Now, picking up from where we left off in reply #266, in the actual pilot, it is not Willie whom the revived vampire attacks - it's Kelly. In one of the most amazing sequences ever in any version of DS, and much to Willie's shrieking horror (because all he does the whole time the attack on Kelly takes place is scream), after being revived by Kelly's blood, the vampire suddenly springs into action, attacks, and totally drains Kelly, complete with her eyes rolling back in her head and her face going gaunt as her fluids are sucked dry. But once the vampire is done with Kelly, he turns his attention to Willie. Fade out. End of Act One. And we won't be seeing Willie in the pilot for quite some time - though there was a scene in Executive Producer/Writer Mark Verheiden's script that was never shot that would be coming up before too long. But that's getting ahead of ourselves.
And as with yesterday's post, I have some production stills to share to help to better illustrate what's just happened. First off, a lovely photo of creature actor Doug Jones as Barnabas in full dessicated makeup (complete with red eyes and pointy nails):
Then Kelly in all her gaunt prosthetic glory:
Plus for the sequence they also did a bit of SFX magic on Alexis Thorpe, who played Kelly, as demonstrated by one of the SFX techs on himself:
And for a bit of fun, here's a shot of Doug Jones getting the finishing touches of his body makeup applied:
Though I also include that to help to point out, as I'd alluded to after Vicki's train dream, how the train dream demon and the dessicated Barnabas share a similar look (minus the red eyes):
The one thing that is very interesting in the pilot's sequence is that the demon's dress and general look is very similar to the way Barnabas will be seen when his coffin is opened. And so that you won't just have to imagine what he looked like, here are two production photos from the pilot:
Creature actor Doug Jones as the Train Dream Demon.
Vicki, director PJ Hogan, and the Demon.
Mere coincidence? I doubt it!