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Originally posted by Elliot_Voorhees
Yeah, I'd like to hear from other independent horror movie directors and actors. Seeing as I'm a young'n I've been doing acting classes for 3 years now, and me and 4 friends have made a 'production team' where we make movies together. We will get other people to do small cameo roles but we work on it mainly. I need some good tips on how to make good blood and guts, and B grade but cool home made special effects. Thanks, Ell voorhees.
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That's great that you guys are so actively pursuing things:) As far as tips on cheap gore FX... well I'm guessing you probably already know the formula for blood... but if you don't, here it is:
Karo Syrup
Red Food Coloring
That's pretty much the basic formula just mix accordingly to get the right shade of color.
You can also add a hint of darker food coloring (i.e. blue or green) to give the mixture a darker more oilier quality. Or you can add a little milk or cream for a more pussy effect.
As far as guts and entrails, there are lots of ways to achieve this it all depends on your budget and preference. There's the obvious choice of any and every form of meat product, depending upon what you're trying to achieve. Just be careful of food poisoning & be aware of the maggots;) I won't be liable if you end up bent over you toilet puking you guts out;) You can use the long thin balloons for making balloon animals for intestines. Blood soaked paper towels, torn, shredded and glued to the face or body with spirit gun can achieve some fairly nice results.
If you've got a little money, buy an effects makeup book from one of the masters like Dick Smith and start experimenting. Liquid latex is actually pretty inexpensive so that can be very useful, but it's a bit hard to work with unless you really know what you're doing - that's why I suggest buying a book or two, and/or just experimenting a bit.
Hope all that's been of some help! Good luck with you endeavors:) Look forward to hearing how things go!