Even more iconic than the actual stories found inside of Alvin Schwartz’s three Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books are the illustrations, which came courtesy of Stephen Gammell. The terrifying artwork is largely what made the books so scary, and one of the most iconic images was found on the cover of the very first book released as part of the trilogy.
That original cover artwork depicted a massive skeleton clown head growing out of the ground, and it no doubt inspired countless nightmares. With a feature film adaptation of the books (finally!) on the way, makeup artist Marcel Banks (Fastfood for Mutants! over on Instagram) just recreated that terrifying image, using makeup to turn a model into “Skeleton Clown”!
Be sure to scroll through the embeds below to see more photos of this killer makeup.
And thanks to @ScaryStoriesDoc for bringing this to our attention!
