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When Play-Doh is Photoshopped Onto Faces, Nightmares Ensue

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Artist José Cardoso had a vision and decided to act on it. Inspired by David Cronenberg and Aphex Twin, the photographer/artist wanted to create something absolutely nightmarish from a childhood toy and was able to accomplish this by using Play-Doh, creating deformed shapes, and then photoshopping them onto the faces of people.

Cardoso explains:

This is a collection of headshots where I try to explore not only the boundaries between classic photography and basic sculpting but also digital and analog image making.

I’m using regular caucasian skin color play dough for the “faces” and then I photoshop it on the model’s head.

I would like to think this project as a low budget tribute to old school Special Effects wich [sic] can be seen, for instance, on Cronenberg’s movies like ‘Videodrome’ and Chris Cunningham’s music videos like “Rubber Johnny”.

The end result is reminiscent of what we’d see from The Elephant Man or Mask. These are misshapen and inhuman faces that look like a single touch could radically shift the appearance. Check out some photos below and also watch the clip from “The Muppet Show” that immediately came to mind.

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‘Dead Mail’ Exclusive Images: SXSW Horror Movie Begins With a Blood-Stained Postal Box Delivery

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One of the genre films we’re looking forward to checking out at SXSW this year is Dead Mail, written and directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy and premiering on March 9.

Meagan Navarro will be reviewing Dead Mail for Bloody Disgusting as part of her SXSW coverage, and she writes in her preview for the upcoming fest: “Dead Mail leans heavily into the ’80s analog aesthetic, delivering a unique crime thriller unafraid to get offbeat with its dark narrative. Expect its characters to be as atypical as Dead Mail‘s sense of style.”

In the SXSW 2024 horror film…

“On a desolate, Midwestern county road, a bound man crawls towards a remote postal box, managing to slide a blood-stained plea-for-help message into the slot before a panicking figure closes in behind him. The note makes its way to the county post office and onto the desk of Jasper, a seasoned and skilled “dead letter” investigator, responsible for investigating lost mail and returning it to its sender. As he investigates further, Jasper meets Trent, a strange yet unassuming man who has taken up residence at the men’s home where Jasper lives.

“When Trent unexpectedly shows up at Jasper’s office, it becomes clear he has a vested interest in the note, and will stop at nothing to retrieve it…”

Sterling Macer, Jr., John Fleck, Susan Priver, Micki Jackson, Tomas Boykin, and Nick Heyman star in Dead Mail. Preview the film with an exclusive image gallery below.

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