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It’s lights out on Face Off, and two contestants are eliminated. Plus, food poisoning! Last week I made fun of the weekly, “I’m so sad that {person who was eliminated last week} is gone,” that starts off every episode. When Autumn was eliminated, I kind of wondered if it would hold true this week. It […]
March 5th, 2013 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »

There are only two words you need to know about this week’s Face Off: interplanetary werewolves. Back at the house, everyone is doing the, “It’s so sad around here without Alam.” They say this every single week, no matter who’s been eliminated. We meet at a farm house for an immunity challenge. This is a […]
February 26th, 2013 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »

A bug-themed challenge gives everyone the creeps, something “which has never before occurred” occurs, and the judges seriously blow it for the first time this season on this week’s Face Off. Things begin with the fakest of fake reality show conversations as some people relax back at the apartment. “What will things be like now […]
February 19th, 2013 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »

On Face Off, the contestants create multi-headed giants out of foam and paint to promote a movie that’s so packed with CGI it looks like a cartoon. Everyone heads off to the Magic Mountain theme park (promotion!) where they run around, have fun, then run into McKenzie near a giant fake redwood tree. Bryan Singer […]
February 13th, 2013 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »

Anthony attempts to keep his unprecedented winning streak alive on a candy-themed Face Off. Almost being eliminated last week still didn’t seem to reduce Autumn’s arrogance in any way, as she starts this week’s episode remarking that the judges must just have higher expectations of her. Yes, that’s it. There’s a foundation challenge this week […]
February 5th, 2013 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »

Face Off presents us with a tried and true horror challenge – design a demon. Then, like meddling studio executives, they throw a curveball at the contestants after they’ve already begun their designs. Hell has frozen over. Last season, Face Off liked to do this foreshadowing thing where they’d start off an episode with a […]
January 29th, 2013 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »

Face Off tries to create superheroes again, this time meeting up with some actual comic book artists at San Diego Comic Con to give the contestants a creative nudge. Last season, the superhero episode used cars as inspiration. This time, the contestants have no real directives, but they meet with DC Comics publishers Dan Didio […]
January 22nd, 2013 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »

Face Off has returned with 14 new contestants showing off their makeup and creature design skills for a panel of Hollywood veterans. This week, it’s goblin kings all the way down. The contestants meet up and dive right into the foundation challenge, which offers immunity from elimination as the top prize. Offered a selection of […]
January 15th, 2013 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »

Face Off returns to SyFy on January 15 for a fourth season, with a new cast of make-up and creature design contenders vying for the top prize. What famous faces will we see, and what challenges will they face? If you head over to SyFy’s Face Off page, you can watch the audition videos of […]
January 8th, 2013 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »

Face Off finalist and self-confessed sci-fi geek Laura Tyler talks about D&D, Buffy, and the east coast/west coast FX scenes in this exclusive interview. Ed Grabianowski for Gothic.net: You’ve mentioned the difference between east coast make up artists, who work in haunted houses and have tight deadlines, and west coast artists who work on film […]
November 8th, 2012 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »