But it was vital that SPFX makeup designer Chris Nelson (Oscar winner for “Suicide Squad”) got the demonic look right, given the importance and influence of Dick Smith’s iconic work in the OG. “Chris ...

The Exorcist: Believer doesn’t have much going on in terms of demons, but there is one blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment with a giant demon that almost played a larger role in the movie. The demon is ...

San Antonio-based special effects artist Sergio Guerra knows a thing or two about turning people into monsters. In 2011, he was a contestant on the first season of the SyFy reality show Face Off, ...

There are exorcism movies and Exorcist movies, and the two have never really been the same thing. While movies about possession were around long before William Peter Blatty and William Friedkin’s 1973 ...

Makeup artist Rick Baker announced Smith’s death via Twitter. “The master is gone,” he wrote. “My friend and mentor Dick Smith is no longer with us. The world will not be the same.” Smith grew up in ...

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