Known for his exceptional make-up effects work in the Frank Henenlotter films Brain Damage and Basket Case 2, Gabe Bartalos has gone on to have one of the most distinguished careers in the pantheon of latex slingers. He has branched out to the role of director [Skinned Deep], producer [The Mercy Man], and he is the head honcho of his own effects house [Atlantic West Effects].
Being the reflective kind of guy I am, I wanted to chat it up with Gabe about a motion picture that is collecting dust in some studio vault just waiting to be rediscovered. Like a genie in a bottle, it lays idle waiting for someone to rub it the right way and let it loose so everyone can see the best genre picture involving a djinn [sorry, Wishmaster] ever made.
Gabe and I pulled up a chair at his shop for a geek-out about The Lamp, and I tell you it was the coolest...
Being the reflective kind of guy I am, I wanted to chat it up with Gabe about a motion picture that is collecting dust in some studio vault just waiting to be rediscovered. Like a genie in a bottle, it lays idle waiting for someone to rub it the right way and let it loose so everyone can see the best genre picture involving a djinn [sorry, Wishmaster] ever made.
Gabe and I pulled up a chair at his shop for a geek-out about The Lamp, and I tell you it was the coolest...
- 1/21/2011
- by Jason Bene
- Killer Films
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