When it came time for Ryan Coogler to select a makeup FX artist for his vampire movie Sinners, it seems like the choice was easy for the Black Panther filmmaker. The gnarly makeup effects in 2015’s Green Room made a lasting impression on Coogler, and it was Michael Fontaine who served as that film’s prosthetic sculptor and special makeup effects art director.
Coogler brought Fontaine onto the Sinners team in the same role, and a featurette included with the home video release shines a spotlight on Fontaine’s contributions to the film.
It’s an 11-minute featurette titled “The Wages of Sin: The Creature FX of Sinners,” wherein Creature Makeup FX Designer Fontaine reveals the secrets behind the supernatural horrors that terrorize the Juke, Ryan Coogler’s fresh take on vampires, and the various gore and blood effects used throughout the film. Watch a clip from the featurette below!
“I first became aware of Michael Fontaine when I watched a movie called Green Room,” Coogler explains. “I hadn’t been that viscerally moved by makeup since I saw The Thing. It left a mark on me. So Green Room was one of the inspirations for our movie.”
Sinners will be available on Digital at home beginning tomorrow, June 3. The Digital release from WB will be followed by SteelBook, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD editions on July 8.
Written and directed by Ryan Coogler (Black Panther, Creed), the critically acclaimed vampire film is among the highest grossing horror movies of all time with a global box office of more than $350 million. Michael B. Jordan stars in a dual role as twin brothers Smoke and Stack.
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, they return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Hailee Steinfeld (Bumblebee), Jack O’Connell (Eden Lake), Wunmi Mosaku (“Loki”), Jayme Lawson (The Batman), Omar Benson Miller (“CSI: Miami”), and Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods) round out the incredible ensemble cast of Ryan Coogler’s Sinners.
