SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER

[BeautyByBMUA]

Looooove it!!!



[benarroch15]

wow...very good job..perfect..

[goldielocks282]

AMAZING I enjoyed every minute of it!!!!!

[TheShotgunslade]

Im so hard to please but this is freaking awesome.

[Buickonthedragstrip]

Are these guys in canada, Id like to get that same thing done to myself as well for a halloween party at work. Please let me know thanks. Im in Mississauga Ontario

[ScottEssman]

@Buickonthedragstrip --- This was created in Los Angeles... this type of makeup is incredibly complicated and expensive... for the appliances and makeup application process, you're looking at thousands of dollars (not including the costume)... however, several companies make very nice looking overhead masks of the character which is recommended for a Halloween work party (unless you have thousands to spare).

[psychedelicdaisies28]

Loooove it :) he looks great!!

[lovelyyvixen]

this is truely AMAZING!

[starblazer64]

This is Real Movie Magic!

[FXmaster10]

Im 13 and i can do better :P

[LaughingPsycho]

Excellent.

[redwing46901]

Awsome work....and I must say I liked all the late great horror figures and their stuntmen/stand ins too! I'd love to be able to work on things like this.

[wojak100]

Didn't Frankenstein haved nails in his ears?

[famous1779]

whoa

[CAPNMRVL]

That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. I've been a fan of the classic Universal Monsters for more than 35 years, and Kevin Haney absolutely nailed the Glenn Strange recreation.

[brokeback52]

Glenn Strange's Frankenstein is the BEST! in my opioion!!! i have always love his version of the monster! I collect all of the glenn strange, I even have a lifesize frankenstein of glenn strange in my living room!! thaks for the viudeo its GREAT!!

[Ditkobeetle]

I always liked Glenn Strange as the Frankenstein monster. He really played him as a big lumbering Giant...the stereotypical Frankenstein Monster...and I find his performance to be almost comforting in a way. He's the only actor other than Karloff to really look good in the makeup.

Great job with the prosthetics. The resemblance is uncanny.

[mozchick80]

I wanna make sweet love to Frankenstein! sooooooooooo HAAAAWT!!!

[davektm5257]

Thats awesome. I would luv someone to do that to me

[CV1P3R]

Freakin sick with it! SO GOOD! congrats on a job VERY wel done! :D

[Sciochick]

Wonder if they made the appliance from an original life mask of Glenn Strange. same with Karloff, like the ones Forry Ackerman used to have.

[Ryuho245]

If I had one of those designer kits. I would buy soooooo much beer. Hahaha. XP

[he2tazzy4u]

He looks like Herman Munster! Cool!

[BARBRAJC]

Congratulations, this makeup is better than the one in the last Frankestain movie.

Great job guys.

[kuikai100]

a++++++++++

[GoddessOfJupiter]

@RachelMarshall9290

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[MusicBySav]

omg sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooooo cool =]

[hopndrop1]

creeepy lol

[hulkster46a]

I liked it, how long did it take too actually apply the makeup. couple of hours? Great job. I think even Karloff and Pierce would of been impressed by the detail.

[12345gonzo12345]

hahaha lisen at 4:31! lmao!

[ScottEssman]

The actor playing the monster says something - what is he saying?

[Metallica102938]

@12345gonzo12345

XDD wtf?

[BurtonAir161]

That was really cool how it turned out!!

[JennieGin]

Very enjoyable - good job!

[bobbydanville]

It's amazing how this make-up is built up with so many prosthetic pieces to achieve the whole effect. What an cool demonstration of teamwork between the two make up artists, too.

[eulesssucks]

great job!!

[videofxnoosa]

brilliant, 5*

[federica83able]

bellissimo!!!!

;)

[planetiowa]

Sounds great! Will your kit feature the authentic copyrighted Universal design?

[at0micsmile]

AMAZING!~ ♥

[derek6678421]

any one been to a party as Frankenstien? and what is the best home diy make up kit yuo can buy. i would love to go to a party like this

[9nathan3]

how do you make the shapes of the head and that stuff?

becuz my head is't a squere

greetz

[ScottEssman]

Foam rubber appliances.

[newlifeh]

If you want to see a good Frankenstein Make up ( Glenn Strange ) Check out Joe DeMuro Classic Monsters.

The Make up is done by Ron Chamberlain from Monster Bash. The only appliances used is the head. CHECK IT OUT It is great.

[josephebacon]

Wow, it's amazing to see how much labor had to go into this! It's a very interesting video! Thank you so much for sharing it on You Tube!

[misconcept]

It's nice to see the application step by step.. I had no idea so many appliances were used in this makeup.

[dangkhoa100]

I wan to try

become a frankentein like him

[ipmay]

Absolutely superb. Very interesting to watch and a great likeness. Fantastic! Would love to see the Karloff version.

[LizardKingXIII]

Glenn strange is my great uncle, actually. I got to meet him just before he died. This had to be in about '72, I think. I was about five or six. He got the biggest kick out of me, because I was TERRIFIED of him at first. I can remember this big, booming laugh and looking up at him, just a huge, hulking man, sitting in my granddad's wingback chair, smoking a cigar. he sat me in his lap. absolutly the most gentle, kind, soft-spoken human being I've ever met. I wish I could've known him better.

[ScottEssman]

Fascinating information - amazing that you knew him!!!

[ste04011953]

Fred Gwenn had to go though something like this process every day as Herman whilst filming The Munsters

[ScottEssman]

We did a Karloff version in June 2000 (on the Jack Pierce DVD), again in 2001 at the Alex Theater for the 70th anniversary, again in 2003 at the Jack Pierce lifetime achievement award (on the Changing Faces DVD), and lastly in 2006 for the 75th anniversary.

