Effects artist Damon Bishop has recently been sharing some pretty awesome behind the scenes photos from the set of Jason X, including several shots of the film’s Jason without his mask. Only briefly was he unmasked in the film, so those photos were a real treat.
Brought to our attention by Friday the 13th: The Franchise, Bishop just shared another previously unseen shot this week, showing Kane Hodder on set… without the mask on!
He explains the makeup work visible in the shot…
“If you look at the hair placement [the cap is] along the back edge hiding it from view. Same with the ear area. The front of the cap was obviously covered by the hockey mask. Kane mentioned that many of the other makeups were very hot and uncomfortable. This made it much easier for him while shooting. He also has some severe burn scars on his neck which we painted to match the cap. He could move more freely and there was no weird buckling from a prosthetic. Cleanup and removal was super fast too. We reused the cap.
Kane said it was the most comfortable version he’d worn. There was a full face and head piece made that we never used as there was only one brief shot of him without the hock, which was a full fake body. I posted pics of that head further down my page.”
Pretty cool to see this for the first time, all these years later!
