Special effects // practical first

Make the monster real.

More than two decades of hands-on horror filmmaking means solving ugly problems with foam, latex, blood, paint, mechanisms, scavenged materials and whatever survives contact with the shooting day.

// Looks

The portfolio

Makeup, creatures, blood and trauma. Tap to open.

// Skills

What's in the kit

  • Special-effects makeup
  • Creature and character makeup
  • Blood and gore effects
  • Wounds, trauma and prosthetic looks
  • Life casting and mould-making workflows
  • Prop fabrication and distressing
  • Creature concepts and practical builds
  • Animatronic and mechanical-effect development
  • On-set effects problem solving
  • Low-budget horror effects planning
  • Makeup for camera and lighting
  • Teaching practical techniques
// Learn with us

Splatter FX

Practical-effects lessons, build videos and blood tests live on our FX channel, Splatter FX. Real foam, real latex, real mess.