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Tom Savini and His Team Helped Turn WWE’s Alexa Bliss into a Horror Movie Nightmare at WrestleMania
Who’s controlling who?
For the past couple years, Tom Savini and his team of makeup artists have been helping to turn Bray Wyatt into “The Fiend,” a sinister alter ego of the WWE superstar who wears a creepy mask and delights in supernaturally intimidating his opponents. For night two of WrestleMania last night, Savini and his team once again lent their unique talents to the show.
Night two of WrestleMania kicked off last night with The Fiend being summoned out of a giant jack-in-the-box by Alexa Bliss, who has been under the character’s spell for the past several months. Or is it the other way around? To everyone’s surprise, the match ended with Bliss seeming to distract The Fiend long enough for Orton to beat him, and what a sight it was.
Perched atop the aforementioned jack-in-the-box, Bliss was sporting a completely new look for the final moments of the WrestleMania match, with black goo oozing from a crown of thorns atop her head. The insanely cool visual, it should probably come as no surprise, was brought to the table by Savini’s team, with Savini himself supervising the makeup and effects!
Tom Savini’s partner Jason Baker explains that he and the team created the new Fiend mask as well as the Alexa Bliss headpiece and on-set special FX, which you can check out below. It’s not often that you get to see horror movie-style makeup effects in the world of professional wrestling, and it’s always a treat when those two worlds bleed into one another.
So what’s the story here? Has Alexa Bliss been the one pulling the strings all along? Is she under the spell of Sister Abigail? We’ll have to wait until Raw tonight to learn more…
New @WWEBrayWyatt mask & @AlexaBliss_WWE headpiece & on set sfx @callosumstudios. Mask sculpt @brianmcguiresculpture Mold @rnzofx74 & @jasonadams4spfx. Fabrication @kendraxleighh. Paint @bakingjason. Headpiece @sandymimpson. On set sfx @bakingjason. supervisor @thetomsavini pic.twitter.com/TMzm8NcyK4
— Jason Baker (@bakingjason) April 12, 2021
The Ghostbusters franchise returns to the world of animation with brand new Netflix series “Ghostbusters: Night Shift,” and the official logo has been revealed this weekend.
Expect “Ghostbusters: Night Shift” to clock in on Netflix in 2027!
Netflix previews, “Ghostbusters: Night Shift, a series from Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation based on the beloved Ghostbusters franchise, will debut exclusively on Netflix in 2027.
“The new series marks the next chapter in the franchise’s ghoul-catching legacy, bringing supernatural comedy and paranormal action back to animation.”
The upcoming animated series from Netflix will be executive produced by Ben Hibon, Elliott Kalan, Jason Reitman, Gil Kenan, Amie Karp, and Dan Aykroyd.
Reitman, son of Ivan Reitman, director of the original Ghostbusters features, and Kenan co-wrote the franchise’s most recent installments, Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Frozen Empire.
“This isn’t the first time the Ghostbusters universe has gone animated,” Netflix reminds in their press release today. “The 1980s and ’90s saw The Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghostbusters take over the small screen. For now, you can rest assured: If there’s something strange in your neighborhood, a Ghostbuster will be on the job — even if it’s after hours.”
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