Christien Tinsley, the Oscar-winning makeup and prosthetics specialist who worked on the slasher movie, and special effects supervisor Jason Baker, who shared all the details about how they helped director Damien Leone’s graphic and bloody scenes come to life.They also addressed the horrific final shower scene, which Baker called “pretty, pretty nasty,” that left many moviegoers vomiting or exiting the theater at the UK premiere.
Tinsley revealed it was the last scene they shot — and the fake blood was running out.For those who haven’t seen the flick, Art the Clown bombards two nude lovers with a chainsaw as they shower, cutting each limb by limb — and it’s one of those scenes that will make you want to chuck your lunch.“One of the things [Leone] told me early on that he hadn’t fleshed out in the script … was ‘shower scene kill.’ And that’s about all he had in there.
I was like, ‘What happens?’ And he was like, ‘I’m still trying to figure it out … but this has to be the big kill,'” Tinsley told The Post, adding, “I know we had to level up.
We had to give something that the audience has never seen.”Regarding how much fake blood they used in the movie, Tinsley said, “If I had to take a wild guess, we probably went through a couple of drums easily on that film,” where each drum contains 55 gallons.
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