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Uncover the secrets behind Halloween Horror Nights 14 at Universal Studios Singapore as Straits Times video journalist See Kai Wen goes behind the scenes to see how the costumes, make-up and scare acting come together for this yearly Halloween event.

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00:08Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up as an undate Gen Z party boy.
00:20It's Halloween Horror Night season again, and I'm going behind the scenes to see how the costumes, makeup, and skarakting
00:26come together for this yearly event.
00:31You can feel it even, you can touch it.
00:35Oh, it's a rubbery.
00:36This year, we looked at Asian folklore and more Singapore local characters that we could focus on, and this is
00:44the Karanguni.
00:49I love you.
00:50Oh, he even has the towel.
00:52Of course.
00:52The good morning towel.
00:53Yes.
00:54He's got his jade necklace, he's got his pendants.
00:57The accessories and everything, where do you guys source all these from?
01:01Actually, the local market.
01:03Yeah.
01:03So he's really true to...
01:04To what we remember when we grow up of who the Karanguni is.
01:08Karanguni is.
01:08Fun fact about Karanguni is that he actually has 12 different prosthetics on his face.
01:13Oh, yeah.
01:13We actually make our prosthetics in-house.
01:15Even the wig that the Karanguni is wearing, we make it in-house as well.
01:18Yeah.
01:19This is...
01:20Sasu.
01:21Sasu.
01:22He's the bad guy.
01:23You can see from the snakes, all of the beading and the collars, there's a definite Egyptian feel.
01:29Then, obviously, you can see his fat suit and his very chunky thighs.
01:35This year, there are 340 costumes across the whole Halloween event.
01:40That includes houses and zones and shows.
01:43On top of that, it's about 108 wigs for the whole park itself.
01:49And now, for some Scare Actor training.
01:53So, Karanguni, I heard you're one of the show directors.
01:56Can you give me some tips on how to be a Scare Actor?
01:58First things first, we do warm-up, okay?
01:59Okay, okay.
01:59So we're going to do this thing called Tiger Face and Lemon Face.
02:03Okay.
02:03So for Tiger Face, I want you to make your biggest, scariest face.
02:06And then for Lemon Face, you have to make a very, very small, tiny face.
02:10Okay, okay.
02:11Don't think too much about it.
02:11Just do.
02:12Tiger Biggest, Lemon Smallest.
02:13Very good.
02:14Ready?
02:14I got this, I got this, yep.
02:15Tiger Face!
02:16Lemon Face!
02:17Tiger Face!
02:18Lemon Face!
02:19Lemon Face!
02:19Huh?
02:20And now, I would like you to vocalize a little bit more.
02:23A medium level of sound now.
02:24Ready?
02:24Yep.
02:25Go.
02:28I think I channeled Rhinoceros.
02:30I think it was more zoo than Halloween.
02:32If you're a zombie...
02:33Okay, okay, okay.
02:34So no food yet.
02:35No food yet.
02:37Zombie Kaiwen sees a prey.
02:39Clocks it!
02:42I will give you points for sound.
02:45I will not give you points for movement.
02:54Okay, it was good.
02:57I think maybe with a bit more training, you definitely have what it takes to be a scare actor.
03:00Thank you, thank you.
03:01Maybe if they make up.
03:03Okay.
03:04My first time is I'm putting on makeup.
03:06Eh!
03:07I thought foundation is beige colour.
03:09This is All In Horror Night.
03:11Okay.
03:12What are you talking about?
03:14Can you tell me how big is the team?
03:16To turn over almost about a few hundred performers, it takes at least about, this year is about 34 makeup
03:23artists.
03:23So some characters take about 15 minutes.
03:26Some would take at least an hour.
03:27Depends on how intricate the makeup is.
03:30So each makeup artist will have to go to how many actors a night?
03:33At an average about four to six characters.
03:39After this, when I take out my makeup right, will I grow pimple?
03:42No.
03:42Okay.
03:43All the performers here, they are actually given a cleansing kit.
03:47But we also advise them, when they reach home, they of course have to do their own cleansing.
03:53Oh, blue hair ah!
03:56Hey, Coral never tell me my backstory ah.
03:58You know, how did I die?
04:00You died at a wave.
04:01What was my personality like?
04:03My mother loved me, you know?
04:04That kind ah!
04:06And finally, it's time to put Coral's training and Dean's makeup to the test.
04:27Would you play him at an environment for you?
04:31A?
04:39We're catchingum.
04:43Aıee.
04:44Oooo.
04:45Aaaaighh.
04:46Aaaaighh.
04:49Aaaaighhекö.
04:51Aaaaighh.
04:52Uaaaigheheh.
04:53Aaaaaigh. Mmmh.
04:53Ouaaah,
04:54Ah! Ah! Ah!

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