The History of How Fake Blood Is Used in Films

In the latest Filmmaker IQ lesson John P. Hess takes a look at the history of how fake blood has been used in films, including how to make various types of fake blood from different cinematic time periods.

There are a lot of ways to make the screen bleed – in this course we dissect the history of fake blood from its origins in the Theater to modern recipes for making characters bleed on screen.

Scott Beale
Scott Beale

Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Threads and sharing photos on Instagram.