Greg Nicotero, one of the masters of Hollywood's goriest special effects makeup, is spilling his top tricks to get you ready for Halloween -- using stuff from your own home!
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00:00Greg, it's good to see you again mate.
00:04Hey man, how are you?
00:05I'm very good.
00:06I'm thinking of going as one of the undead for Halloween.
00:10Okay.
00:11As a zombie for Halloween, Walking Dead.
00:12Okay.
00:13What can I use around the house to give that effect?
00:16I don't want it to look amateurish, I want it to look like something you'd do.
00:19Well, sometimes if you can get some latex.
00:21Okay.
00:22Latex is the best thing to do and sometimes if you use tissue paper, stipple the latex
00:28on tissue paper on your skin and use a hair dryer and that'll make it look all scribbly.
00:34Okay, I like that.
00:35That's the trick.
00:36What about around the face, like if I want to look like I'm dead?
00:39I think it's just color really.
00:41Sometimes you can use a little bit of latex with like oatmeal or something.
00:44Oatmeal.
00:45To get a couple like, to get some decomposition.
00:48You know, it's good old stuff.
00:50I bet you have the best Halloween costumes around.
00:52Sometimes, but I'm working all the time.
00:54I literally just landed from Madrid like 10 minutes ago.
00:57Oh, wow.
00:58We're filming season 3 for Dale Vixen.
01:00Oh, fantastic, man.
01:02That's amazing.
01:03Any other good Halloween ideas about how to like make something quite easy for people at home?
01:08You know, the one thing you need to use, if you make fake blood, because a lot of people use red food coloring to make fake blood,
01:16put a little bit of either soap in it or if there's a bakery shop nearby, get powdered food coloring.
01:24Don't use the liquid because the liquid will stain everything you want.
01:27Okay, that's great advice.
01:29Thank you, Greg.
01:30Happy Halloween.
01:31I appreciate you, mate.