Gallery

CHUDFacts Gallery

These are pictures from my private collection taken during the production of C.H.U.D. They include locations and our sets at C.H.U.D. Studios at Broadway and Grand Street where the sets were built on the fourth floor.

To the left is the signature manhole cover and skyline that was used by Media Home Entertainment. It is based on a design by John and Anthony Gentile that we used for an ad in Variety and the Hollywood Reporter to discourage others from making a similar film based on the public domain material.

Behind the Scenes

Camera crew with C.H.U.D. lighting model.

Vault under the Brooklyn Bridge showing frescoes on wall from champagne company that used the space as storage before the city sealed it off.

Tunnel set at C.H.U.D. studios. The walls were made of Styrofoam etched with acetone. The floor was horse hair carpet padding over plastic sheeting.

FX Makeup

John Caglione and Doug Drexler apply a bald cap to Cary Eidel (one of the C.H.U.D.s) in preparation for making a head and shoulder cast. John and Doug later won an Academy Award for Dick Tracy.

Cary Eidel's head cover with dental alginate. This is a rubbery substance when dry. It is then covered with plaster in a way that can be removed easily in two parts.

Cutting the alginate after removal of the plaster. John Caglione did this to Woody Allen for Zelig. He said Woody was in a panic throughout the experience.

Unpainted foam latex C.H.U.D. heads.

Plaster casts of a few actors who portrayal the C.H.U.D.s

A rejected clay model of a C.H.U.D.

Ed French building the Westie that we see hanging in the basement. It was patterned after my Westie, Bob.

Unpainted head of the NRC man who gets decapitated.

NRC man from previous picture after painting and wig was added.

Original C.H.U.D. Designs

Several designers created amazing concepts for the C.H.U.D.s. We were limited by time to execute only a simple rubber appliance. Here are some designs from John and Anthony Gentile.