Stan Winston directed Pumpkinhead and it's a dude in a suit. Some of my favorite BTS pictures of a movie are the dude in costume just goofing off. Though there's some behind the scenes test shots they did that make it look like a cryptid on some found photos that are legit scary looking.
Sometimes they're suits, sometimes they're suits with prosthetics too that take multiple hours to get on the actors, at which point, you're looking at Oscar nominations.
I love the ones where they're still in full makeup and everything, but they're sitting like they've suddenly started having the existential crisis to end all existential crises.
For those wondering, the man in the Big Chap suit who isn’t Bolaji Badejo is Eddie Powell. He was a stuntman who performed in the suit for Brett and Dallas’ attack scenes, in both cases Bolaji wasn’t used as (a) the wirework required a trained stuntman and (b) Badejo couldn’t fit in the air duct set with the costume on. He was uncredited in the final film.
Thanks for the info, didn’t know that! I’m surprised Bolaji couldn’t fit in the air ducts considering how skinny he was. But yeah makes sense they would need a stuntman, from my understanding Bolaji was a graphic design student who was selected for his physique primarily.
I was about to do the same write up. I learned that one in middle school from either Giger’s giant picture book or maybe the Laserdisc. Guess how old I am!
Despite all the amazing sculptors, designers and technicians that have worked on the subsequent Xenomorphs over the decades, Giger’s stripped down original is the only version for me, none of the others have his ortherworldly vision.
I was in a little $10,000 film where I played basically a yautja ripoff and I can confirm, it does suck really bad trying to take breaks in those suits.
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u/HurlinVermin Sep 18 '24
Some of these remind me of 'sad Keanu'. They just need a sandwich to complete the effect.