rick baker

Cool Horror Videos: Inside Rick Baker’s studio

Posted 11 years ago

Rick Baker needs no introduction around these parts, nor do his dozens of fantastic make-up creations. The man has done so much great work that he now doesn’t know what to do with it all; that’s where the Academy steps...

American Werewolf In London- Horror Review- (Day 24 of 31)- October Massacre

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: On a backpacking trip to London, two American college students are attacked by a werewolf. Soon, the lone survivor comes to the realization that he may be making a serious transformation once the moon is full. REVIEW: John Landis’ classic...

Rick Baker shares cool unused werewolf design from Cursed!

Posted 12 years ago

Wes Craven’s CURSED was certainly an aptly-titled mess. Though it was initially meant to be a dissection/celebration of the werewolf genre in the mold of SCREAM – led by that film’s two main architects, Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson –...

Legendary makeup effects artist Dick Smith has died

Posted 12 years ago

The world has lost a legend as noted makeup effects artist Dick Smith has passed away at the age of 92. While he is known for his incredible work on films such as THE GODFATHER, TAXI DRIVER, and AMADEUS (for...

See Rick Baker’s designs for abandoned Steven Spielberg film Night Skies

Posted 12 years ago

File this one away in the 'What Could Have Been' cabinet. After CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND became a hit, Columbia Pictures wanted a sequel, so director Steven Spielberg set about developing a much darker, horror-tinged film that would...

The Test of Time: King Kong (1976)

Posted 12 years ago

We all have movies we love. Movies we respect without question because of either tradition, childhood love, or because they’ve always been classics. However, as time keeps ticking, do those classics still hold up? So…the point of this here column...

Ink & Pixel: Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Posted 12 years ago

Steve Ink & Pixel is a source of pride and joy for me as a writer and as such, I’m always striving to take this column further for those who read and enjoy it. If you yourself, or anyone you...

Cool Horror Videos: Rick Baker instructional videos using cosmetic make-up

Posted 12 years ago

Rick Baker, as we all know, is a special make-up effect wizard, the best in the business. But as you’ll see in the video below, he’s not just extraordinarily adept with prosthetics and latex – the man is a master...

Shout Factory unveils Incredible Melting Man Blu-ray art!

Posted 13 years ago

The Shout! Factory isn’t letting up on its run of awesomeness, adding yet another title to their summer Blu-ray slate: THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN! This schlocky 1977 number is notable for featuring some of Rick Baker’s earliest, and gooiest, effects....