After all of the winding walkways
and many rooms had been completed - Captain Easey had
to make the monsters who lurk within. Using chicken
wire, paper towels, and masking tape, he set forth to
create the two-story Frankenstein who stands guard in
front of the Castle. " I built the entire structure
from the second floor up, actually making him stand
three stories high. The Guiness Book of World Records
people are supposed to come down this summer to verify
him as the tallest Frankenstein in the world."
- After Denis makes the chicken wire mold, the paper
towels are draped with fiberglass strips which are coated
with resin. He then uses a primer paint which melts
the plastic and seeps into the fiberglass surface. When
the colors are applied they are there to stay. Using
his chicken wire method, Denis has created a Castle
full of one-eyed ghouls, demonic angels, a depraved
butcher displaying mangled human parts, a mad scientist
with his female patient, and an amazing array of other
nightmarish monsters. - When not lurking through the
caverns of his castle, Denis supervises his ride and
does all of the make-up for his hired humans. - Yes,
real live creatures walk through the darkness and take
every opportunity to scare the pants off of you. - In
the winter months Denis lives in New York City and teaches
special effects make-up to men and women for TV, movies,
and magazine photos. He worked with Dick Smith on all
of the special effects for the movie "Scanners"
which was released this year.
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