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Photos: Behind the Scenes at Screams Halloween Park

Jourdan Aldredge
Phineas P. Hogbatham, aka Pig Man, is played by Fred Ledlen, seen here relaxing before a six-hour night of roaming through Screams® and interacting with patrons.
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Eli Aalderink as Chicken Eyes is one of the most recognizable characters at Screams®, terrifying patrons and stopping to take pictures each night.
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Vlad the Vampire’s (Richard Patterson) look begins with custom prosthetics created from scratch each night.
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Many costumes and make-up concepts are geared to a specific haunted house at Screams®. This one, worn by Amanda Washington, can be found in the Hotel of Horror.
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Wrath, played by Joel Howard, has the horrifying look of wounds and maggots, created with prosthetics, makeup and airbrushing
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Christina Gagnon becoming a resident of the Hotel of Horror.
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Nurse Loretta, played by Irene Blackburn, puts on the finishing touches of a look created with makeup and custom prosthetics.
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Getting in shape for a night of Screams® fun starts with getting the stilts ready for oversized, creepy fun. Aaron Jenschke, as Straw, on stilts. Other performers: Cody O’Neill, resident of the Hotel of Horror; Charles Savage, Ghoul in the Ghoulish Graveyard; Chris Springer, Pirate in the 3D Pirates of Peril Point.
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Creating the perfect look sometimes takes multiple layers and a variety of textures, demonstrated by Lainie Copeland and Celeste Youngblood.
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Rexana McClease, Screams® Entertainment Director and Chicken Eyes, played by Eli Aalderink, prep for Screams® opening ceremony.
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Even the simple looks can become scary! A little airbrush, a little make-up and a lot of scary personality from Billy Scott as Renhyde.
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Screams® makeup and prep area, where there are often up to six makeup and airbrush stations in use. Pictured: Rachel Villanueva, Sarah Aalderink and Eli Aalderink.
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Sarah Aalderink pulls double duty as a Screams® makeup artist (applying an airbrush treatment here) and later becomes a Screams® Roamer as she transforms into Doctor Madge Montgomery.” Also pictured is Rachel Villanueva.
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Makeup artist Christy Lewis starts this look with airbrushing, then adds more custom makeup to Benjamin Garcia, a performer in the Ghoulish Graveyard.
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Costumes are an integral part of the experience, Illustrated here in addition to makeup and airbrushing to create a look for Barbara Webb's character Magda.
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Hattie the Mad Hatter (Candace Malone) starts her Screams® look with stage makeup.
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Some characters are created with minimal base makeup under a thematic mask, as is Dustin Dunlevy, seen here becoming a resident of the Hotel of Horror.
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Reyna Bishop, Screams® makeup artist, starts a look for Robert Rossa, resident of the Hotel of Horror, letting the prosthetic makeup dry before the next round of makeup and airbrush effects.
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Nurse Loretta, played by Irene Blackburn, and Wrath, played by Joel Howard, show their final looks as Screams® Roamers who entertain and frighten park patrons each night.
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Richard Patterson getting airbrushed effects over his facial prosthetics, the final touches to his transformation into Vlad the Vampire.
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Photos: Behind the Scenes at Screams Halloween Park
A lot of work goes into looking undead, just ask the performers at Scream Halloween Park in Waxahachie. Check it out for yourself, it runs through October 31, 2015. Photos by Jourdan Aldredge.
A lot of work goes into looking undead, just ask the performers at Scream Halloween Park in Waxahachie. Check it out for yourself, it runs through October 31, 2015. Photos by Jourdan Aldredge.
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