Guillermo del Toro's romantic fantasy required a creature who would make the movie's heroine swoon, so bringing him to life called for a specially designed suit, human-like makeup effects and computer ...

In more than three decades of work, Doug Jones has carved out a niche in the acting world by playing strange and otherworldly creatures. He was a demonic superhero in Hellboy and a monster with an ...

MAKEUP effects pro Mike Elizalde admits he had never heard of “Hellboy” when director Guillermo del Toro originally approached him about working on his 2004 movie based on the character. “I was not a ...

Rick Baker, the seven-time Academy Award-winning special makeup effects artist (they practically created the category just for him) can develop nearly any creature—human or not. His credits include ...

The first season of Netflix’s supernatural sensation “Stranger Things” has revealed the show’s monster to be one of its most intriguing and memorable characters. Created by brothers Matt and Ross ...

A correction was made to this article on Sept. 23, 2003. Amalgamated Dynamics has been recruited to design and create the creature effects for “Alien vs. Predator,” Fox’s upcoming matchup between two ...