One, two, Freddy's coming for you...
Hey guys, welcome to 'Dead Ringer.'
Freddy Krueger has been haunting our nightmares for 33 years now, but for the most part we only seen him in our dreams.
Unless some idiot teenagers decide to bring him into the real world.
Well, consider us idiots because today we have special effects artist Chelsea Nowak
turning our friend Sally into the Springwood Slasher.
Hello!
Chelsea is a New York city-based special effects makeup artist.
She frequently works in the art department on independent films,
and she's also a lab technician at Gotham FX in New Jersey.
So dim the lights, put on a pot of coffee, and try not to fall asleep because
Freddy's coming for you.
So exactly what is it gonna take to turn Sally into Freddy Krueger?
So first I'm gonna brush your hair back. I'm gonna put bald cap on you. I'm gonna put some bald
cap pieces over your eyebrows, to get rid of those babies. And then I'm gonna take
my custom-made gelatin prosthetics and glue them to your face with medical-grade adhesive.
So your skin will be fine. Then I'm gonna take some freeform
gelatin, melt that down, and kind of blend in all the edges.
Put some on your nose. Put some on your ears.
Is there fresh Fireball in the studio?
No, not for you.
Okay well all that just sounds like it's gonna be a lot and it's gonna be amazing.
Sally's gonna have a very eventful day, so I will be right back when this is all mostly done.
Great
No pain, no gain.
I'm gonna give her a low ponytail so that...
Brush the mane out.
I'm gonna spray a little water on your hair.
Spray whatever you need. Ooh it's cold water!
Goodbye, beautiful hair!
Do I look like a condom?
Now I am drawing a line on the bald cap to kind of denote where I'm going to cut it out.
You're gonna use scissors on me when this is on my head?
Yes I am.
Oh my god I'm gonna look like Picasso if you cut my ear off.
Actually, it's Van Gogh, but either way is fine.
This is the medical-grade adhesive that's used on babies at the hospital.
If only we were here to make Sally's skin baby soft...
Unfortunately we're here to do just the opposite, so let's lose the condom look and blend some edges.
Right now I'm melting off the edges of the bald cap.
With the bald cap finally in place we can move on to the exciting part: prosthetics.
These were made at home by Chelsea before she arrived
and she's going to piece them all together on Sal's face,
which requires a lots of glue.
This is just glue going on my beautiful forehead.
Glue going on your beautiful forehead.
How's it feel, Sal?
Soothing.
Just putting it out there that I am theater trained.
Great, we'll need those acting chops later for Freddy's performance.
We're trying to help her get in character in the best way possible by making her look as horrible as possible.
But she's coming along nicely and being a total champ so I think she's earned a dance break.
If you're lost, you can look, and you will find me, time after time.
That's almost scarier than her face.
Anyways, moving on.
All that shiny stuff that Chelsea is putting on her face? More latex.
But this is the best part because we're gifting our model a new nose,
because turning her into a bald burn victim wasn't enough.
But guess what? It's powder break time.
It's powder yeah, just to make it so it's not so sticky.
Yeah, dust your face off. Been a rough day, baby, just brush it off.
So we're into the details now, really making those burns stand out,
which is really just going to take styling into the next level of turning into our nightmare.
So how are you holding up, Sally? Any advice for the kids at home?
Look, if I can give you any lesson, it's don't pass out in a bar,
because this is what will happen to you.
But, the bright side is, at least we'll have some cool Instagrams from this later.
So just sit back and let the airbrush work it's magic.
Freddy's got nasty ass teeth.
And the dental nightmare are the finishing touches, because we are ready for prime time.
Welcome to prime time, bitch!
Hello, bitch!
Raaa!
Oh my God! Are you kidding me?
Welcome to my house, bitch! Wanna suck my scissor?
Wanna play? Ha ha!