Creepy Doll
Haunted doll style costume.
There's a new haunted doll movie that I've just seen the trailer for. Seems like creepy dolls have been a common horror film motif for decades. Poltergeist, The Conjuring, Dolls, Jigsaw, Dead Silence.
This costume is sort of a mixture of all of them in a fashion cliché.
I made this dress from scratch over a decade ago, and never got around to wearing it. I've also been meaning to do a puppet makeup costume every since seeing the Chicago movie (2002), but also never got around to it. [There's a scene in the movie where the press is depicted as literal marionette puppets being controlled by the lawyer].
Eventually, of course, I did get around to doing this costume. I was aiming more for the Dead Silence doll look, but since Annabelle is the latest movie, I used it for a reference pic. I'm wearing a black and white skull dress that I made myself, black accessories, and doll makeup.
There's a new haunted doll movie that I've just seen the trailer for. Seems like creepy dolls have been a common horror film motif for decades. Poltergeist, The Conjuring, Dolls, Jigsaw, Dead Silence.
This costume is sort of a mixture of all of them in a fashion cliché.
I made this dress from scratch over a decade ago, and never got around to wearing it. I've also been meaning to do a puppet makeup costume every since seeing the Chicago movie (2002), but also never got around to it. [There's a scene in the movie where the press is depicted as literal marionette puppets being controlled by the lawyer].
Eventually, of course, I did get around to doing this costume. I was aiming more for the Dead Silence doll look, but since Annabelle is the latest movie, I used it for a reference pic. I'm wearing a black and white skull dress that I made myself, black accessories, and doll makeup.
I think dolls have that eerie quality because of the Uncanny Valley effect. 'Uncanny valley' is the hypothesis that human replicas which appear almost, but not exactly, like real human beings elicit feelings of revulsion among some observers. Also haunted dolls have been a reoccurring urban legend throughout history, so everyone already suspects that they're secretly alive.
This wasn't a hard costume to do, the makeup just took a little time. I even did some details on my elbows and knees.
The makeup didn't come out as scary/creepy as I would have liked.
Pictures/Photos by BryanN, EricV, and others.
This wasn't a hard costume to do, the makeup just took a little time. I even did some details on my elbows and knees.
The makeup didn't come out as scary/creepy as I would have liked.
Pictures/Photos by BryanN, EricV, and others.
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