costume!

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Last Updated on July 22, 2021

This is a must for PREDATOR fans!

Here Makeup FX innovator Steve Johnson shares the inside story on what went wrong with the original Boss Films PREDATOR suit, worn by a certain Jean-Claude Van Damme. (Even cooler: he’s relaying the story to legendary Stan Winston’s son, Matt.)

In addition to Johnson’s very candid recalling of the problems related to the suit – and Van Damme – you’ll get to see some exceptionally cool peeks at the early designs. Hard to believe they were actually thinking along those lines at that point…

Source: Stan Winston School

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