From “American Werewolf in London,” “Nightmare on Elm Street” to the new AMC series, “Interview with the Vampire,” makeup artist Howard Berger has over 800 credi…
has over 800 credits and is the mastermind behind some of the most astounding transformations on film and TV.
“[‘Walking Dead’] has about 12 to a couple of hundred different looks and we divide them into different groups. There’s the ‘A group’ in hero makeup, the ‘B group’ is mid-ground makeup and the ‘C group’ is background and [they’re] all about making masks. “We have many different types of blood. There’s human blood, vampire blood and zombie blood. There’s even ‘Tarantino blood’ which is a color that Quentin likes for specific things. When we were on ‘Kill Bill,’ he said, ‘I need the Japanese sword blood.’ I went upstairs and mixed some things up and brought it down to him, and he said, ‘I knew you had it.’
“Kevin designed and created that makeup, I just took it over and made sure it always looked good for Kevin, and Robert.”“We shot that in New Orleans, and we had to figure out what was going to be different about our vampires. I didn’t want them to be veiny and ghastly. These guys have to assimilate into real life and they needed to go and seduce their prey.