![]() ![]() Both the burgeoning mass-suburbanisation and the bland conformism of the times are used in Matheson’s fiction as sites for the creation of disquiet and as horrific settings in themselves. Paint by Mike Larrabee.What makes the speculative fiction of Richard Matheson important and worthy of critical attention? Dust jacket quotes from luminaries like Ray Bradbury: "Richard Matheson is worth our time, attention, and great affection" (Button, Button: Uncanny Stories) and Stephen King: “When people talk about the genre, I guess they mention my name first, but without Richard Matheson, I wouldn’t be around” (Duel: Terror Stories), can easily be consigned to the bin of publishing hype, in which many a prominent author can be found recommending another but supposing there is substance in their claims, how should one assess Matheson’s merit? As a writer whose career began in the 1950s, Matheson is at once shaped by and helped to shape the times in which he wrote. Contributing sculptors were Schell Sculpture Studio and Jeff Boccaccio. We did get an interview on that version but there was next to no interest in makeup FX. It all got shelved until the Francis Lawrence/ Will Smith version years later. The budget was coming in 10 mil higher than desired. ![]() "Shortly after we shot the test at ADI Warner's decided not to make the movie. The makeup artist went on to explain why the movie never happened. These pictures are a special look at what could have been and horror fans will more than likely be pretty pumped on the images that Gillis shared. The appliance pieces were sculpted by Steve Koch and applied by Tom Woodruff Jr., myself, and Barry Koper."Īccording to Alec Gillis, a lot of hard work was put into the development of Ridley Scott's I Am Legend, only for it to go unused and until now, unseen. We did a test on a single female subject to show her in a few stages of emaciation. Ridley was influenced by wax figures from the 17th century. I think we did our design exploratory in about 1997. "Ridley Scott's version of I Am Legend was to have starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and featured hemocytes realized as makeup characters. ![]()
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