Spooky Season has arrived and one of the best ways for scare enthusiasts to get the most out of it is to spend some time getting chased by monsters and zombies and horrors of all kinds (without ever being in real danger.) And of course the best place to do that is at a haunted house. Northern Nevada's premiere haunted house, Dark Corner, is moving this year from the National Bowling Stadium into the decommissioned state penitentiary in Carson City and becoming Dark Prison.
On this episode of Renoites, we're joined by Matthew Hawkins, makeup director for the company and creator of characters and props appearing in the 30,000+ square foot haunted houses (there are 3 separate areas within the prison). We talked about what goes into creating new characters for the haunt, the importance of storytelling and building on previous years, the difference between working in beauty makeup and effects makeup, doing makeup for a cast of dozens, the huge impact of horror movie culture, why it feels good to get scared, and much more!
You can buy tickets to Dark Prison at http://www.darkprison.com and find them on Instagram at http://www.instagram.com/darkprisonhaunt
You can follow Matthew at http://www.instagram.com/matthew_hawkins_artistry
And of course follow Renoites at http://www.instagram.com/renoites and learn more about the show at http://linktr.ee/renoites
Send feedback and guest suggestions to Conor at conor@renoites.com
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