Blood Making
Making blood is fun and simple. It can be used with almost any character. I find it fun to use on my character “Dr. Blood E. Flesh”. It’s seems like the more blood you use, the more effective it can be with the people you are trying to impress, the customer.

Creating Wounds
A step by step guide to crating wounds.

Latex 101
Latex can be used to create many special effects or to enhance other makeup applications. It can be used as an adhesive or stand alone. It is wide ranging but first you must know the basics.

A Girl’s Guide To Scaring, by Ivy
Being a chick isn’t easy at times.  The makeup, the hair, “Do I look too dead in this dress?”  We’ve all been through it.  But one of the single most difficult things we come across in this world is how to effectively scare.

Character Development & Acting
Generating Ideas, Research, Background, Costuming, Makeup, Props 

Character Development
Why so important?? Basically it is fundamental in creating a character of any type. Anyone can put on a mask and say “BOO”, but all you have is someone in a mask saying boo.

Home Haunting
First I started out by digging a grave by the side of my house. This is a lot of work but with the right lighting you don’t actually have to go down 6 feet. If you don’t own your house you defiantly want to get permission from your landlord before attempting to do this. Make sure to take the grass out in 2 x 2 sections and keep it off to the side along with the top soil.

Monster Mud
When I was a Kid, I loved to play in the Mud but now I’m all grown up and hey…I still love to play in the Mud, Monster Mud that is. If you’ve never used it before that’s fine. I once was a Jedi too, but now’s your chance to learn and it’s simple. All you need is 5 gallons of Joint compound and 1 gallon of black latex paint. You’ll also need an empty 5 gallon bucket. Take half the contents of Joint compound and pour it into the empty bucket. Now you should have two buckets that are half full with Joint compound.