Sometimes even monsters just want to be understood and appreciated.
Though they often get a rap, this annual Southern California horror convention puts the spotlight on these frightful creatures and focuses on what it takes to create the scariest monsters on film and television.
“Monsterpalooza is really a celebration of the art of monster-making and the movie magic behind the scenes of creating creatures and characters and the stuff people see on screen,” said Eliot Brodsky, creator and director of Monsterpalooza, which returns on June 2-4 to the Pasadena Convention Center.
The weekend will include panel discussions, celebrity guests, more than 400 vendors selling horror related goods and a museum showcasing movie props and monsters.
But for those who really want an education on where the monsters come from, the highlight of the weekend will be watching the various live demonstrations taking place throughout the convention center that will include makeup artists and special effects experts creating all sorts of creatures on-site.
“At the show there’s a lot of makeup artists, concept artists, sculptors, painters, a lot of film work that maybe you won’t see at other events,” Brodsky said.
“We got the best makeup artists that come to the show and you can see from start to finish. At the beginning of the day, they’ll start on their models to create a character and when you’re at the show you can spend the whole day there and see them in progress and the transformation happening in real time,” he added.
People will also be able to meet celebrated makeup artists like Oscar Award winner Justin Raleigh, who has worked on shows like “Salem’s Lot” and “Swamp Thing,” and Mike Elizalde, whose company Spectral Motion has worked on films like “Hellboy,” “Scary Stories to Tell in Dark” and the hit series “Stranger Things.”
Like other horror conventions, Monsterpalooza is also packed with celebrities who have appeared in…
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