It’s never a bad day to watch a Nazi get his face melted off.
Long before Quentin Tarantino slaughtered a whole bunch of Nazis in Inglourious Basterds, Steven Spielberg did it first in Raiders of the Lost Ark. The first installment in the Indiana Jones franchise was released in 1981, and though it may be classified as a family adventure film, you sure wouldn’t guess that if you only watched one scene in particular.
Towards the end of the film, the Nazis open up the titular Ark and, well, I’m pretty sure you know what happens. Three Nazis suffer fittingly cruel fates: Dietrich’s head shrivels up like a raisin, Toht’s face melts to shit and Belloq’s head explodes like he’s in Scanners. It’s Toht that has the nastiest death scene in the film, as his face completely melts right down to his skull.
For Halloween this year, artist Steven Richter recreated the infamous Raiders scene in a very unique way. Using melted down red crayons and clay, Richter hand-sculpted a replica of Toht’s head over top of a fake skull, and he then blasted the sculpture with a hair dryer, melting the clay and crayons away in gruesome fashion and exposing the skull underneath.
Watch the time-lapse video below!