[DrDespicable]

That. Is. AWESOME! I'd love to see the Karloff version (wink-wink, nudge-nudge)...

[Pilukkina]

Maravilloso!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shrklvr94]

must of taken hours

[cybrddeb]

WOW!!!!!!!!! I loved this..

[gerardrondeau]

bravo,superbe travail.

[artistictalent]

all i see is Herman Munster. Forever shall be to me! lol

[kweandee]

lol i thought the same when he put on the jacket. Great video :)

[jaruemalak]

What a wonderful step by step video! I did theatrical/movie make-up for over 20 years, and the one thing that always amazed me was how most people have no idea just how much work and time goes into a good make-up job. Thank you for posting this!

[GuitarSamurai62]

Glenn Strange was my favorite Frankenstein!!! I would love to get this make up!!

[TibetKanagawa]

He looks like Glenn Strange's Monster.

[Grimreviewer]

thats great just looks like the old monster movies

[bananaphone1987]

i love those monster movies

[johnzo65]

Awesome! loved it.

[monsterbob]

amazing!

[ScottEssman]

Somehow, I don't think so. Newer materials are always easier on the actors, but adhering glue and foam rubber onto the skin is never recommended or particularly healthy! The actors in the 1930s thru 1950s suffered more from skin irritations than the newer ones do.

[lavennovell]

the stuff that you used including the latex and the special glue, is that stuff dermatologist tested?

[starbabe58]

great job

[wandecosho]

this is great!!!

[creepsomber]

I wonder if someone said, "Hey there, Slick, think you could get the goddamned chewing gum outta your head so we can work here? Thanks."

That's what I would have said anyway. Geez. Great work anyway, very impressive!!! Definitely the best I've ever seen, Bravo!!!

[olecram43]

great job!!

[Andrew07450]

Kevin Haney rules nice guy and a amazing artist. PPI kicks ass I love there products. Check out PPI demos at the international

make-up artist trade show LA is my Fav.

[madsciiscrazy]

im so impressed

[cha5]

Great job although if you were going to do the Monster's eyes exactly like Pierce did you probably wouldn't have had the eyelids attached to the headpiece, Karloff's eyes were one of the most expressive parts of his portrayal of the creature, And I thought I had read it was Karloff's idea to weigh down his eyelids to make it look like he had a lifeless almost half dead look to his eyes

but I could be wrong, Of course I know you weren't going for an exact recreation with cotton, spirit gum etc.

[elvishgal2]

Great video!

[filmaddict818]

You can also tell in the later wolfman movies that Pierce didn't do them...

[ScottEssman]

Pierce did the original WOLF MAN, FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN, HOUSE OF FRANK and HOUSE OF DRAC. He left Universal in 1947, so Emile LaVigne created the Wolf Man for ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN. That was 1948.

[filmaddict818]

I know, that's what I meant....

Sorry...

plus, LaVigne really did mess up the make-up industry with rubber..

[jrbodine15]

Very interesting. Loved seeing how Frankenstein was created. Big fan of Glenn Strange Frankenstein. Is this the way Jack Pierce did it? What material did he use to make the head pieces?

[ScottEssman]

No - Pierce never used any prosthetics or appliances like this. The only rubber piece that he confirmed using was the Wolf Man's nose. Pierce built up the heads of the Frankenstein Monsters that he did SEVEN times with Egyptian cotton, collodion and spirit gum.

[esbstrd]

link? can you back this up?

[ScottEssman]

Pierce himself said so in several interviews - check out the one with Wayne Thomas on the Jack Pierce DVD.

[PShields79]

Chaney Jr. claimed a rubber head piece in "Ghost of Frankenstein," which he was allergic to and ripped off his head during filming.

[komodo1968]

By the time "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" was shot in '48, Bud Westmore and Jack Kevan were whiz kids of the Universal Studio makeup dept. They did in fact use latex appliances for the Glenn Strange - Frankenstein Monster makeup.

[komodo1968]

I believe that Pierce did make a Mummy mask/appliance for one of Lon Chaney Jr's later films . . . Mummy's Curse I think.

[ScottEssman]

Yes, very true about Kevan using foam rubber. Also true that Pierce used a mask for Mummy's Curse. Photo of it on the Jack Pierce DVD, courtesy of Bob Burns.

[filmaddict818]

and he was losing favour when he did the wolfman, so didn't really have a choice but to go with the nose.

[666nNEMESIS]

gr8 filming too love it thanks for sharing

[poopy14300]

frreeeaaaaakkyy. wouldn't the head be a little... heavy?

[ScottEssman]

No it is actually very very light foam rubber.

[poopy14300]

ooh. coooooooool

[ScottEssman]

It's supposed to be Glenn Strange, who played Frankenstein in three films in the 1940s... Karloff played Frankenstein in three films, but in the 1930s.

[vinniebello]

hello my name is michael jackson and this is on my favorites

[Choice]

great!!

[catsmithyu]

It's alive!!!

[Robeast3000]

Fantastic recreation! Narration or text listing materials and explaining the process would be most helpful for aspiring fx artists.

[ScottEssman]

We tried to list as many titles which explained the process as possible... known materials are foam latex appliances and basic SPMUFX adhesives and paints... sorry that we couldn't do a narration this time!

[BruceMerwin]

Enjoyed watching a great video showing how-to create Frankenstein. Jennifer McManus original monster costume is effective too. It's nice to see a nearly lost art revived. Nice camera work by Dieter Rozek and good editing by Scott Essman. I loved what Scott and Dieter did with the new special effects makeup release "Changing Faces".