‘From’: An Inside Look at the Creature Transformations in Epix’s New Sci-Fi Horror Series

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Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorEpix will unleash a new nightmare on Feb. 20 when its new sci-fi meets horror series, “From” debuts.The story revolves around a town in middle America that traps all those who enter.

The show’s cast features Catalina Sandino Moreno from “Maria Full of Grace,” Eion Bailey from “Band of Brothers,” Hannah Cheramy, Simon Webster and Ricky He from “The Good Doctor.” The residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out as they battle to survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down.Visual effects supervisor Roberto Biagi teases there are great monster reveals.

He says, “I am most excited to reveal the aftermath of the monsters’ dirty work. They appear quickly but the carnage they leave behind is gruesomely artful.” While developing the creature transformations was a challenge, his biggest challenge came in keeping the locations clean of any modern amenities.

He says, “It gave a vigorous life to our workload. It was imperative that the ‘From’ community be set off-grid, with a forest surrounding and encroaching the boundaries of the community.”In creating the forest, Biagi wanted to set the world in a naturalistic reality while creating enough mystery and mythology to set ‘From’ apart from the ‘real’ world. “We strived to create invisible effects that kept the importance on the story without bringing excessive attention to the work taken behind the scenes.