The fifth installment of The Last of Us has surprised horror fans with the most disturbing monster in the series yet, eclipsing even the horrifying clickers. The creature is credited to makeup designer Barrie Gower, who has been designing the worst nightmares in Game of Thrones, Stranger Things or Resident Evil for 25 years. Beware of spoilers for The Last of Us Episode 5!
The Last of Us, Game of Thrones, Stranger Things: Barrie Gower is the Monster King
With the so-called Bloater from The Last of Us Episode 5, Gower one of the scariest movie monsters in recent years
designed. The Prosthetics Designer revealed on Instagram the work on the creature whose Body completely overgrown by fungus shows an unbelievable attention to detail.
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Here’s Gower at work on Stranger Things villain Vecna:
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The Bloater and Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) are just two highlights in a long line of nightmarish mythical creatures, that Gower has brought to the big screen or home theater. The makeup artist has won three Emmys for his work on Game of Thrones alone. His works include various well-known monsters and many figures that are particularly elaborately equipped with facial prostheses. Here is a list of his best bets:
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Especially in the horror genre the mood of the movies benefits immensely from the creature design. Gower rarely appears in the public eye as a makeup artist. Nevertheless, he and his team are directly responsible for the harmonious atmosphere in many scenes from The Last of Us, Stranger Things, Game of Thrones and countless other series and films.
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