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BearManor Media News — masks

Joe Nazzaro Q&A on Behind the Mask

October 3, 2025 • masks • Nazzaro • q&a

Joe Nazzaro discusses his new book, Behind the Mask: The Secrets of Hollywood’s Leading Creature Suit Performers. How did this project come about? I’ve been fascinated by makeup/creature FX my entire life. I watched tons of bad horror movies on our local NY stations, and at some point, I began to realize there were actually ‘actors’ in those suits. I put the word in quotes, because some of those films just required a performer to crash through a wall or carry off the heroine in his arms, which didn’t take all that much acting ability; in fact, a lot of...