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what's the deal with the blood?

posted 17 years ago by rockinghippy
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Did they forget to make/buy any fake blood so just used some poster paints they had lying around?

[–] vspeller013 11 years ago

Paint blood back in the 70s is WAY friggin' better than this digitally made blood today, that's a promise!

[–] Goranjake 9 years ago

Digital blood? Sure. But Tarantino will always have the best blood (and the most of it).

[–] rdoyle29 9 years ago

The first really realistic looking fake blood was developed by Dick Smith, so you don't really see good looking blood except on the films he worked on ... "The Godfather", "The Exorcist", "Taxi Driver". It's really the early 80s where you see his recipe spreading to other make up artists. Savini used it for the first time on "Friday the 13th" (note how bad the blood looks in "Dawn of the Dead").

Here's Smith's recipe:

• 1 quart white corn syrup
• 1 level teaspoon methyl paraben
• 2 ounces Ehlers red food coloring
• 5 teaspoons Ehlers yellow food coloring
• 2 ounces Kodak Photo-Flo (Poisonous)

[–] antonasmodeus 9 years ago

You gotta give Peckinpah a break! At least his blood didn't look like Tabasco sauce as it did in "Taxi Driver". Now that was embarrassing.