Carson Grant was the face for the Dead Serious poster, and he sat for four hours while special effects makeup artist, Anthony Pepe created plaster casts of facial, head, neck, and teeth forms of Carson to mold the Master Vampire's- Reverend Bob Rivington transformation prosthetic. Anthony cast another four hours with Tom Cahill for Dr. Bruno Gant's transformation. 'Dead Serious' won 'Best Horror Comedy Feature Film' at "The New York Horror Film Festival, 2005."