Do-It-Yourself Horror Movie Monster Make-Ups With Simple Materials from 1965

Do-It-Yourself Monster Make-Up Handbook by Dick Smith (Warren Publishing, 1965)

In 1965, Forrest J. Ackerman hired legendary movie make-up artist Dick Smith to produce a Famous Monsters of Filmland Do-It-Yourself Monster Make-Up Handbook. Smith was the guy who did the award-winning make-up for movies like The Exorcist, Little Big Man, The Godfather, Taxi Driver and Ken Russell’s Altered States.

Smith’s special edition illustrated magazine presented a 100-page step-by-step guide on how to get the look for some of cinema’s best-known movie monsters. Using a range of everyday objects—from crepe paper and breadcrumbs to ping pong balls—Smith shared some of his best-kept secrets of the trade.

Martian #1.

Martian #2.

Werewolf #1.

Weird-oh.

Derelict.

Weird skin textures.

Ghoul #2.

The Mummy.

Martian #3.

New Frankenstein Monster.

Quasimodo.

Mr. Hyde.

Werewolf #2.

Split-Face.

(via Dangerous Minds)