How One FANGORIA Writer Got The Ultimate THE NUN Halloween Makeover
Stalking the streets of New York with HBO.
FANGORIA has summoned me to the makeup chair for the fourth time. Here we go again.
For Halloween, HBO invited fans to “face their demons” in person with a live makeup demonstration. I stepped into a downtown window display along with TikTok comedian Benton McClintock to slowly transform from two New Yorkers into two of HBO Max's biggest threats to your sleep schedule: The Nun and Pennywise. Wardrobe, prosthetics, full makeup —the works —before we were unleashed onto the streets of New York on Halloween night.
The makeover was helmed by makeup pros who understand the look of these demons better than anyone: prosthetics designer Sean Sansom, three-time Emmy nominee Shane Zander, and wig designer Debra Jean Johnson, all of whom have contributed to creating Bill Skarsgård's iteration of the beloved dancing clown. The application was a relaxed, chatty experience to celebrate horror's holiday. Benton's 360-degree Pennywise transformation took just over three hours, including the oversized foam head prosthetic, hairdo, and airbrush detail. Sean Sansom laughed as he told me after 73 or 74 full applications (he's definitely not counting, right?), his team could easily knock that time down another 30 minutes if needed.
