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‘Fear Street: 1984’ Special Makeup FX Designer Christopher Allen on Creating Killer’s Skull Mask for Netflix’s R.L. Stine Adaptation

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Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen “Fear Street” writer-director Leigh Janiak recruited Christopher Allen Nelson as special makeup FX designer and department head for Netflix’s trilogy based on the R.L.

Stine books, she knew she had the right person to pay homage to ’90s slasher flicks such as “Scream.”Janiak’s goal was that the “skull mask” killer in the first installment, “Fear Street: 1994,” should be “iconic.” Nelson, a horror veteran and Oscar winner for “Suicide Squad,” cites classic horror films like “Friday the 13th” and “Halloween,” noting the simplicity of the masks.“I wanted this to look familiar, as if it were something you bought from a Halloween store,” says the FX designer, who also created special makeup effects for the 2018.

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