Building a Better Beast: Prosthetics & Special Effects Guru Barrie Gower on Evolving Vecna for “Stranger Things” Season 5

To bring Vecna back for “Stranger Things” Season 5, prosthetics designer Barrie Gower pushed practical effects to new extremes—blending silicone, 3D printing, and VFX to create a bigger, more terrifying monster while preserving Jamie Campbell Bower’s performance.

“The Bride!” Prosthetics Wizards Jason Collins and Scott Stoddard on Turning Christian Bale into Frankenstein

To transform Christian Bale into a newly imagined Frankenstein’s monster for "The Bride!", writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal turned to Emmy-winning special effects artists Jason Collins and Scott Stoddard, who explain how restraint, realism, and human trauma shaped one of the year’s most striking cinematic creatures.

42 Prosthetics, 10-Hour Nights: How Prosthetics Master Mike Hill Turned Jacob Elordi Into the Creature for Guillermo Del Toro’s “Frankenstein”

If ever a man were destined to design a new Frankenstein, it would surely be Mike Hill. The British-born prosthetics and makeup artist behind Guillermo del Toro’s new Frankenstein movie (in theaters now, streaming on Netflix starting November 7) remembers finding his calling at the age of five. “I’d walk to the river in the pouring rain with a little pail and a spade and I’d dig up the clay from deep in the riverbank, take it home,...

“The Substance” of Nightmares: Oscar-Nominated Makeup Effects Master Pierre Olivier Persin on His Terrifying Transformations

Since its release last fall, writer/director Coralie Fargeat’s body horror thriller The Substance has artfully shocked Academy Award voters to the tune of five Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. Outstanding Actress nominee Demi Moore portrays aging actress Elisabeth, who gets way more than she bargained for after injecting herself with a serum that makes her look younger in the form of lithe “Sue,” played by Margaret Qualley.

Filmed in France,...