El Maldito, the vampire-western. caution: blood and gore

Here's the story of the student film El Maldito in a nutshell while showing off my makeup: Joel, this 19th century western vampire, kills someone:

The sheriff takes him away on a train, which is attacked by these three other vampires:

They kill some people, thus:

These vampires don't have fangs, so when they bite someone, they rip and tear:

Struggle, struggle, Joel and the vampire's sister jump off the train.

Nicole points a gun at him in front of a campfire. They go back to the train for her brother.

Nicole gets slashed across the face, and the sheriff gets elbowed in the nose, but they kill most of the vampires, and take Joel home with them.

One week later, their maladies are healing, but look sore:

Nicole's scar was great fun. The director said very specifically that she didn't want a "hot girl" scar, like they usually have in movies.

Here, I'm touching up Nicole's scar, but I put this up so you can see how ill Joel looks. I realized too late that we didn't really have any pictures of him in sick makeup. Click on the picture to see it bigger, and his makeup better:

The vampire and the sheriff's sister. classic:

It was my very first student film project. We shot in February and March. Lots of fun: fun crew, fun cast, fun story. My regret: Nicole's wig. Learned a lot.
Director: Vanessa Barney
DP: Tenille Olsen