BROWBEAT — SLATESCULTURE BLOG 0cT.222013831AM A Brief History of Fake Blood By Forrest Wickman nn 4 Ai i 4 NS Left: Sissy Spacek in Carrie (1976), Right: Chlo Grace Moretz in Carrie (2013). Photo stills courtesy MGM and United Artists. llustration by isa Larson-Walker. Carrie, version New York Times Magazine Carrie What do you mean? We did onestreet of that name Advertisement Hays Code Psycho that was pretty revolutionary Chocolate syrup bleeds from Det. Arbogast (Martin Balsam) in Psycho Photo still courtesy Universal Pictures The Curse of Frankenstein splatter the silver screen in Technicolor Horror of Dracula cartoonishly bright splatter film Blood Feast realized how purple the fake blood at that time was because it had been prepared for black-and-white moviesreat AoNONTION {ox Oifice Spectoclars You'll Recoil and Shudder as You Witness vy (MORE GRISLY THAN EVER W BLOOD COLOR! Blood Feast, "more grisly than ever in blood color!" Promational poster for Blood Feast Pierrot Le Fou Not blood, red The Godfather The Exorcist Taxi Driver the recipe for fake movie blood +1 quart white corn syrup + tlevel teaspoon methyl paraben * Zounces Ehlers red food coloring +5 teaspoons Ehlers yellow food coloring + Zounces Kodak Photo-Flo (Poisonous)Sonny James Caan) bleeds some of Dick Smith's special recipe in The Godfather Photo still courtesy Paramount Pictures the new blood was even more disturbing Chocolate Blood Peanut Butter Blood Bruce Campbell's recipe Fleet Street BloodworksBruce Campbell walks around soaked in Karo syrup in Evil Dead II Photo still courtesy Lionsgate nine distinct varieties of fake blood Kill Bill, Vol. 4 samurai blood Gallons of "samurai blood" splatter the House of Blue Leaves in Kil BilPhoto still courtesy Miramax The Expendables 2 all the blood was CGI Zodiac Public Enemies show a bullet exiting John Dillinger’s cheek preferred CGI blood practical sticky | started to feel like a candy apple broke CGI blood was reportedly used for some scenes complained that it looks fake upwards of 300, 400 gallons ... just for the iconic blood drop Satis published by The te Group, a Graham Holings Company. Allcontents © 2014 The Slate Group LLC. llrightsreserved.