"The Thing...Mutant dog" for a halloween attraction

I made this for the USS Nightmare in 2000.
I think one of the owers of Pittsburghs Gateway clipper fleet did the haunted attraction.It was on an old rundown clipper boat....that really was sinking...an old barge was keeping it afloat...I heard the boat sank...
and what I left of the creature with it.
It was known for puting on a good FX show.
Since most haunted house attractions are aimed tward little kids....and...ooooo don't scare the kids...."idiots....It's halloween....scare the crap out of them....!"
I had very little budget to work with to make
this.If I could remake it I would've done more to cover the dryer hose on the creatures kneck.
But I spent 2 weeks of my free time and raw material to do it...with little to no compensation for my time and efforts...except To make rich people .....richer....anyway....
it was really freaky in the strobe light...the camera wouldn't pick it up though.

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[GothDoberman]

aw... that is completely awesome (and cute *no sarcasm cuz i'm into this kind of stuff) and you made that!?! I'd love to have that in my room <3

[Gorgo]

Thanks man. It was a throw together. They gave me creative freedom in an area of the USS Nightmare. I used:carpet padding layered over a chicken wire frame.Then I took a dirty old bed sheet and draped it over the of it.Then I used an 5 gal. bucket of Liquid Latex & coated the whole thing.(I did this outside in the back yard) Once the latex dried the fabric sticks to itself.I only sculpted,molded,and casted the head/puppets. Simple/generic cable pull that opened the many mouths of the creature

[RJW1977]

Awesome, I'll bet even Rick Baker and Stan Winston would be impressed. R.I.P. Stan.

btw. John Carpenter is the man.

[Gorgo]

Thanks man, That movie freaked me out as a kid. Seems I embraced the things that weirded me out as a kid. Oh no,

about Stan Winston !! I actually didn't know until you just told me. I've been out of the scene for a while. I've been more into

more mecha anime in recent years. That's so sad about him. Dead at 62. I read he was working on a new Terminator movie. What a bummer. He'd been one of the inspirations that shaped me. The best special on him was on Movie Magic:Discovery Channel in the 90's.

[Django5198]

@Gorgo where did you get the cable equipment?

[Gorgo]

@Django5198 ,It was simply bike hand brake cable. Not the actual type cable used in cable controlled creatures. I believe those are much thinner. I literally used a cable from an old 10 speed. I'm not sure if these companies are still around but search ( Burman in California ) and ( Monster Makers in Ohio ). They were big FX suppliers back when I was into FX stuff in the late 90's. I hope that helped.

[Macrochenia]

I don't know whatever the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is!

[Steven77769]

damn thats cool

[kezadrone]

Looked real cool at the start.

[StreakyTheFurry]

I want bacon and walkies, now! D:<

[juniormafia27]

@GothDoberman not me. not in my room

[dltanner99]

Horror novel see video book trailer

[BxLxUxExxAxNxGxExL5]

The thing that makes it so creepy...is that is basically what they used in the movie....they didnt use any shitty CGI effects to try to make it more realistic because it was already freaky xD movies nowadays suck

[LtSarge]

man that shit is pretty fucking nasty looking! good job. my only complaint, or suggestion, is you should have had a recording of the "thing howl" during the kennel scene just to top it off! I mean that would have made me shit myself and run if i saw and heard that in person.

[Bthakilla4rilla]

what the hell is that? that looks scary if I saw that I would have ran my ass off the boat