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Mike McCarty

Mike McCarty -- writer, special FX makeup artist

About Me


Click below for Mike McCarty's official web site:
I'm a special FX make-up artist who has been in the business for 17 years and have worked for KNB fx group since 1995. I am just a small part in the great machine that is KNB. We have a lot of talented artists there. I'm lucky to have been there long enough that I am one of their show supervisors now. Read my blogs for set reports and location shenanigans (I am Irish after all).
Besides having a cool say job, I'm a writer as well. I sold a treatment to Miramax a few years ago and I just finished my first novel titled Wereworld. I also, like most writers, have a bunch of horror shorts that I am currently shopping around to various publications and a few non-fiction pieces coming out in 2009. Stay tuned for news on that stuff. To top it all off I'm also the lead singer in L.A.'s Twister Naked (see below).
If your into the PS3 you can find find me online with mine. My PSN ID is Madmax13 feel free to friend me.
I AM 57% PUNK ROCK!The intelligent punk. Tuff and Smart. I may be able to maintain a train of thought long enough... What the fuck was I talking about?Take the PUNK ROCK test at Fuali.com
Come on now! Just cause I have a car, a steady job, and I never pissed on a bar floor, I failed the punk test? I call bullshit on that... Well at least I'm like Hank.
Trailer for the Mist

My Interests

Writing, World War I Avaition, Fast cars, music, movies, hockey, boxing, soccer, scuba diving, and all things horror related...I am after all in the terror business ;)

I'd like to meet:

writers, fans, people with similar intrests.

Music:

Rollins Band, High on Fire, Orange Goblin, Kyuss, QOTSA, Bad Religion, Fear, Misfits, Danzig, Black Flag, Old Metallica, Merle Haggard, Johhny Cash, Black Sabbath-- Bands I've been in, Vicious Cycle, Twister Naked, Toecutter

Movies:

Apocalypse Now, Taxi Driver, Mad Max, Road Warrior, Jaws, Carpenter's the Thing, John Woo films, Classic monsters, classic 80's slasher stuff and all things zombie related.HERES A FEW MOVIES I WORKED ON.

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Television:

The Shield, Sopranos, Deadwood, Nip Tuck, Boxing, NHL Hockey, NFL Football, Racing...

Books:

Horror, Thriller, Brian Keene, James A Moore, Richard Matheson, Peter Straub,Stephen King,(how can you not like the King) Richard Laymon, Robert R McCammon, F paul Wilson, Michael Laimo, Lisa Morton, David Morrell, Matthew Reilly, Anything involving water -- Clive Cussler novels, the Master and Commander series. Bartletts Book of Familiar Quotations much much more.

Heroes:

Writers that get their stuff published. Congrats!

My Blog

What’s new with me and the Haunted Garage show.

Well its been a while since I updated all of you. FD4 is in the can and looking sweet. I got to see a bunch of the 3D stuff already and its the clearest 3D I have ever seen. They are using that new sy...
Posted by Mike McCarty on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:07:00 PST

Final Destination 3 (no not the third movie idiot) my third blog

Yep still here in theLouisiana heat, where the blood never dries it just stays sticky. I do walk around set in a suave ass black cowboy hat though. I'm trying to get into the southern spirit. I heard ...
Posted by Mike McCarty on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:50:00 PST

WHC Salt Lake and Final Destination 4 in 3D

Hey kids how’s it going. Things on FD43D are going really well. We spent a little time shooting in an "air quality approved" abandoned mall. There is still so much thats fucked and ready to...
Posted by Mike McCarty on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:12:00 PST

The Final Destination (4) has just begun

As most of you know I am currently keying the makeup fx and fantastic deaths in Final Destination 4 3D for KNB &shit I should have given you a spoiler warning before telling you there will be a bunch ...
Posted by Mike McCarty on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:26:00 PST

McCarty army attack Feb 22-24th

Official Mcnuevers planned on two fronts this weekend. I should have given you more notice but its a surprise attack.  If your in the Dallas area go to the Texas Frightmare weekend where you can ...
Posted by Mike McCarty on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:54:00 PST

Killing is just as easy as breathing

It's easy. It's a simple recipe brought to us by the man himself, John Rambo. "When you're pushed killing is as easy as breathing." Can I get a HELL YEAH! So Rambo comes out today and I'm very excited...
Posted by Mike McCarty on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:34:00 PST

More notes from the Killing Room, The mist and the Rockshow.

Well happy New Year. I hate the term Happy New Year by the way. I don't know why I just find it annoying. So I decided to say instead "Have a banner year." I think that's much better than Happy New ye...
Posted by Mike McCarty on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:37:00 PST

New time sensitive orders for the McCarty Army

Okay I have official orders for the wonderful McCarty Army.   My old band Twister Naked is back together. I was in this band a long time ago and it's actually where I met my wife Grace (who pla...
Posted by Mike McCarty on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 11:09:00 PST

Notes from the Killing Room 1

Okay everyone I'm on set in Shreveport, the south's Hollywood hub. We are doing a film called the Killing Room. Heres the link.   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119191/ I promised this first blog...
Posted by Mike McCarty on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:42:00 PST

The long awaited Draculas castle blog

Well I promised everyone a LOOOONG ass time ago that I would talk about our little Mirrors side trip to Dracula's Castle. It started with a crazy night of drinking and dancing at our favorite club. A...
Posted by Mike McCarty on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:14:00 PST