Best sfx Make-Up in film
This list includes the use of make-up, mechanical and electronically effects, puppetry, sets, models, and matte backgrounds.
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- DirectorJohn LandisStarsMichael JacksonOla RayForrest J. AckermanA night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a hoard of bloodthirsty zombies - only a "Thriller" can save them now.Zombie make-up is top-notch. One of the best ever.
- DirectorClive BarkerStarsAndrew RobinsonClare HigginsAshley LaurenceA woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law and lover. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body and escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their underworld.Cynobites look great but what really shines is Uncle Frank's Body suit...Hellraiser also shines with some great make-up as well.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsMartin FreemanIan McKellenRichard ArmitageA reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug.
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerCarl WeathersKevin Peter HallA team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.Predator Monster looks both very scary and very real. The mask and suit were are brilliant. STAN WINSTON FOREVER.
- DirectorFrank HenenlotterStarsKevin VanHentenryckJudy GrafeAnnie RossDuane and his basket-bound mutant brother are taken in by a secret home for wayward freaks with journalists hot on their tail.The brothers are back with a new set of friends...and these friends have some of the most awkwardly creative maek-up and masks I have ever seen.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsTom CruiseMia SaraTim CurryA young man must stop the Lord of Darkness from destroying daylight and marrying the woman he loves.Tim Curry as Darkness is a site any make-up artist should see at least just once.
- StarsRichard ThomasTim ReidAnnette O'TooleIn 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.The different faces of IT are sure to scare and creep the strongest of stomachs...if not for scary make-up then for surely the creepy clown make-up.
- DirectorJim HensonStarsDavid BowieJennifer ConnellyToby FroudSixteen-year-old Sarah must solve a labyrinth to rescue her baby brother when he is taken by the Goblin King."AND ITS HOGGLE!" -- The team at Jim Henson's Creature Shop stir up a film of imaginative genius. The goblin city is filled with so much make-up eye-candy that it can hurt so good at times.
- DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsNoah HathawayBarret OliverTami StronachA troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.Rock Biter!
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsRon PerlmanDoug JonesSelma BlairA demon raised from infancy after being conjured by and rescued from the Nazis, grows up to become a defender against the forces of darkness.Ron Pealman and this team of monster anti-heroes look awesome!
- DirectorMark A.Z. DippéStarsMichael Jai WhiteJohn LeguizamoMartin SheenAn elite mercenary is killed, but comes back from Hell as a reluctant soldier of the Devil.Clown-tastic creepiness.
- DirectorChuck RussellStarsJim CarreyCameron DiazPeter RiegertBank clerk Stanley Ipkiss is transformed into a manic superhero when he wears a mysterious mask.clever make-up design....works well with the comics.
- DirectorJoe DanteChuck JonesStarsZach GalliganPhoebe CatesHowie MandelThe Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken control of a New York City media mogul's high-tech skyscraper.The New Batch takes it up a notch with even more weird and crazy monster make-up....yes, even one gremlin is made off vegetables.
- CreatorJim HensonStarsJohn HurtBrian HensonFrederick WarderAn old storyteller tells European folk tales to his sarcastic dog.
- DirectorClive BarkerStarsCraig ShefferDavid CronenbergAnne BobbyA troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.This movie packs a punch with make-up. Brings to mind that of make-up from certain films like Hellraiser for sure.
- DirectorJohn R. Cherry IIIStarsJim VarneyEartha KittAustin NaglerErnest accidentally unleashes an ugly troll that plots to transform children into wooden dolls in the town of Briarville, Missouri.This movie might be stupid but the detail and imagination put into making the SFX make-up is A+ work. I highly recommend checking this one out even for the make-up work alone.
- DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsTommy Lee JonesWill SmithLinda FiorentinoJames, an NYC cop, is hired by Agent K of a secret government agency that monitors extraterrestrial life on Earth. Together, they must recover an item that has been stolen by an intergalactic villain.Rick Baker...need I say more
- CreatorRockne S. O'BannonStarsBen BrowderClaudia BlackAnthony SimcoeThrown into a distant part of the universe, an Earth astronaut finds himself part of a fugitive alien starship crew.Major Kudos to Jim Henson's Creature Shop
- DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsTed LevineKathleen QuinlanDan ByrdA traveling family falls victim to a group of mutated cannibals in a desert far away from civilization.
- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsJonathan BrandisKenny MorrisonClarissa BurtA young boy with a distant father enters a world of make-believe and magic through a portal within an antique book.
- DirectorTom ShadyacStarsEddie MurphyJada Pinkett SmithJames CoburnGrossly overweight yet good-hearted professor Sherman Klump takes a special chemical that turns him into the slim but obnoxious Buddy Love.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellSarah BerryDan HicksAsh Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.Mentoring with Tom Savini surely shaped the career of this now legend make-up and special effects artist Greg Nicotero.
- DirectorTom SaviniStarsTony ToddPatricia TallmanTom TowlesWhen the unburied dead return to life and seek human victims, seven refugees shelter in a house in the Pennsylvanian countryside.Innovative remake to the classic 1968. Directed by the SFX god Tom Savini...make-up blows CGI out off the water in this zombie flick.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodIan McKellenOrlando BloomA meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.The first of the trilogy of LOTR films and the one that showed the world that Wetta workshop can not only play with the big boys and girls but dominate the field in the 21st Century
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJeff GoldblumGeena DavisJohn GetzA brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.Goldbloom is blooming with make-up effects in this remake. Wickedly nasty goodness.